 It was promoted to Group 2 level in 1998.Three winners of the Prix Foy have achieved victory in the same year's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Allez France (1974), Sagace (1984) and Waldgeist (2019).Three horses have won the Arc after being defeated in this event – Gold River (1981), All Along (1983) and Subotica (1992).