The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe is the richest horse race in Europe, that carries a purse of €5m, but just how much does the winning horse get and what is the breakdown for the places?
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Prize Money 2025 Breakdown
See below the 2025 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe prize money breakdown for the €5m purse – with the winning horse getting €1,714,000 more than the second.
Meaning there’s a lot at stake should we get a ding-dong battle up the Longchamp home straight on Sunday afternoon.
The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe runners will, however, only be rewarded for a top five finish. With the €5m split spread out between 1st and 5th.
2025 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Prize Money 1st to 5th
- 1st – €2,857,000
- 2nd – €1,143,000
- 3rd – €571,500
- 4th – €285,500
- 5th – €143,000
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Prize Money Purse Is €5m
No flat horse race in Europe carries a purse more than the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe, with France’s top equine contest having €5m on offer to the top finishing horses.
This purse is then split out over the top five finishers (see below) – with the other runners just taking home the experience and the horse racing memories.
How Much Will The 2025 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Winning Horse Get?
Of the €5m purse, the winning horse will bank his connections a cool €2,857,000 – which equates to approx £2,361,157 for the UK raiders to eye-up.
The Winning Arc Horse Will Earn Their Owners Around €20k Per Second
When Bluestocking won the 2024 Arc, she took just 2m 31.58 secs to run, while the current race record sits with Danedream in 2011 at 2m 24.49 secs.
However, when the race was staged at Chantilly in 2016 the Aidan O’Brien Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe runner Found ran the race in 2m 23.61 secs.
Meaning based on the €2,857,000 winning prize money, the first horse past the post will earn approx €20k per second.
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe 2025 Race Details
📅Date: Sunday 5th October 2025
⌚Time: 3:05pm
🏇Racecourse: Longchamp
💰Winning Purse: €2,857,000
📺 TV: ITV Racing Schedule / Sky Racing
How Much Will The Winning Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Jockey and Trainer Get
This can vary slightly and can also often depends if a jockey has a financial retainer in place with a trainer or owner.
You can see in more detail how much jockeys in the UK earn, which will give you a rough idea.
However, in short the winning rider of the 2025 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe can expect to get approx. 8.5% of any win prize money and approx. 2.60% of any place winnings.
They will, of course, also get a fee just for riding in the race, but with this around €200 this is peanuts compared to what they could be in terms of a % share of the prize money.
At these splits (8.5%) the winning Arc jockey can expect to pocket in the region of €240k. Not bad for around 2 1/2 minutes work.
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Winners Prize Money Is €1.8m More Than The Epsom Derby
When Lambourn romped away with the Epsom Derby back on June 7th this year, the Aidan O’Brien horse banked £909k for his winning owners – John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith.
This equates to approx. €1,050,000 depending on what the exchange rate is at the moment.
Which is still a massive €1.8m less than the winner of Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe will get.
Minnie Hauk Was Supplemented For The Arc For €120k
The owners of Minnie Hauk forked out €120k in midweek to get their star mare into Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
And she was instantly put in as the new 2025 Arc favourite with the horse racing betting sites.
Which means they are gambling on finishing fifth or better to make a profit. The 5th place prize money is €143,000.
However, her form figures suggest she’s got every chance of doing just this.
She’s raced just six times, won five and finished second the other time.
Including winning four Oaks races this season and the Epsom Oaks back in June.
While the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe trends also tell us favourites have a fair recent record. Winning seven of the last 23.
