Sinndar wins 2000 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

Sinndar wins 2000 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

Sunday, 1 October, 2000

Trained by John Oxx (Creeve, Currabeg, Kildare, Ireland) and owned and bred by the HH Aga Khan IV, he is the first Irish-trained winner of the Arc since Alleged's second triumph for Vincent O'Brien in 1978.

Jockey: Johnny Murtagh (Ireland)

Ten horses had lined up for the richest event of the European flat racing season, boasting a purse of 10.5 million francs (about £1m). It was the smallest field for the race since 1946.

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, 1m 4f, Longchamp
Pari-Mutuel (Returns in francs, includes one franc stake)
1 Sinndar J Murtagh 2.50 (1.50 place)
2 Egyptband O Doleuze 3.80
3 Volvoreta O Peslier 2.20

Distances: 1 1/2l, 3l
10 ran


Owner: HRH Aga Khan
Breeder: HRH Aga Khan
Winnings: 8 Starts: 7 - 1 - 0, £2,500,000

Won Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Lucien Barriere (G1), Vodafone Epsom Derby (G1), Budweiser Irish Derby (G1), National S. (G1), Prix Niel (G2), Derby Trial S. (G3)
2nd Ballysax S.

Champion 3-year-old colt in Europe, Dual Derby and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner, the first horse in history to complete this unique treble in the same year.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Sinndar
• John Oxx
• Ireland
• Johnny Murtagh
• HH Aga Khan IV
• Thoroughbred
• Racehorse
• Group 1
• Dual
• Derby
• Arc
• Winner
• European Champion

[edkaley1]

Sindaar - very under-rated horse

[ComteLafon]

and for those of you tuning in from Uzbekistan, the commentator (3:10) is actually Australian, who obviously aren't the only people who do so stupid comment.

[ComteLafon]

The history of the Arc would be very different indeed if every race had only had 10 runners in it. Some great horses failed to win it because some right old duffers got in the way at the vital moment. Nijinsky would have won a 10 horse race no bother. And was it not Murtagh who got criticised for losing on Ouija Board? She got baulked just as she was picking up, and lost momentum.

[GBeret83]

A lot of very good horses around the era of 2000-2001 in Europe. Giant's Causeway, Sakhee, and Galileo. But this colt may have been as good as any of them. Only beaten one time in his career in the Ballysax Stakes. But wins in the National Stakes, Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial, Epsom Derby, Irish Derby, Prix Niel, and Prix De l' Arc De Triomphe. I personally think only Giant's Causeway's 6 G1 wins, and 3 G1's he ran 2nd in rival Sinndar's 4 G1 wins, and only one career loss. JMO.

[guittry]

3:10 : so stupid british people !!! so stupid comment !!!

[kimettecrevette]

Frankie is so cute !

[sporovic75]

WHAT a lesson of pacemaking

[ZenyattaLuver]

Great Horse

And Amazing Run By Egyptband