Enable: Can Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe treble at Longchamp be stopped?

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Enable: Can Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe treble at Longchamp be stopped?

It's Flat racing's Arc weekend. 12 horses are due to be chasing Europe's grandest prize at ParisLongchamp racetrack in the Bois de Boulogne on Sunday. Two-time winner Enable is hogging the build-up headlines as she and Frankie Dettori seek an historic treble in a mile-and-a-half-long feature.

Enable is training for her 15th and final race. John Gosden believes she's matured and ready to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Gos den is worried about the competition for the race, especially for three-year-old colts in Sottsass and Japan.

Ghaiyyath is trained at Newmarket by Charlie Appleby and won at Baden-Baden in Germany in September. He is the son of Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation. William Buick, who was once number one jockey to Gosden, is back on board.

Ryan Moore rides Japan, one of two Aidan O'Brien-trained/Coolmore-owned horses in the race. Donnacha rides Magical, while Andre Fabre rides Waldgeist. Arc trophy and the Euros haven't been in France since Treve won it in 2014. Enable has won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe three times in a row.

Japan's horse racing industry would love to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Fierement and Blast Onepiece are rated outsiders but they have passionate support.

Enable's first Arc success was achieved at Chantilly. Longchamp was closed for a two-year, 130m euro refurbishment and a rebrand to ParisLongchamps in 2018. The crowds were mixed. There were reports of food and drink running out early and long queues for the betting booths and loos.


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