1981 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

The 1981 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 4 October 1981. It was the 60th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

1981 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

Racing silks of Jacques Wertheimer
Location	Longchamp Racecourse
Date	October 4, 1981 (1981-10-04)

The winner was Gold River, a four-year-old filly trained in France by Alec Head and ridden by Gary Moore. The filly won by three quarters of a length and a nose from Bikala and April Run in a time of 2:35.2.

Race details

• Sponsor: none
• Purse:
• Going: Dead
• Distance: 2,400 metres
• Number of runners: 24
• Winner's time: 2:35.2

Full result

Pos.	Marg.	Horse	Age	Jockey	Trainer (Country)
1		Gold River	4	Gary Moore	Alec Head (FR)
2	¾	Bikala	3	Serge Gorli	Patrick Biancone (FR)
3	ns	April Run	3	Philippe Paquet	François Boutin (FR)
4	2	Perrault	4	Henri Samani	Pierre Pelat (FR)
5	2	Ardross	5	Lester Piggott	Henry Cecil (GB)
6	1½	Argument	4	Philip Waldron	Maurice Zilber (FR)
7	¾	Akarad	3	Yves Saint-Martin	François Mathet (FR)
8	3	Tootens	3	Georges Doleuze	E Bartholomew (FR)
9	hd	Leandra	3	Gerard Dubroeucq	Pierre Pelat (FR)
10	snk	Snow Day	3	Alfred Gibert	François Boutin (FR)
11	snk	Kings Lake	3	Pat Eddery	Vincent O'Brien (IRE)
12	5	Lancastrian	4	Maurice Philipperon	David Smaga (FR)
13	1½	Prince Bee	4	Joe Mercer	Dick Hern (GB)
14	hd	Cut Above	3	Brian Taylor	Dick Hern (GB)
15	nk	Blue Wind	3	Wally Swinburn	Dermot Weld (IRE)
16	2	Gap of Dunloe	3	Walter Swinburn	Patrick Biancone (FR)
17	1½	Pelerin	4	Edward Hide	Harry Wragg (GB)
18	2½	Condessa	3	Declan Gillespie	Jim Bolger (IRE)
19	shd	Rahotep	3	J-L Kessas	Bernard Secly (FR)
20	3	Detroit	4	Freddy Head	Olivier Douieb (FR)
21		Ring the Bell	4	N Tiley	H Westbrook
22		Gilded Vanity	4	Gabriel Curran	P Russell (IRE)
23		Beldale Flutter	3	Tony Murray	Michael Jarvis (GB)
24		Action Man	6	O Larsen	(DEN)

* Abbreviations: shd = short-head; nk = neck

Winner's details

Further details of the winner, Detroit.

• Sex: Filly
• Foaled: 11 January 1977
• Country: France
• Sire: Riverman; Dam: Glaneuse (Snob)
• Owner: Jacques Wertheimer
• Breeder: Jacques Wertheimer