Enable, the 5-year-old daughter of Nathaniel, is seeking an unprecedented third victory in the Arc. Last year, she became the first horse to win the Arc and the Breeders’ Cup Turf in the same season, and her connections are hopeful that Enable will be able to continue to make history this season. She has won each of her three prep races, the G1 Coral-Eclipse, the G1 King George, and the G1 Yorkshire Oaks, ahead of her Arc bid.
Lining up against Enable are expected to be her long-time rival, Magical, who chased her home three times this season and tested Enable all the way to the wire beneath the Twin Spires at last year’s Breeders’ Cup. Other Aidan O’Brien-trained entrants are the talented Juddmonte International winner Japan and Derby winner Anthony Van Dyck.
Here is the field for the Arc:
Sunday, ParisLongchamp, France, post time: 4.05 p.m.
QATAR PRIX DE L’ARC DE TRIOMPHE-G1, €5,000,000, 3yo/up, c/f, 12fT
SC PP HORSE SIRE JOCKEY TRAINER WT
1 5 French King (GB) French Fifteen (Fr) Peslier Pantall 131
2 3 Waldgeist (GB) Galileo (Ire) Boudot Fabre 131
3 12 Ghaiyyath (Ire) Dubawi (Ire) Buick C Appleby 131
4 7 Kiseki (Jpn) Rulership (Jpn) Soumillon Sumii 131
5 4 Blast Onepiece (Jpn) Harbinger (GB) Kawada Otake 131
6 2 Fierement (Jpn) Deep Impact (Jpn) Lemaire Tezuka 131
7 11 Nagano Gold (GB) Sixties Icon (GB) Barzalona Luka 131
8 9 Enable (GB) Nathaniel (Ire) Dettori Gosden 128
9 8 Magical (Ire) Galileo (Ire) D O’Brien A O’Brien 128
10 10 Japan (GB) Galileo (Ire) Moore A O’Brien 125
11 6 Soft Light (Fr) Authorized (Ire) Take Rouget 125
12 1 Sottsass (Fr) Siyouni (Fr) C Demuro Rouget 125
Already a two time Arc winner, and the first horse to win the Arc and Breeders’ Cup Turf in the same year, if she accomplishes a third Arc, it will enhance her already stellar resume to be included with the best race mares of all time.
