Les Arcs | |
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Sire | Arch |
Grandsire | Kris S. |
Dam | La Sarto |
Damsire | Cormorant |
Sex | Gelding |
Foaled | 24 April 2000[1] |
Country | United States |
Colour | Bay or Brown |
Breeder | Elk Manor Farm |
Owner | Sheikh Mohammed Willie McKay |
Trainer | John Gosden Richard Guest Tim Pitt Stewart Parr J S Moore |
Record | 42: 12–7–3 |
Earnings | £527,591 |
Major wins | |
Cammidge Trophy (2006) Golden Jubilee Stakes (2006) July Cup (2006) | |
Awards | |
Top-rated European-trained sprinter (2006) Maryland-bred Horse of the Year (2006)[2] |
Les Arcs (24 April 2000 - 8 November 2022) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who was bred in the United States and trained in the United Kingdom. After racing with mixed results over a variety of distances (and an attempt at hurdling), the gelding emerged as a top-class performer when switched to sprint distances. In 2006 he won six races including the Golden Jubilee Stakes and the July Cup, both Group One races and was the highest-rated European sprinter of the year. He was also named Horse of the Year by the Maryland Horse Breeders Association. In all, Les Arcs won twelve races and was placed ten times from forty-two starts between May 2003 and August 2010.