Friday, October 05, 2012

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Entries: Camelot looks to rebound

Camelot, winner of the English 2,000 Guineas (Eng-I), Epsom Derby (Eng-I), and Irish Derby (Ire-I) earlier this year, will look to rebound from a runner-up effort in the Ladbrokes St. Leger Stakes (Eng-I) last time out when he faces seventeen rivals in the 91st running of the $5.1 million Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I) at Longchamp on Sunday.

Trained by Aidan O'Brien, the son of Montjeu will be making his debut against older horses in the Arc, but is expected to be favored due in part to the fact that three-time Arc winning jockey, Frankie Dettori, will be aboard.

The Japanese-bred Orfevre, who won the Japanese Triple Crown last year, is projected to have the best shot at pulling off an upset. He prepped for the Arc with a solid victory in the Prix Foy (Fr-II) on September 16th, and will be ridden by top French jockey Christophe Soumillon.

Other prominent entrants include St. Nicholas Abbey, winner of the 2011 Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. I); Great Heavens, winner of the Irish Oaks (gr. I); Shareta, runner-up in the 2011 Arc and winner of the Qatar Prix Vermeille (Fr-I) most recently; Saonois, winner of the Prix du Jockey Club (Fr- I); and Sea Moon, runner-up in the 20121 Breeders' Cup Turf.

Post Positions:
PPHorseJockeyTrainer
1Haya LandaFranck BlondelLoic Audon
2SaonoisAntoine HamelinJean-Pierre Gauvin
3Yellow and GreenThierry ThulliezNicholas Clement
4Ernest HemingwayColm O'DonoghueAidan O'Brien
5CamelotFrankie DettoriAidan O'Brien
6SolemiaOlivier PeslierCarlos Laffon-Parias
7Great HeavensWilliam BuickJohn Gosden
8AventinoAnthony CrastusYasutoshi Ikee
9Mikhail GlinkaMirco DemuroArslangirey Shavuyev
10St. Nicholas AbbeyJoseph O'BrienAidan O'Brien
11SharetaChristophe LemaireAlain de Royer-Dupre
12Robin HoodJames HeffernanAidan O'Brien
13MeandreMaxime GuyonAndre Fabre
14BayrirGerald MosseAlain de Royer-Dupre
15KesampourGregory BenoistMikel Delzangles
16Sea MoonRyan MooreSir Michael Stoute
17MasterstrokeMickael BarzalonaAndre Fabre
18OrfevreChristophe SoumillonYasutoshi Ikee

-Keelerman

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