| DANCINGBRAVE | Horse that won the 1986 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (7,5) |
| LONESOMEDOVE | Western novel that won the 1986 Pulitzer Prize: 2 wds. |
| HURRICANERUN | 2005 Prix de l"Arc de Triomphe-winning horse (9,3) |
| RAINBOWQUEST | 1985 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner ridden by Pat Eddery (7,5) |
| KINGSLEYAMIS | Writer who won the 1986 Booker Prize with The Old Devils (8,4) |
| JACKNICKLAUS | "Golden Bear" golfer who won the 1986 Masters at age 46: 2 wds. |
| THEOLDDEVILS | Kingsley Amis novel which won the 1986 Booker Prize (3,3,6) |
| LAMMTARRA | Horse that won the Derby, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 1995 |
| SEATHESTARS | Horse that won the 2009 2,000 Guineas, Derby and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe |
| DIEGOMARADONA | Captain of the Argentina team that won the 1986 FIFA World Cup (5,8) |
| WESTTIP | Horse that won the 1986 Grand National (43) |
| LONGCHAMP | French horse racecourse that hosts the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe |
| ENABLE | Horse that won her second successive Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in 2018 (6) |
| ALLEGED | Horse which won the 1977 and '78 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (7) |
| PLATOON | Oliver Stone Vietnam War film that won the 1986 Oscar for Best Picture |
| NEWYORKMETS | Baseball team that won the 1986 World Series (3,4,4) |
| EDDERY | 11-time champion jockey who won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe four times including in 1986 on Dancing Brave (6) |
| ASMUSSEN | Cash ___, jockey who won the 1991 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on Suave Dancer (8) |
| HEAD | Freddie ...., jockey who won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on four occasions (4) |
| FRANCE | The Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp is this country's top horse race (6) |
