Overview
- Daryz produced a decisive late burst under Mickael Barzalona to win the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe by about 1¼ lengths at ParisLongchamp on Sunday.
- Bay City Roller finished second and Diamond Necklace was third in the 16‑runner renewal.
- Trainer Francis‑Henri Graffard and owner Princess Zahra Aga Khan said keeping Daryz in training at four was vindicated by the result.
- The victory raises Daryz’s prize money and stud value in Europe’s richest flat race, which carries a prize pot of roughly €5 million.
- Daryz became only the ninth horse to win the Arc twice and the first colt since Alleged in 1977–78 to record back‑to‑back wins, strengthening Aga Khan Studs’ long record at Longchamp.