2023 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Final Field & Draw - Ace Impact heads field of 15

Jon Vine

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Last updated: Thu 28 Sep 2023 12:31

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Jon Vine 28 Sep 2023

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The final confirmed field for the 2023 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Europe's most prestigious flat race takes place at Longchamp on Sunday 1st October
15 runners have been confirmed for this year's race, with favourite Ace Impact drawn in stall 8

Runners leave the stalls for The Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Hippodrome de ParisLongchamp. (Getty)

The final field was confirmed for the 2023 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on Thursday morning, with current favourite, Ace Impact headlining a quality field of 15 runners.

2023 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Final Field

No.	Name	Jockey	Trainer
1	Sisfahan	Lukas Delozier	Henk Grewe
2	Haya Zark	Gerald Mosse	Adrien Fouassier
3	Onesto	Maxime Guyon	Fabrice Chappet
4	Simca Mille	Alexis Pouchin	Sebastien Wattel
5	Bay Bridge	Richard Kingscote	Sir Michael Stoute
6	Westover	Rob Hornby	Ralph Beckett
7	Hukum	Jim Crowley	Owen Burrows
8	Place Du Carrousel	Mickael Barzalona	Andre Fabre
9	Through Seven Seas	Christophe Lemaire	Tomohito Ozeki
10	Free Wind	Frankie Dettori	John & Thady Gosden
11	Mr Hollywood	Bauyrzhan Murzabayev	Henk Grewe
12	Feed The Flame	Christophe Soumillon	Pascal Barry
13	Ace Impact	Cristian Demuro	Jean-Claude Rouget
14	Fantastic Moon	Rene Piechulek	Frau S Steinberg
15	Continuous	Ryan Moore	Aidan O'Brien

2022 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Runners

Jean-Claude Rouget won his first Arc with Sottsass in 2020 and he'll be hoping to see Ace Impact follow in his former stablemate's footsteps. Ace Impact has enjoyed an unbeaten three-year-old campaign, including victories in the Prix du Jockey Club and the Prix Guillaume d'Ornano and most bookies list Rouget's runner as the firm favourite.

Hukum held off Westover to win a star-studded renewal of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes earlier in the season and both will fly the flag for Britain in the 2023 Arc. Ace Impact is joined in the field by Pascal Barry's Feed The Flame, despite a shock defeat on his prep-run in the Prix Niel.

Aidan O'Brien is solely represented by St Leger winner Continuous, who was supplemented into the race by Ballydoyle earlier this week. German Derby and Prix Niel winner, Fantastic Moon was handed a supplementary entry, on account of the drying ground at Longchamp.

Sebastian Wattel's Simca Mille claimed his first Group One win in the Preis Von Berlin earlier in the season. Recent Prix Foy winner, Place Du Carrousel and 2022 Grand Prix de Paris winner, Onesto represent home connections.

John and Thady Gosden will pin their hopes on Free Wind, who'll be ridden by Frankie Dettori on his final appearance in the Arc. Sir Michael Stoute's Bay Bridge proved his stamina with victory in the September Stakes at Kempton.

Tomohito Ozeki's Through Seven Seas makes the trip over from Japan for the 2023 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Germany will be represented by Henk Grewe's duo of Mr Hollywood and Sisfahan. Adrien Fouassier's Haya Zark completes the field.

2023 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Draw

Stall	Name
1	Westover
2	Feed The Flame
3	Free Wind
4	Haya Zark
5	Through Seven Seas
6	Bay Bridge
7	Continuous
8	Ace Impact
9	Onesto
10	Mr Hollywood
11	Place Du Carrousel
12	Fantastic Moon
13	Sisfahan
14	Hukum
15	Simca Mille