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Melbourne Cup star Verry Elleegant to be supplemented for the Arc

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Melbourne Cup star Verry Elleegant to be supplemented for the Arc

Melbourne Cup winner Verry Elleegant will be supplemented for the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. She will join four other entries for Francis Graffard. It will mark the first appearance by an Australian or New Zealand-bred runner in the Arc in over a decade. Very Elieegants' dam Opulence died at the age of 17. She had just foaled a sister at Grangewilliam Stud.

Graffard Racing will pay late entry fee for champion mare Verry Elleegant's to take part in Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

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