The mighty mare ENABLE goes for her third PRIX DE L’ARC DE TRIOMPHE Sunday at Longchamp and her task got a bit easier Thursday morning when second favourite LOVE was withdrawn by trainer Aidan O’Brien due to the projected soft footing.
Love, the Epsom Oaks winner, will now point to the Breeders’ Cup Turf at Keeneland in November.
Enable was upset in last year’s Arc by Waldgeist on soft turf.
Epsom Derby winner SERPENTINE was supplemented to the Arc. THE SPORTING LIFE has a an analysis of the field here.
A ‘soft turf’ horse-by-horse assessment from Racing Post can be found here.
Post Positions (not numbers on saddle towels – see chart below for saddle towel #s)
1 In Swoop (Ronan Thomas)
2 Raabihah (Maxime Guyon)
3 Mogul (Ryan Moore)
4 Sottsass (Cristian Demuro)
5 Enable (Frankie Dettori)
6 Way To Paris (Ioritz Mendizabal)
7 Persian King (Pierre-Charles Boudot)
8 Royal Julius (Shane Foley)
9 Gold Trip (Stephane Pasquier)
10 Sovereign (Mickael Barzalona)
11 Japan (Yutaka Take)
12 Deirdre (Jamie Spencer)
13 Chachnak (Tony Piccone)
14 Stradivarius (Olivier Peslier)
15 Serpentine (Christophe Soumillon)
Final pre-Arc workout – Enable and Frankie Dettori on Wednesday @RacingPost @NewmarketGallop @DiscoverNKT pic.twitter.com/uFpFF0yZLK
— David Milnes (@davidmilnesHQ) October 1, 2020
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