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The 1986 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 5 October 1986. [1] It was the 65th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. The winner was Dancing Brave, a three-year-old colt trained in Great Britain by Guy Harwood. The winning jockey was Pat Eddery. [2] The winning time of 2m 27.7s set a new record for the race.
Dancing Brave was the outstanding European racehorse of 1986, when he won the 2000 Guineas, the Eclipse Stakes, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. His only defeats came in the Derby and the Breeders' Cup Turf .
Dancing Brave took the lead approaching the final furlong and drifted to the right, causing Shardari to switch to the left in the closing stages. Dancing Brave held off the renewed challenge of Shardari to win by three quarters of a length with a gap of four lengths back to the fast-finishing Triptych.
Dancing Brave Bering Triptych 1985 Rainbow Quest ... The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe ... Fastest winning time – Found (2016), 2m 23.61s ...
Sagamix (1998 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe) Vahorimix (2001 Poulains, Prix Jacques le Marois) Rajsaman: Brametot (2017 Poulains, Prix du Jockey Club) Dancing Brave (1986 2000 Guineas, Eclipse, King George, Arc de Triomphe): Wemyss Bight (1993 Irish Oaks) White Muzzle (1993 Derby Italiano) Ingrandire (2004 Spring Tenno Sho) Smile Tomorrow (2002 ...
Shahrastani (1983–2011) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse.He won four of his seven races between September 1985 and October 1986. He is best known for his performances in the summer of 1986 when he defeated Dancing Brave in the Epsom Derby and went on to win the Irish Derby by eight lengths.
The eleven-horse field for that year's Arc was a strong one with top European runners such as Tony Bin, Triptych and Reference Point, the latter sent off as the betting favorite. Ridden by Pat Eddery , Trempolino capitalized on a fast pace and won in record time, beating the record set by Dancing Brave in 1986 by a full 1.3 seconds.
He trained many winners there, including Dancing Brave, winner of the 1986 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and European Horse of the Year for 1986. In 1996 his daughter, Amanda Perrett, took over the reins at Coombelands. Harwood received the prestigious Goodwood Racecourse Media Dinner Award for 2007.