but only if ground is suitable says Haggas

Baaeed has won his tenth straight race since the Juddmonte International at York. He will have one more race this season, either in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe or the Qipco Champion Stakes. The deadline to supplement for the Arc is Wednesday, September 28 at a cost of €120,000. If the ground is nice, Baaed will run in Longchamp on October 2.

Baaeed is a champion miler of 2021. He won all six starts in his first season of racing. Olivier Peslier has won the Arc four times. Baaed is 7-4 favourite for the October 2 race. Paddy Power quotes him at 4-6 non-runner. The horse has a career-high Racing Post Rating of 138. It is the second highest rating for a racehorse on turf only after Frankel. Paddies are hoping the rain stays away from Paris. Haggas says the horse will be fine on suitable ground.

The last three Arc runs were on testing conditions. The going at Longchamp is 50-50. There will be a fresh strip of ground on the racing line on Sunday. The ground described as soft or even good to soft on French scale, measured by the penetrometer, will ride quicker than if using the Turftrax GoingStick. Treve ran only a second and a half outside standard on officially soft ground in 2013. Enable's first Arc victory at Chantilly in 2017 was just 0.31 seconds above the average.

Bet365 have Baaeed, Alpinista, Torquator Tasso, Vadeni, Onesto, Do Deuce, Pyledriver, Westover, 16 bar. Paddy Power have Alpineista (non-runner money back), 6 Titleholder, 7 Torqator, 8 Vadani, 12 Oneste, 14 Do deuce and 14 Pylled River.