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Oversubscribed Arc To Be Limited To 20 Runners

The maximum number of runners in the 2022 G1 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on Sunday, Oct. 2 will be 20, France Galop announced on Tuesday. The 2022 racing code and the specific race conditions limit the number of runners to 20 and this is the number that will be retained. If needed, elimination or ballotting procedures are as follows:

  • Runners with the lowest rating will be eliminated sequentially. The rating is decided by the France Galop Handicapper Service.
  • In the case of horses with the same rating, eliminations will be made in the ascending order of prize-money won for victories and places throughout the year 2022, with a draw in case of a tie in prize-money earnings.

Wednesday marks a €120,000 supplementary stage, with final declarations released on Thursday. Star Australasian mare Verry Elleegant (NZ) (Zed {NZ}) sits 22 in the order of entry and would need two higher-ranked defections to participate.

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Buick And Mishriff Likely To Team Up For The Arc

William Buick is likely to ride John and Thady Gosden's Mishriff (Ire) (Make Believe {GB}) in the Paris Longchamp in the G1 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe after Adayar (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) was ruled out of the race in favour of the G1 Champion S. at Ascot.

Prince Faisal's 5-year-old is a Group 1 winner in France, Dubai, and the UK, and, although he has yet to win in 2022, he has been in the top three in three of his four starts.

Runner-up to Arc rival Vadeni (Fr) (Churchill {Ire}) in the G1 Coral-Eclipse in July, under Prince Faisal's former retained rider David Egan, Mishriff was third in the G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S. at Ascot later that month.

He rebounded to take second to the G1 Champion S.-bound Baaeed (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) in the G1 Juddmonte International S. in August and was last seen running fourth in the G1 Irish Champion S. at Leopardstown on Sept. 10.

“He's in good order and I think William Buick will be riding him,” Gosden senior told Sky Sports Racing. “The ground was sticky and holding in Ireland and he wasn't in love with that, but he was doing his best work at the end.

“He got a little bit out of it, he has won over a mile and a half, he's won a Prix du Jockey Club, he's won on soft ground.

“I'm perfectly aware of the quality of the race but it doesn't have an outstanding star in it, to that extent a lot of people have been tempted.

“He's pretty experienced, he's been around the world this horse, we haven't been frightened wherever he's run. He's won Saudi Cups, he's raced in France, he's raced in Ireland, he's raced in England–he's very international.

“He's run on dirt, on soft turf, on heavy turf as a 2-year-old at Nottingham, and firm ground and sand tracks.

“He's a very versatile horse and all being well, he'll be going to stud in France at the end of the season.”

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King Charles III’s First Runner To Race At Salisbury On Thursday

Educator (GB) (Deep Impact {Jpn}), trained by William Haggas, will be the first runner for The King at Salisbury on Thursday, Sept. 29. Previously His Majesty had runners in the colours he shared with the Queen Consort when they were the Prince Of Wales and the Duchess Of Cornwall, respectively. However, Thursday will be the first time the royal colours will take to the racecourse in his name. Educator was one of two horses who galloped up Warren Hill in the royal silks as a tribute to the monarch at Newmarket's Open Weekend earlier this month. He will start in the Radcliffe & Co. H.

Tom Marquand, who will ride the 3-year-old, told Sky Sports Racing, “Having ridden for The Queen they will remain some of the proudest moments of my career for the entirety of it. Riding the first runner [for the King] is a moment to cherish as well.

“Educator is a lovely horse, he's shown a bit of character at home and he thankfully got his head in front at Newmarket at the start of the season.

“He's obviously an important runner, it will be a sad day and a happy day at the same time.”

Added British Horseracing Authority Chair Joe Saumarez Smith, “The loss of Her late Majesty was keenly felt within the racing and breeding industries given her lifelong passion for the sport, and so we are naturally thrilled to see that the horses previously owned by her will race on in the ownership of His Majesty King Charles III.

“Her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II left an indelible mark on our sport and her legacy will continue to be felt, not only through the horses that will continue to run in the name of King Charles III, but also those she bred who are yet to be seen on the racecourse in the years to come.

“We wish Educator and King Charles III the very best of luck on Thursday and keenly look forward to further successes in those famous royal silks on British racecourses.”

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Sister to Blackbeard Brings €2.6 Million at Goffs Orby Sale

Glenvale Stud's full-sister to dual Group 1-winning juvenile Blackbeard (Ire) (No Nay Never) brought the first seven-figure transaction of the day at the Goffs Orby Sale when knocked down at €2.6 million to Richard Knight.

The agent did not divulge the name of his client but confirmed that the filly will be trained in the UK.

Consigned as lot 93, she was bred by Newstead Breeding and is the second foal of the Born To Sea (Ire) mare Muirin (Ire), herself a winner at two and fourth in the G1 Moyglare Stud S.

The 7-year-old mare's first offspring, Blackbeard, has won six of his eight starts for Aidan O'Brien and the Coolmore partners this season, including the G1 Darley Prix Morny and Saturday's G1 Juddmonte Middle Park S.

 

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