Who Will Win Arc De Triomphe
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 | |
Sottass is big French hope as Enable goes for unprecedented Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hat-trick The Telegraph via Yahoo Sports 1 year ago. Last year, back at Longchamp, she was one of 19, but for her attempt to win an unprecedented third.
Sottsass won by a neck from runner-up In Swoop. Sottsass won a dramatic Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe as Enable finished sixth in her attempt to win Europe's richest race for a record third time. Waldgeist was 16-1 to win before the race. Enable and Frankie Dettori were denied a record third Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe as Waldgeist pipped her on the line to win Europe's richest Flat race. After a hard-fought victory at Glorious Goodwood, John Gosden announced that his four-time Goodwood Cup winner, Stradivarius, will be aimed at the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe later this year. The message has surprised many but also provided yet more excitement ahead of the race, as the line-up becomes greater and greater. However, racing fans.
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.
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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.
Arc De Triomphe Horse Race
Qatar Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe
€3,000,000 added, 3yo plus, 1m 4f, Class 1
11 ran
Going: Heavy
Who Won Arc De Triomphe 2020
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