PARIS (AP) β Treve outclassed the field to win the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe for the second year running on Sunday.
Trained by Criquette Head-Maarek and ridden by Thierry Jarnet, Treve displayed an impressive burst of speed in the final straight to win ahead of Flintshire and pre-race favorite Taghrooda.
Treve becomes the first horse since Alleged in 1977 and 1978 to win back-to-back Prix de l’Arc β Europe’s richest horse race, with prize money of 5 million euros ($6.3 million) shared between the first three finishers.
Jarnet, who posted a record-equaling fourth win on the soft ground of the 2,400-meter Longchamp racecourse, said: “I don’t have words to explain what I’m feeling … She is the best filly I ever mounted, she is in a class of her own.”
