Bluestocking will bid to follow in the legendary Enable’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 of two British-trained runners in the 16-runner field – was supplemented at a cost of €120,000 following a course-and-distance victory in the Prix Vermeille last month.
There are three Irish-based hopefuls in the line-up for Sunday’s 15:20 and Aidan O’Brien is responsible for two in the form of Irish Derby hero Los Angeles and last season’s fifth Continuous, while his son Joseph saddles Grosser Preis von Berlin scorer Al Riffa.
Japanese racing fans will be rooting for Shin Emperor, who finished third in the Irish Champion Stakes last time out, to end the nation’s long wait for victory in Europe’s most-prestigious race.
The home team appear to boast a strong hand, however, as Prix du Jockey Club winner Look De Vega and last month’s Prix Niel champ Sosie spearhead the French squad.
The latest Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe odds are on the Paddy Power website and Paddy Power app, otherwise Timeform’s guide to the runners as well as betting tips from the racing boffins can be found below.
Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe verdict
Timeform: A very open Arc. SOSIE saw off a couple of today’s rivals in the Prix Niel last month and can make it a perfect 4-4 at Longchamp and provide Andre Fabre with a record-extending ninth success in the race. Fellow 3-y-o Los Angeles ran a cracker over a trip too short in the Irish Champion and is feared most back at 1½m. Vermeille-winner Bluestocking is rock solid and is third on the list ahead of Al Riffa.
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Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe 2024 runners and riders
The following horses have been declared for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe 2024.
Zarakem
Trainer: J. Reynier Jockey: Cristian Demuro Age: 4 Weight: 9st 5lbs Draw: 1
Won a heavy-ground course Group 2 on return in April and bounced back from a lesser run in the Ganay with a career-best second to Auguste Rodin in the Prince of Wales’s at Royal Ascot (1¼m, good to firm) in June. Something presumably not right when down the field in International at York since.
***
Haya Zark
Trainer: A. Fouassier Jockey: William Buick Age: 5 Weight: 9st 5lbs Draw: 13
Sprung a bit of a surprise in the Group 1 Ganay here (10.5f, soft) in the spring. Beaten on both starts since but he actually produced a career best under a Group 1 penalty when second in a 1¼m course Group 2 last month. This demands even more, though.
**
Fantastic Moon
Trainer: Sarah Steinberg Jockey: Rene Piechulek Age: 4 Weight: 9st 5lbs Draw: 2
Down the field in this 12 months ago but he looked better than ever when warming up for this year’s renewal with a win in the Grosser Preis von Baden (1½m, good) last month, a race used as a stepping stone to Arc glory by fellow German-trained colt Torquator Tasso in 2021.
***
Al Riffa
Trainer: Joseph Patrick O’Brien Jockey: Yutaka Take Age: 4 Weight: 9st 5lbs Draw: 9
High-class colt who built on his excellent second to City of Troy in the Eclipse at Sandown (1¼m, soft) when a 5-length winner of the Grosser Preis von Berlin at Hoppegarten in August, proving well suited by the step up to 1½m. Leading form chance under Japanese legend Yutake Take.
****
Sevenna’s Knight
Trainer: A. Fabre Jockey: Mickael Barzalona Age: 4 Weight: 9st 5lbs Draw: 12
Three-time Group winner over around 15f here this year but he was a below-form fifth when dropped to 1½m in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud on penultimate start. Surely vulnerable to speedier types unless the ground rides very testing.
**
Continuous
Trainer: Aidan O’Brien Jockey: Christophe Soumillon Age: 4 Weight: 9st 5lbs Draw: 14
Won last year’s St Leger before finishing fifth in Ace Impact in this. Built on his Royal Ascot reappearance fifth when winning the Royal Whip at the Curragh in August but only third when odds-on for the Prix Foy over C&D since. Los Angeles looks very much the Ballydoyle number one.
**
Bluestocking
Trainer: Ralph Beckett Jockey: Rossa Ryan Age: 4 Weight: 9st 2lbs Draw: 3
Has developed into a very smart filly as a 4-y-o, collecting her second Group 1 success of the year when proving ¾ length too strong for Aventure in the Prix Vermeille over C&D (good to soft) 3 weeks ago. Supplemented for €120,000 earlier in the week. Handy draw. Should go well.
****
Mqse De Sevigne
Trainer: 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 level) when shading a tight finish in the Prix Jean Romanet at Deauville (1¼m) in August. Has the form to go well but she’s drawn the outside stall and her stamina has be taken on trust on this first attempt at 1½m on her 18th career start.
***
Look De Vega
Trainer: C. & Y. Lerner Jockey: Ronan Thomas Age: 3 Weight: 8st 13lbs Draw: 8
Very impressive when seeing off 14 rivals, including Sosie and Sunway, in the Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly in June. Might have needed his first outing since then when 3½ lengths third to Sosie and Delius in Prix Niel over C&D 21 days ago. No surprise were he to bounce back to form with a bang.
****
Shin Emperor
Trainer: Yoshito Yahagi Jockey: Ryusei Sakai Age: 3 Weight: 8st 13lbs Draw: 11
Very smart Japanese-trained colt who warmed for up for this with a good third (Los Angeles a head back in fourth) to Economics in the Irish Champion at Leopardstown (1¼m), finishing well. Another who has to enter calculations.
***
Sunway
Trainer: David Menuisier Jockey: Oisin Murphy Age: 3 Weight: 8st 13lbs Draw: 15
Runner-up to Los Angeles in the Irish Derby. Also a creditable 1¾ lengths third of 7 to Jan Brueghel in St Leger at Doncaster (14.5f, good) last time but another placing is surely the best he can hope for here.
**
Delius
Trainer: Jean-Claude Rouget Jockey: Ioritz Mendizabal Age: 3 Weight: 8st 13lbs Draw: 7
Progressive son of Frankel who won his first 3 starts and has acquitted himself well when placed at Group level over C&D on his last 2 starts, albeit finishing behind Sosie on both occasions. His trainer is seeking a third success in this since 2020.
***
Sosie
Trainer: A. Fabre Jockey: Maxime Guyon Age: 3 Weight: 8st 13lbs Draw: 5
Fine third to Look de Vega in the Prix du Jockey Club in June and 2-2 over C&D since, namely the Grand Prix de Paris in July and Prix Niel (by 1½ lengths from Delius; Look de Vega third) last month. Should make a bold bid to provide Andre Fabre with a ninth win in this race.
*****
Los Angeles
Trainer: Aidan O’Brien Jockey: Ryan Moore Age: 3 Weight: 8st 13lbs Draw: 10
Very smart colt who was placed in the Epsom Derby before seeing off Sunway to win the Irish version. Good effort to defy a Group 1 penalty in the Voltigeur at York in August and fine fourth to Economics in the Irish Champion last time considering the drop back to 1¼m didn’t look ideal. Big player.
****
Survie
Trainer: N. Clement Jockey: Tom Marquand Age: 3 Weight: 8st 9lbs Draw: 6
Just touched off in the Diane before landing a C&D Group 2 win in July. Not in the same form when well behind Bluestocking and Aventure in the Prix Vermeille over C&D since. She might have needed that after 10 weeks off but still hard to make a case for.
**
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