2001 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

Sponsor: Groupe Lucien Barrière
Purse: 10,500,000 F; First prize: 6,000,000 F
Going: Holding
Distance: 2,400 metres
Number of runners: 17
Winner's time: 2m 36.1s

The 2001 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was a horse race held at Longchamp on Sunday 7 October 2001.^[1] It was the 80th running of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

The winner was Sakhee, a four-years-old colt trained in Great Britain by Saeed bin Suroor. The winning jockey was Frankie Dettori.^[2]

Race details

Pos.	Marg.	Horse	Age	Jockey	Trainer (Country)
1		Sakhee	4	Frankie Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor (GB)
2	6	Aquarelliste	3	Dominique Boeuf	Élie Lellouche (FR)
3	1	Sagacity	3	Yutaka Take	André Fabre (FR)
4	shd	Golan	3	Kieren Fallon	Sir Michael Stoute (GB)
5	1	Milan	3	Michael Kinane	Aidan O'Brien (IRE)
6	1½	Little Rock	5	Jamie Spencer	Sir Michael Stoute (GB)
7	½	Hightori	4	Gérald Mossé	Philippe Demercastel (FR)
8	3	Egyptband	4	Olivier Doleuze	Criquette Head-Maarek (FR)
9	2½	Anabaa Blue	3	Christophe Soumillon	Carlos Lerner (FR)
10	4	Foreign Affairs	3	George Duffield	Sir Mark Prescott (GB)
11	5	Diamilina	3	Olivier Peslier	André Fabre (FR)
12	½	Honorifique	4	Thierry Gillet	Rod Collet (FR)
13	1	Anzillero	4	Kevin Woodburn	Dave Richardson (GER)
14	5	Idaho Quest	4	Thierry Thulliez	Henri-Alex Pantall (FR)
15	nk	Holding Court	4	Philip Robinson	Michael Jarvis (GB)
16	20	Saddler's Creek	3	Paul Scallan	Aidan O'Brien (IRE)
17	dist	Chimes at Midnight	4	Wayne Smith	Luke Comer (IRE)

Further details of the winner, Sakhee.