Gousserie Racing and Ecuries Serge Stampniak’s unbeaten three-year-old ACE IMPACT (Ire) is the early favourite for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) on Sunday at Longchamp, one of the greatest races in the world. The 1 1/2 mile turf event has drawn a field of 15. The race goes off at 4:05 p.m. in France.
Ace Impact is a son of Cracksman trained by Jean-Clause Rouget and the colt is the hometown horse. His most recent win came in the Group 2 Priz Guillaume d’Ornanno. The Racing Post Rating of 125 he achieved two starts ago at Chantilly would have been good enough to win four of the last seven Arcs, according to European racing news outlets.
Representing England and Ireland are King George (G1) top two finishers HUKUM and WESTOVER. The latter was sixth in last year’s Arc.
World champion trainer Aidan O’Brien will saddle English St. Leger winner CONTINUOUS, who has been supplemented to the Arc. Also supplemented to the Arc is FANTASTIC MOON (Ger) trained by Frau Steinberg. The three-year-old won the Group 2 Prix Niel in his most recent race. In a previous outing, the colt was second to Godolphin’s Nations Pride in Germany and that horse is expected to run in the Canadian International (G1) at Woodbine on Oct. 8.
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Sunday, Paris Longchamp, France, post time: 16:05
QATAR PRIX DE L’ARC DE TRIOMPHE-G1, €5,000,000, 3yo/up, c/f, 12fT
Saddle Cl. – Post – Horse – Sire – Trainer – Jockey – Wt
1. 13 Sisfahan (Fr) Isfahan (Ger) Grewe Delozier 131
2. 4 Haya Zark (Fr) Zarak (Fr) Fouassier Mosse 131
3. 9 Onesto (Ire) Frankel (GB) Chappet Guyon 131
4. 15 Simca Mille (Ire) Tamayuz (GB) S Wattel Pouchin 131
5. 6 Bay Bridge (GB) New Bay (GB) Stoute Kingscote 131
6. 1 Westover (GB) Frankel (GB) Beckett Hornby 131
7. 14 Hukum (Ire) Sea The Stars (Ire) Burrows Crowley 131
8. 11 Place Du Carrousel (Ire) Lope De Vega (Ire) Fabre Barzalona 128
9. 5 Through Seven Seas (Jpn) Dream Journey (Jpn) Ozeki Lemaire 128
10. 3 Free Wind (Ire) Galileo (Ire) J & T Gosden Dettori 128
11. 10 Mr Hollywood (Ire) Iquitos (Ger) Grewe Murzabayev 125
12. 2 Feed The Flame (GB) Kingman (GB) Bary Soumillon 125
13. 8 Ace Impact (Ire) Cracksman (GB) Rouget Demuro 125
14. 12 Fantastic Moon (Ger) Sea The Moon (Ger) Steinberg Piechulek 125
15. 7 Continuous (Jpn) Heart’s Cry (Jpn) A O’Brien R Moore 125
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