Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
Grade 1, ParisLongchamp 15:20
€5,000,000 guaranteed,
3yo plus,
1m 4f, Class 1  
Sunday 5th October 2025

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The Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe has emerged as the long-range ambition for Estrange after her emphatic return to action in the Lester Piggott Fillies’ Stakes at Haydock on May 31— a performance that left no doubt she’s graduated to a higher league.

The daughter of  Night Of Thunder, who impressed on two of her three outings last season, took the step up to Group Three company in her stride, brushing aside a competitive field with an air of authority that hinted at bigger days ahead.

Talk of a possible Irish raid in the Pretty Polly Stakes surfaced in the immediate aftermath, but for now, the plan is to stay closer to home. Connections are eyeing a return to Haydock for the Lancashire Oaks, keeping the filly at a mile and a half — with an eye steadily fixed on Longchamp in October.

“She’s always shown us a great deal,” said Cheveley Park Stud’s Managing Director Chris Richardson. “She really caught the eye on debut at Goodwood, and Saturday just confirmed what we’ve quietly believed for some time.”

“If she’d scraped home by a neck, we’d have been delighted. So for her to win in the manner she did — it suggests there’s real substance to her talent.”

The team are hoping that softer autumn ground in Paris will play to her strengths, with the Arc very much the ultimate aim.

“We’ll work back from ParisLongchamp — that’s the dream, and we’ll try to keep it alive,” Richardson continued.

In the shorter term, the Lancashire Oaks looks the likely next stop. “The Pretty Polly’s over ten furlongs, and at this stage we’re minded to keep her at twelve. Her only blot last season was at Yarmouth, and that was down to us. The ground was too quick, and we got that wrong. But she put things right at Doncaster.”

Jan Brueghel repelled the late thrust of Calandagan in a finish as tight as it was thrilling to land the Betfred Coronation Cup on June 6.

Unbeaten when claiming Britain’s oldest Classic at Doncaster, Aidan O’Brien’s colt had the Melbourne Cup on his radar—until the Australian vets intervened. A subdued return this spring in a Group Three had some wondering whether the shine had dulled.

But like so many from Ballydoyle, the second run told the real story. With Ryan Moore at his imperious best, Jan Brueghel found more when it mattered, answering every call and refusing to yield as the 8-13 favourite Calandagan loomed large with menace inside the final furlong.

Try as he might, the favourite could never quite level up—Jan Brueghel always doing just enough, ears pricked, heart blazing, crossing half a length to the good.

“A very tough horse,” said O’Brien. “Ryan gave him a class ride—he doesn’t surrender. He improved bundles from the last day, and he was still full of running at the line.”

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Qatar Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe
€5,000,000 guaranteed, 3yo plus, 1m 4f, Class 1
78 entries
Going:

NO. FORM HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER JOCKEY (form as of Jun 06)
1 632-31 Almaqam 4 9-5 Ed Walker
2 210-34 Al Riffa 5 9-5 Joseph O'Brien
3 11116- Economics 4 9-5 William Haggas
4 8112-1 Redentor 4 9-5 Tetsuya Kimura
5 2221-1 Illinois 4 9-5 A P O'Brien
6 10216- Cold Heart 5 9-5 P Schiergen
7 3302-1 Shin Emperor 4 9-5 Yoshito Yahagi
8 31023- Narrativo 4 9-5 Marcel Weiss
9 813-72 Ancient Wisdom 4 9-5 Charlie Appleby
10 1111-2 Ombudsman 4 9-5 John & Thady Gosden
11 424-68 Deira Mile 4 9-5 Owen Burrows
2 430-35 Sunway 4 9-5 David Menuisier
13 131-53 Giavellotto 6 9-5 Marco Botti
14 152-33 Sevenna's Knight 5 9-5 A Fabre
15 111-24 White Birch 5 9-5 John Joseph Murphy
16 53-111 Arrow Eagle 4 9-5 J-C Rouget
17 141-11 Map Of Stars 4 9-5 F-H Graffard
18 135-12 Internaute 4 9-5 Christopher Head
19 3114-1 Sosie 4 9-5 A Fabre
20 111-21 Jan Brueghel 4 9-5 A P O'Brien
21 439-11 Los Angeles 4 9-5 A P O'Brien
22 065-61 Byzantine Dream 4 9-5 Tomoyasu Sakaguchi
23 3431-8 Nakheel 4 9-2 Owen Burrows
24 5210-6 Doha 5 9-2 Ralph Beckett
25 171-1 Estrange 4 9-2 David O'Meara
26 32177- Survie 4 9-2 N Clement & F Hermans
27 /1115- Erle 4 9-2 Maxim Pecheur
28 12132- Tiffany 5 9-2 Sir Mark Prescott Bt
29 11296- Lava Stream 4 9-2 David O'Meara
30 361/6- Tasmania 5 9-2 Sir Mark Prescott Bt
31 3111-3 Kalpana 4 9-2 Andrew Balding
32 4579-9 Dare To Dream 4 9-2 Gavin Hernon
33 113-27 Tamfana 4 9-2 David Menuisier
34 17111- Friendly Soul 4 9-2 John & Thady Gosden
35 1-6555 Regaleira 4 9-2 Tetsuya Kimura
36 214-12 Shaha 4 9-2 John & Thady Gosden
37 44127- You Got To Me 4 9-2 Ralph Beckett
38 4122-1 Aventure 4 9-2 C Ferland
39 1-24 Azimpour 3 8-13 F-H Graffard
40 1 Daryz 3 8-13 F-H Graffard
41 21-15 Ridari 3 8-13 M Delzangles
42 11 Midak 3 8-13 F-H Graffard
43 51-18 Sea Scout 3 8-13 Simon & Ed Crisford
44 11-7 Tuscan Hills 3 8-13 Raphael E Freire
45 1-1 Pride Of Arras 3 8-13 Ralph Beckett
46 12-99 Expanded 3 8-13 A P O'Brien
47 212-11 Delacroix 3 8-13 A P O'Brien
48 01-232 Al Aali 3 8-13 Mme L Pontoir
49 112 Leffard 3 8-13 J-C Rouget
50 13-11 Ruling Court 3 8-13 Charlie Appleby
51 34-111 Cualificar 3 8-13 A Fabre
52 1-2 Purview 3 8-13 D K Weld
53 11- New Ground 3 8-13 H-F Devin
54 1521 Dioptase 3 8-13 J-C Rouget
55 1-1 Gethin 3 8-13 Owen Burrows
56 11-6 The Lion In Winter 3 8-13 A P O'Brien
57 11- Twain 3 8-13 A P O'Brien
58 312-1 Stanhope Gardens 3 8-13 Ralph Beckett
59 211- Starzintheireyes 3 8-13 Ralph Beckett
60 3-11 Parachutiste 3 8-13 F-H Graffard
61 1 Akido 3 8-13 Henk Grewe
62 1211-3 Hotazhell 3 8-13 Mrs John Harrington
63 11- Lifetimes 3 8-13 P Schiergen
64 111-2 Croix Du Nord 3 8-13 Takashi Saito
65 1-23 Alohi Alii 3 8-13 Hiroyasu Tanaka
66 21-231 Camille Pissarro 3 8-13 A P O'Brien
67 1-32 Damysus 3 8-13 John & Thady Gosden
68 1-21 Nitoi 3 8-13 A Fabre
69 1 Oracle 3 8-13 A Fabre
70 62 Phineas 3 8-13 A Fabre
71 1-21 Uther 3 8-13 C Ferland
72 3121-3 Tennessee Stud 3 8-13 Joseph O'Brien
73 1-2 Frankly Good Cen 3 8-13 Mme Victoria Head
74 112-1 Zarigana 3 8-9 F-H Graffard
75 13-22 Shes Perfect 3 8-9 Charlie Fellowes
76 1-1 Safia 3 8-9 F Chappet
77 3-12 Jones 3 8-9 S Cerulis
78 22 Pearla 3 8-9 William Haggas