Steve Cauthen rode Saumarez to victory in the Grand Prix de Paris and then under French jockey Gérald Mossé, he won the Prix du Prince d'Orange in September and October's prestigious, Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

For majority owner Bruce McNall, it was his second Arc win, having won it in 1987 with Trempolino.

[3] Saumarez was then sent to the United States for the Breeders' Cup Turf at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York where he finished fifth to In the Wings whom he had beaten in the Arc.

Sold for $8 million to a syndicate led by C A B St. George, Saumarez was retired to stud.

He formerly stands at Odessa Stud in Ceres, Western Cape in South Africa and Died in 2012.