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The four-time Arc winner is aboard staying superstar Stradivarius in the 2020 renewal and has other notable rides over the weekend at ParisLongchamp. The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe 2020 Tips and Betting Odds. We have seen a plethora of support for both of John Gosden’s Arc runners, Enable (11/8) and Stradivarius (9/2). A large part of this could be down to sentiment as both horses are adored by the public. THE WORLD’S GREATEST HORSERACE One of the greatest sporting events in the world, held at the truly spectacular ParisLongchamp Racecourse: an opportunity to experience a race with an intensity all of its own and witness the crowning of a legend. Hailed as Europe's most prestigious horse race, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe attracts the best thoroughbreds of three year olds and over on the Continent. Over 2,400 metres these amazing examples of speed and courage race against each other, in a bid to win the second highest prize fund in the world.
Love has been taken out of Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe following the final forfeit stage.
Aidan O’Brien had warned the dual Classic heroine would not be at home on the predicted very soft ground and has taken the decision to withdraw her.
The Arc Paris Horse Racing Replays
The Galileo filly was the only withdrawal on Thursday morning, with the John Gosden-trained Enable standing tall against 14 rivals.
O’Brien told the PA news agency: “We had to make the decision today because there was no other stage after this.
“If Ryan (Moore) was declared to ride her he then couldn’t ride anything else (if Love was later taken out), so we had to make the decision today.
“It’s 4.1 on the penetrometer at the moment and there is a lot of rain forecast, it could get to 4.5 so we had to make a choice.
“Sadly I don’t think there’s any prospect of the ground improving much.”
👑 Enable will be red-hot favourite to win an historic third Arc under Frankie Dettori after Love withdrew at the final forfeit stage.
— Sporting Life (@SportingLife) October 1, 2020O’Brien is still represented by Derby hero Serpentine, who was supplemented on Wednesday at a cost of €72,000, Sovereign, Japan and Mogul – winner of the Grand Prix de Paris and who will be ridden by Moore.
The Ballydoyle handler is unsure how his other runners will handle the testing ground.
“We just don’t know how the others will go on it. When the ground gets that soft you just can’t predict,” he said.
“It’s a shame the ground has gone like that, but that is the way it goes, nobody can control it.”
Enable – seeking an unprecedented hat-trick of Arc victories – is one of two contenders for Gosden along with Ascot Gold Cup winner Stradivarius.
Frankie Dettori had been hoping for a draw between one and eight and he will be happy to leave from stall five, having broken from stall six in 2018 and two in 2017.
However, stablemate Stradivarius will have to defy stall 14 – just like Golden Horn did in 2015.
Of O’Brien’s contenders, Mogul drew stall three, Japan (Yutaka Take) is in 11, Serpentine (Christophe Soumillon) 15 and Sovereign (Mikael Barzalona) in 10.
Andre Fabre’s Persian King is in seven, with Jean-Claude Rouget’s Sottsass, who was third last year, in four.
Speaking to Sky Sports Racing later in the morning, O’Brien pointed to the Breeders’ Cup for Love – and confirmed she is set to stay in training as a four-year-old.
“It would be unusual if the ground came up good on Champions Day (at Ascot), it is usually soft or heavy so it would be wrong to carry on with her for another two weeks and then the same thing happen,” he said.
“So we’ll give her a little time now and give her a nice run in the Breeders’ Cup.
“The plan is to have her in training next year, so that’s something to look forward to.”
Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe | |
| Grade 1, ParisLongchamp 15:05 €3,000,000 added, 3yo plus, 1m 4f, Class 1 | |
| Sunday 4th October 2020 | |
1 Sottsass 13/2
2 In Swoop 17/2
3 Persian King 15/2
11 ran NR: Japan, Mogul, Serpentine, Sovereign
Distances: nk, 1¾l, hd Time: 2m 39.30s (slow by 8.80s)
Not to be for Enable… Sottsass wins the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe! #QPATpic.twitter.com/vn4SD9HPMN
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) October 4, 2020Sottsass, trained by Jean-Claude Rouget and ridden by Cristian Demuro, led home a clean sweep for French-trained runners, with two-time winner Enable only able to finish sixth.
Third in the race 12 months ago, his trainer had stated that only one day mattered for the four-year-old this year and he proved trained to perfection.
For John Gosden’s Enable, chasing history with a third victory in the race, she was bogged down in the heavy ground and suffered interference when the pace quickened.
In contrast, Sottsass picked up smartly and stayed on well to beat In Swoop, with Persian King hanging on for third having made the running, just ahead of Gold Trip. Enable’s Gold Cup-winning stablemate Stradivarius was seventh.
As a result of the interference, a stewards’ inquiry was immediately called – but following a short deliberation, the placings remained unaltered.
While Enable did not manage to win a third Arc, she will still go down in history as one of the greatest racemares to have graced the sport.
As well as her two wins in the Arc, she won the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot three times, the English Oaks and Irish Oaks and at the Breeders’ Cup.
Sottsass won the French Derby last season, but had failed to set the world alight this year. However, Rouget had been making increasingly confident noises in recent days and his colt had been well-backed.
Cristian Demuro enjoyed a perfect run through the early stages, just tracking Persian King with Frankie Dettori just a length behind the eventual winner.
When the pace quickened in the straight Dettori had Enable in the perfect position to strike, with Stradivarius on her outside, but she when she needed to quicken, the heavy ground meant she was unable to use her raking stride and she was beginning to send out distress signals when squeezed up.
In Swoop, the German Derby winner, was predictably strong at the finish, but Sottsass was always doing enough and held on by around half a length.
The Arc Paris Horse Racing Tracks
Qatar Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe
€3,000,000 added, 3yo plus, 1m 4f, Class 1
11 ran
Going: Heavy
The Arc Paris Horse Racing
POS. (DRAW) DIST HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY SP
1 (4) Sottsass 4 9-5 J-C Rouget Cristian Demuro 13/2
2 (1) nkIn Swoop 3 8-13 F-H Graffard Ronan Thomas 17/1
3 (7) 1¾Persian King 4 9-5 A Fabre Pierre-Charles Boudot 15/2
4 (9) hdGold Trip 3 8-13 F Chappet Stephane Pasquier 33/1
5 (2) 2Raabihah 3 8-9 J-C Rouget Maxime Guyon 10/1
6 (5) 2Enable 6 9-2 John Gosden Frankie Dettori 6/5F
7 (14) ½Stradivarius 6 9-5 John Gosden Olivier Peslier 9/2
8 (12) 2½Deirdre 6 9-2 Mitsuru Hashida Jamie Spencer 40/1
9 (6) nseWay To Paris 7 9-5 Andrea Marcialis Ioritz Mendizabal 28/1
10 (8) ¾Royal Julius 7 9-5 J Reynier Shane Foley 100/1
11 (13) 20Chachnak 3 8-13 F Vermeulen Tony Piccone 100/1
NR 4 (11) 4-4335 Japan 4 9-5 A P O'Brien NON RUNNER
NR 5 (10) 01-326 Sovereign 4 9-5 A P O'Brien NON RUNNER
NR 13 (3) Mogul 3 8-13 A P O'Brien NON RUNNER
NR (15) Serpentine 3 8-13 A P O'Brien NON RUNNER