Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe: Enable heads field at ParisLongchamp
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Venue: ParisLongchamp racecourse Date: Sunday, 7 October Time: 15:05 BST |
Coverage: Commentary on BBC Radio 5 live |
Last year's winner Enable will bid to follow up under Frankie Dettori in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at ParisLongchamp on Sunday.
The four-year-old filly, trained in Newmarket by John Gosden, is seeking to become the eighth horse to win Europe's richest race for the second time.
"Even in my long career, she's a once-in-a-lifetime horse," Dettori, 48, told the BBC before the $5m (£4.4m) contest.
Another filly, Sea Of Class, is second favourite behind Enable.
The Irish and Yorkshire Oaks winner, trained by William Haggas, was given a supplementary entry at a cost of 120,000 euros (£107,000).
She will bid to emulate her sire, Seas The Stars, who won the big race in 2009.
The other British-trained challengers are Defoe, for Roger Varian, and Sylvester Kirk's Salouen.
Irish trainer Aidan O'Brien's five-strong team is headed by the past two St Leger victors - Kew Gardens and Capri - alongside Hunting Horn, Nelson and Magical.
Frenchman Andre Fabre, who has saddled a record seven Arc winners but has not triumphed since Rail Link 12 years ago, is represented by 2017 runner-up Cloth Of Stars, plus Waldgeist and Talismanic.