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Look De Vega Dislodged As Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Favourite After Losing Unbeaten Record
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The Carlos and Yann Lerner-trained Look De Vega, who landed the 2024 French Derby, has been dislodged at the head of the 2024 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe market after running only third in the Prix Niel Stakes on 15th September.
Sosie The New Arc Favourite After Impressive Prix Niel Win
There is a new horse at the head of the 2024 Prix de l’Arc Triomphe market after the previous fancy with the best UK horse racing betting sites Look De Vega was toppled in the Prix Niel on September 15th at Longchamp.
Having made much of the running, Look De Vega was outgunned over the final two furlongs of the Arc Trial – despite having every chance to win the race – with the André Fabre-trained Sosie outstaying him to win by 1 1/2 lengths (watch below).
Delius was back in second, with Look De Vega fading into third.
Sosie Was Winning His Four Carer Race
Sosie was winning his fourth career race (from 6) – having previously seen off the recent St Leger runner-up Illinois in the Grand Prix de Paris in the middle of July.
Andre Fabre, who trains Sosie also knows a thing or two about winning the Arc – he’s the record-winning handler with a staggering eight successes in the Longchamp Group One.
Look De Vega is now the general second favourite in the 2024 Arc market, with the Aidan O’Brien-trained Irish Derby winner Los Angeles next best and the Japan runner Shin Emperor, who was third in the Irish Champions Stakes, also prominent.
When Is The 2024 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe?
📅Date: Sunday 6th September 2024
⌚Time: 3:00pm
🏇Racecourse: Longchamp 1m4f
💰Winning Purse: £2,484,348
📺 TV: ITV and Sky Sports Racing
The Last Prix Niel Winner To Take The Arc Was Rail Link In 2006
Despite winning the Prix Niel in decent fashion and now propping up the Arc horse racing market – there is a slight worry for Sosie fans.
This is because the last winner to win both races was Rail Link way back in in 2006. You can watch the race below – with the Japanese raider and favourite Deep Impact beaten into third and later disqualified after a banned substance was found in the horse.
That said, Rail Link was also trained by a certain André Fabre – who also looks after Sosie. While, in more recent years, the 2020 Arc winner Sottass did win the Prix Niel the season before (2019).