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:

PP	Horse	Jockey	Trainer
1	Haya Landa	Franck Blondel	Loic Audon
2	Saonois	Antoine Hamelin	Jean-Pierre Gauvin
3	Yellow and Green	Thierry Thulliez	Nicholas Clement
4	Ernest Hemingway	Colm O'Donoghue	Aidan O'Brien
5	Camelot	Frankie Dettori	Aidan O'Brien
6	Solemia	Olivier Peslier	Carlos Laffon-Parias
7	Great Heavens	William Buick	John Gosden
8	Aventino	Anthony Crastus	Yasutoshi Ikee
9	Mikhail Glinka	Mirco Demuro	Arslangirey Shavuyev
10	St. Nicholas Abbey	Joseph O'Brien	Aidan O'Brien
11	Shareta	Christophe Lemaire	Alain de Royer-Dupre
12	Robin Hood	James Heffernan	Aidan O'Brien
13	Meandre	Maxime Guyon	Andre Fabre
14	Bayrir	Gerald Mosse	Alain de Royer-Dupre
15	Kesampour	Gregory Benoist	Mikel Delzangles
16	Sea Moon	Ryan Moore	Sir Michael Stoute
17	Masterstroke	Mickael Barzalona	Andre Fabre
18	Orfevre	Christophe Soumillon	Yasutoshi Ikee

-Keelerman

BAYRIR WINS THE SECRETARIAT STAKES!

French invader Bayrir showcased a determined turn-of-foot to wear down a game Summer Front to win the $500,000 Secretariat Stakes (gr. I) at Arlington Park on Saturday afternoon.

Under a skillful ride from Christophe Lemaire, Bayrir was a bit slow from the starting gate and found himself racing in seventh position early on, about ten lengths behind favored Silver Max, who carved out moderate fractions of :24.65 and :48.94 while being tracked by Summer Front, Handsome Mike, and Daddy Long Legs. Cozzetti and All Stormy were racing toward the rear of the field, while Finnegans Wake was the trailer.

Following the opening half-mile, Daddy Long Legs made a bold and sustained run on the far outside, a rally which put him ahead of Silver Max with a quarter mile to run. But his efforts left him with nothing in the tank for the stretch drive, and the colt soon retreated to last place. However, this did not leave Silver Max with the lead, as Summer Front was rallying strongly and quickly surpassed the front-runner. He appeared to be on his way to victory, but Bayrir was putting in a terrific run in between horses and burst clear to win by 1 1/4 lengths, stopping the clock for ten furlongs on turf in 2:02.92 seconds.

Finnegans Wake rallied well to finish second, 1 1/4 lengths clear of Summer Front. Handsome Mike, Silver Max, Cozzetti, All Stormy, and Daddy Long Legs completed the order of finish.

The winner is owned by H. H. Aga Khan and is trained by Alain De Royer-Dupre.

-Keelerman

Secretariat Stakes Entries and Post Positions

Here are the entries and post positions for the $500,000 Secretariat Stakes (gr. I), to be run on Saturday at Arlington Park. The ten-furlong turf race has drawn an exceptional field of three-year-old colts, led by Virginia Derby (gr. II) winner Silver Max, UAE Derby (UAE-II) winner Daddy Long Legs, and American Derby (gr. III) winner Cozzetti.

1 Handsome Mike
2 Summer Front
3 Cozzetti
4 Finnegans Wake
5 All Stormy
6 Daddy Long Legs
7 Bayrir
8 Silver Max

-Keelerman