Arc Trial
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- This article is about a horse race at Newbury - for details of the Arc Trials at Longchamp, see Prix Niel, Prix Foy and Prix Vermeille.
The Arc Trial is a Group 3 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 1 mile 3 furlongs and 5 yards (2,217 metres) at Newbury Racecourse in September.
Currently sponsored by Dubai Duty Free, the race was first run in 1997 as a Listed race and was upgraded to a Group 3 in 2004.
Although it is named the "Arc Trial", the race has yet to make a significant impact on the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Of the few runners to contest the big race at Longchamp in the same year, none has improved on the seventh place of Swain in 1997, who had earlier finished a close third in this race.
[edit] Winners
| Year | Winner | Age | Jockey | Trainer | Time |
| 1997 | Posidonas | 5 | Richard Quinn | Paul Cole | 2:18.97 |
| 1998 | Scorned | 3 | Simon Whitworth | Ian Balding | 2:18.38 |
| 1999 | Fantastic Light | 3 | Kieren Fallon | Sir Michael Stoute | 2:21.51 |
| 2000 | Pawn Broker | 3 | Michael Kinane | David Elsworth | 2:18.69 |
| 2001 | Grandera | 3 | Michael Hills | James Fanshawe | 2:16.54 |
| 2002 | Legal Approach | 3 | Keith Dalgleish | Mark Johnston | 2:18.18 |
| 2003 | Compton Bolter | 6 | Eddie Ahern | Gerard Butler | 2:17.05 |
| 2004 | Sights on Gold | 5 | Frankie Dettori | Saeed bin Suroor | 2:18.07 |
| 2005 | Compton Bolter | 8 | Darryll Holland | Gerard Butler | 2:19.05 |
| 2006 | Blue Monday | 5 | Steven Drowne | Roger Charlton | 2:17.66 |
