Christophe Soumillon
The winner was Michael Tabor's Hurricane Run, a four-year-old bay colt trained in France by André Fabre and ridden by Christophe Soumillon. Hurricane Run's victory was the first in the race for his trainer and jockey. Michael Tabor had won the race in 2000 with Montjeu and had owned the 2001 winner Galileo in partnership with Susan Magnier.