2006 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
The 2006 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 1 October 2006. It was the 85th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.
The winner was Rail Link, a three-year-old colt trained in France by André Fabre. The winning jockey was Stéphane Pasquier.
The pre-race favourite Deep Impact finished third, but he was later disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance.Race details
- Sponsor: Groupe Lucien Barrière
- Purse: €2,000,000; First prize: €1,142,800
- Going: Good
- Distance: 2,400 metres
- Number of runners: 8
- Winner's time: 2m 26.3s
- Abbreviations: snk = short-neck; nk = neck
Winner's details
Further details of the winner, Rail Link.
- Sex: Colt
- Foaled: 26 March 2003
- Country: Great Britain
- Sire: Dansili; Dam: Docklands
- Owner: Khalid Abdullah
- Breeder: Juddmonte Farms
