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FOX Sports To Present Special Coverage Of Sunday’s Arc De Triomphe

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced it has partnered with FOX Sports to present live coverage and analysis of a trio of Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In” races from Longchamp Racecourse in Paris on Sunday morning, headlined by the Group 1 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, a 12-furlong turf test for 3-year-olds and up with a scheduled post time of 10:05 a.m., Eastern.

Sunday's special broadcast, which is presented by Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, will air on FS2 from 8-10:30 a.m., Eastern with the winner of the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe earning an all-expenses paid berth in the Grade 1, $4 million Breeders' Cup Longines Turf slated for November 6 at Del Mar.

The broadcast will also feature the Group 1 Qatar Prix Marcel Boussac at one mile for 2-year-old fillies [Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf] with a scheduled post time of 8:15 a.m.; and the Group 1 Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at seven furlongs for 2-year-olds [Juvenile Turf] with a scheduled post time of 8:50 a.m.

All three races are part of the Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In” Challenge Series with the winners earning automatic entry to the Breeders' Cup World Championships on November 5 and 6 at Del Mar. Also offered on the broadcast is the Group 1 Qatar Arabian World Cup at 1 1/4-miles for pure-bred Arabians with a scheduled post time of 9:25 a.m.

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Appleby Has ‘A Lot Of Faith’ In Arc Contender Hurricane Lane

The question of Hurricane Lane's participation in the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe had already arisen after his tour de force in the Grand Prix de Paris at Paris-Longchamp on July 14. It's now a certainty, as Godolphin's 3-year-old colt will indeed be in the line-up of the Oct. 3 feature. The Arc offers the winner an expenses-paid berth to the Breeders' Cup Turf at Del Mar in November.

Third in the Epsom Derby, the colt is coming off a convincing win in the Group 1 St Leger at Doncaster. He has now won six of his last seven career outings, which includes three Group 1 successes.

Hurricane Lane will endeavor to become the first horse to win the Doncaster classic and ParisLongchamp's flagship race in the same season.

His trainer, Charlie Appleby, seeking his first Arc win, remains confident.

“He will attempt to do what has never been done before, but I have a lot of faith in the colt,” Appleby said. “Just because no one has ever done this – doesn't mean no one will.”

This veritable steamroller rates a 6-1 chance with British bookmakers, and is one of the leading fancies for a race in which his stablemate Adayar is being quoted at 4-1. Tarnawa, the representative of His Highness the Aga Khan, continues to head the market at 5-2.

The colors of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum boast three wins in the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (G1), namely Marienbard (2002), Sakhee (2001) and Carnegie (1994).

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Leading French Sophomore Sealiway Prepares To Take On Arc De Triomphe

The 3-year-old Sealiway will tackle the Group 1 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Paris-Longchamp on Sunday, Oct. 2. The Arc is a “Win and You're In” for the Breeders' Cup Turf at Del Mar; Sealiway competed at the 2020 Breeders' Cup at Keeneland, finishing fifth in the Juvenile Turf.

He will be making his comeback in the race, having not been out since his second place in the Qatar Prix du Jockey Club (Group 1), the French Derby, on June 6 at Chantilly.

The best French 3-year-old, Sealiway carries the colors of the Haras de la Gousserie, who race him in partnership with Guy Pariente, his breeder. He is trained in the South-East, at Calas, by Cédric Rossi.

“Sealiway is going to go to the Arc, if all goes well between now and the big day,” said Pauline Chehboub, communications director for Haras de la Gousserie. “So far we are happy with his preparation. It looks like we are heading for an Arc with few runners. His morning rider has a good feeling: and thinks he's good, if not better than before the Jockey-Club. Sealiway did a gallop at Salon-de-Provence last Friday, where race conditions were replicated, and he was also schooled in the paddock. That put him back in the zone. He is in good condition. The choice of his jockey has not yet been made.”

Sealiway will be the first Gousserie runner in the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, which also applies to his trainer, Cédric Rossi. The colt was the best French 2-year-old in 2020: as on the day of the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, he excelled in the Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère (Group 1), which traditionally crowns the best French juvenile. He gave the Chehboub family their first French Group 1 win that day. The Chehboub family had already won at the highest level, but in the US: in 2008, when their representative Spirit One won one of the most coveted races of the US calendar: the Arlington Million.

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Alenquer’s Connections ‘Keen’ To Enter Colt In Arc De Triomphe

The connections of the British 3-year-old colt Alenquer have been toying with the idea of a crack at the Group 1 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe since the spring. Armando Duarte, the racing manager of the colt's owners, MM Stables, has subsequently confirmed, via the Racing Post, that the colt will line-up at ParisLongchamp on Sunday, Oct. 3.

He said: “The owners, Mubarak Alarou and Mussad Almutari, are keen to have a crack at the Arc as Alenquer is a mile-and-a-half horse, and he will handle any eventual cut in the ground. He's been in good shape since York. Obviously, it's a tough assignment but we're hopeful that he'll run a nice race.”

Alenquer is a colt with an international dimension. As his owners hail from Kuwait and he is trained in Britain, or Newmarket to be precise, by William Haggas. Furthermore, his breeders, the Gestüt Romerhof, are German. He was born and reared in France, and notably in Normandy, as he bears the hallmark of the La Motteraye Consignment.

Alenquer is unraced since his second place in the Group 1 Juddmonte International Stakes at York on Aug. 18, when he finished six lengths adrift of Mishriff. The latter is a possible Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe contender. He had previously finished third in the Group 1 Grand Prix de Paris over 12 furlongs at ParisLongchamp, won by one of the leading fancies for this year's Arc, Hurricane Lane.

Another formline also ties Alenquer in with another leading Arc fancy: as he beat Adayar in the Group 3 Classic Trial at Sandown in April. Adayar has since franked the form by winning both the Epsom Derby and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (both G1s). The latter race also rejoices in the reputation of being the British equivalent of the Arc.

Alenquer is quoted at odds varying from 25-1 to 40-1 by the bookmakers for the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

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