Bluestocking will bid to comply with within the legendary Allow’s hoofprints and win the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe for owner-breeders Juddmonte at Longchamp on Sunday.
The four-year-old filly – one among two British-trained runners within the 16-runner area – was supplemented at a value of €120,000 following a course-and-distance victory within the Prix Vermeille final month.
There are three Irish-based hopefuls within the line-up for Sunday’s 15:20 and Aidan O’Brien is answerable for two within the type of Irish Derby hero Los Angeles and final season’s fifth Steady, whereas his son Joseph saddles Grosser Preis von Berlin scorer Al Riffa.
Japanese racing followers will probably be rooting for Shin Emperor, who completed third within the Irish Champion Stakes final outing, to finish the nation’s lengthy watch for victory in Europe’s most-prestigious race.
The house staff seem to boast a powerful hand, nevertheless, as Prix du Jockey Membership winner Look De Vega and final month’s Prix Niel champ Sosie spearhead the French squad.
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Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe verdict
Timeform: A really open Arc. noticed off a few right this moment’s rivals within the Prix Niel final month and may make it an ideal 4-4 at Longchamp and supply Andre Fabre with a record-extending ninth success within the race. Fellow 3-y-o Los Angeles ran a cracker over a visit too quick within the Irish Champion and is feared most again at 1½m. Vermeille-winner Bluestocking is rock strong and is third on the record forward of Al Riffa.
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Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe 2024 runners and riders
The next horses have been declared for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe 2024.
Zarakem
Coach: J. Reynier Jockey: Cristian Demuro Age: 4 Weight: 9st 5lbs Draw: 1
Gained a heavy-ground course Group 2 on return in April and bounced again from a lesser run within the Ganay with a career-best second to Auguste Rodin within the Prince of Wales’s at Royal Ascot (1¼m, good to agency) in June. One thing presumably not proper when down the sphere in Worldwide at York since.
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Haya Zark
Coach: A. Fouassier Jockey: William Buick Age: 5 Weight: 9st 5lbs Draw: 13
Sprung a little bit of a shock within the Group 1 Ganay right here (10.5f, mushy) within the spring. Crushed on each begins since however he truly produced a profession greatest beneath a Group 1 penalty when second in a 1¼m course Group 2 final month. This calls for much more, although.
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Improbable Moon
Coach: Sarah Steinberg Jockey: Rene Piechulek Age: 4 Weight: 9st 5lbs Draw: 2
Down the sphere on this 12 months in the past however he appeared higher than ever when warming up for this yr’s renewal with a win within the Grosser Preis von Baden (1½m, good) final month, a race used as a stepping stone to Arc glory by fellow German-trained colt Torquator Tasso in 2021.
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Al Riffa
Coach: Joseph Patrick O’Brien Jockey: Yutaka Take Age: 4 Weight: 9st 5lbs Draw: 9
Excessive-class colt who constructed on his wonderful second to Metropolis of Troy within the Eclipse at Sandown (1¼m, mushy) when a 5-length winner of the Grosser Preis von Berlin at Hoppegarten in August, proving effectively suited by the step as much as 1½m. Main kind likelihood beneath Japanese legend Yutake Take.
****
Sevenna’s Knight
Coach: A. Fabre Jockey: Mickael Barzalona Age: 4 Weight: 9st 5lbs Draw: 12
Three-time Group winner over round 15f right here this yr however he was a below-form fifth when dropped to 1½m within the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud on penultimate begin. Certainly weak to speedier sorts until the bottom rides very testing.
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Steady
Coach: Aidan O’Brien Jockey: Christophe Soumillon Age: 4 Weight: 9st 5lbs Draw: 14
Gained final yr’s St Leger earlier than ending fifth in Ace Influence on this. Constructed on his Royal Ascot reappearance fifth when profitable the Royal Whip on the Curragh in August however solely third when odds-on for the Prix Foy over C&D since. Los Angeles appears to be like very a lot the Ballydoyle primary.
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Bluestocking
Coach: Ralph Beckett Jockey: Rossa Ryan Age: 4 Weight: 9st 2lbs Draw: 3
Has developed into a really good filly as a 4-y-o, amassing her second Group 1 success of the yr when proving ¾ size too robust for Aventure within the Prix Vermeille over C&D (good to mushy) 3 weeks in the past. Supplemented for €120,000 earlier within the week. Helpful draw. Ought to go effectively.
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Mqse De Sevigne
Coach: A. Fabre Jockey: Alexis Pouchin Age: 5 Weight: 9st 2lbs Draw: 16
Made it 4-4 for the season (3 of them at Group 1 degree) when shading a good end within the Prix Jean Romanet at Deauville (1¼m) in August. Has the shape to go effectively however she’s drawn the surface stall and her stamina has be taken on belief on this primary try at 1½m on her 18th profession begin.
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Look De Vega
Coach: C. & Y. Lerner Jockey: Ronan Thomas Age: 3 Weight: 8st 13lbs Draw: 8
Very spectacular when seeing off 14 rivals, together with Sosie and Sunway, within the Prix du Jockey Membership at Chantilly in June. Might need wanted his first outing since then when 3½ lengths third to Sosie and Delius in Prix Niel over C&D 21 days in the past. No shock have been he to bounce again to kind with a bang.
****
Shin Emperor
Coach: Yoshito Yahagi Jockey: Ryusei Sakai Age: 3 Weight: 8st 13lbs Draw: 11
Very good Japanese-trained colt who warmed for up for this with a very good third (Los Angeles a head again in fourth) to Economics within the Irish Champion at Leopardstown (1¼m), ending effectively. One other who has to enter calculations.
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Sunway
Coach: David Menuisier Jockey: Oisin Murphy Age: 3 Weight: 8st 13lbs Draw: 15
Runner-up to Los Angeles within the Irish Derby. Additionally a creditable 1¾ lengths third of seven to Jan Brueghel in St Leger at Doncaster (14.5f, good) final time however one other putting is definitely one of the best he can hope for right here.
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Delius
Coach: Jean-Claude Rouget Jockey: Ioritz Mendizabal Age: 3 Weight: 8st 13lbs Draw: 7
Progressive son of Frankel who gained his first 3 begins and has acquitted himself effectively when positioned at Group degree over C&D on his final 2 begins, albeit ending behind Sosie on each events. His coach is looking for a 3rd success on this since 2020.
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Sosie
Coach: A. Fabre Jockey: Maxime Guyon Age: 3 Weight: 8st 13lbs Draw: 5
Fantastic third to Look de Vega within the Prix du Jockey Membership in June and 2-2 over C&D since, particularly the Grand Prix de Paris in July and Prix Niel (by 1½ lengths from Delius; Look de Vega third) final month. Ought to make a daring bid to supply Andre Fabre with a ninth win on this race.
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Los Angeles
Coach: Aidan O’Brien Jockey: Ryan Moore Age: 3 Weight: 8st 13lbs Draw: 10
Very good colt who was positioned within the Epsom Derby earlier than seeing off Sunway to win the Irish model. Good effort to defy a Group 1 penalty within the Voltigeur at York in August and advantageous fourth to Economics within the Irish Champion final time contemplating the drop again to 1¼m didn’t look superb. Massive participant.
****
Survie
Coach: N. Clement Jockey: Tom Marquand Age: 3 Weight: 8st 9lbs Draw: 6
Simply touched off within the Diane earlier than touchdown a C&D Group 2 win in July. Not in the identical kind when effectively behind Bluestocking and Aventure within the Prix Vermeille over C&D since. She might need wanted that after 10 weeks off however nonetheless arduous to make a case for.
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