1.   French jockey Olivier Peslier, riding Sagamix, won his third successive Arc de Triomphe on Sunday, after holding off a persistent challenge by Leggera.

2.   French jockey Thierry Jarnet won the Golden Saddle Trophy Sunday but finished sixth overall in the four-race World Super Jockeys Series.

3.   In his short career, Peslier has also won the English and French derbies, and been French champion jockey for the last two years.

4.   Maxzene, a five-year-old American mare ridden by French jockey Cash Asmussen, finished fifth.

5.   Helissio, ridden by French jockey Olivier Peslier, shared third place with Strategic Choice of Britain, followed by Awad of the United States in fifth.

6.   An incident there in February saw French jockey Philipe Paquet sustain career-ending injuries.

7.   Another English challenger Always Aloof, owned by Simon Hanson and trained by Michael Stoute, finished third under prospective French champion jockey Olivier Peslier.

8.   Two top French jockeys told a court here on Wednesday they took cocaine and heroine to lose weight or fight stress.

9.   Top French jockey Dominique Boeuf faced being banned from racing Friday after receiving a prison sentence for drug offences.