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The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is a Group 1 Flat Race for three-year-old and above Thoroughbred horses (excluding Gelding s) run over a distance of 2,400 Metre s (approximately 1 Mile 4 Furlong s) raced on Turf at Longchamp Racecourse , Paris , France on the first Sunday in October. Often called "The Arc", it is one of the French racing season's four Classic races and is the major end-of-season middle-distance challenge race in Europe . With a purse of €1,600,000, the race often brings together the winners of many of the Top-class races in England, Ireland, France and other parts of Europe. The race was inaugurated in 1920 when it was run in celebration of the Allies' victory in World War I . The first-ever race run at Longchamp was on Sunday, April 27, 1857 in front of a massive crowd. The Emperor Napoleon III and his wife Eugénie were present, having sailed down the Seine River on their private yacht to watch the third race. Until 1930, many Parisians came to the track down the river on steamboats and various other vessels, the trip taking around an hour to the Pont de Suresnes. , 1867]] The royal couple joined Prince Jerome Bonaparte and his son Prince Napoleon in the Royal Enclosure alongside the Prince of Nassau, Prince Murat and the Duke of Morny, an avid racegoer. Non-aristocratic members of the upper classes were not permitted into the Royal enclosure and had to be content with watching from their barouche carriages on the lawn. Following World War II , on July 14, 1949, the Societe d'Encouragement with the Loterie Nationale published the conditions for a new Prix de l'Arc du Triomphe. A purse of 25 millions francs was set, making it once again the richest Weight For Age race in Europe . That inaugural race was won by "Coronation", a Filly bred by the great French Horse Breeder Marcel Boussac whose horses won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe a total of six times. Longchamp racecourse is right handed, in a large horse-shoe loop that rises gently initially before gradually descending down to the long right-hand bend, which leads to the 500 metres (2½ furlongs) finishing straight. HISTORICAL NOTES AND RECORDS France Galop records the following:
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Six horses have won the race twice:
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