Prix De L'Arc De Triomphe
 

Well I thought it was (finally) time for it to have a thread instead of going to and fro on the Snow Fairy and Japan threads...

Weather watch for Snow Fairy...

http://www.setanta.com/ien/Articles/...c/gnid-155707/

Decision should be here first...

http://www.edunlop.com/index.php

For Orfevre updates...

http://japanracing.jp/en/index.html

THE site, of course...

http://www.france-galop.com/index.php?id=1&L=1

How the field is shaping up...

http://www.skybet.com/horse-racing/f...dcmp=sl_rg_nav

I picked Orfevre to win the Arc back at the beginning of January on the predictions thread and I'll stick by that IF Snow Fairy swerves it. If not, not sure but she was never definite anyway.

Who have you been hoping for / looking forward to / are you interested in?

Can't wait!

shaping up to be a great race. hopefully it will live up to expectations. it's cool to have two mares in the race that will be among the favorites. pulling for orfevre all the way.

Might as well post it here too...

Snow Fairy is injured and out for the rest of the season.

New jock for Camelot if he runs...

http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/n...camelot-in-arc

:( that's a bummer. she was 2nd on my wish list.

on another note, why isn't tvg showing the arc this year??

Danedream Arc bid in limbo

http://www.attheraces.com/article.as...medium=twitter

Less than an hour ago.

good news about tvg showing it. bad news regarding danedream.

nathaniel out too....gee wiz

Latest on Camelot... no definite decision but he might as well, huh?

A shame so many are out.

http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/r...un-209692.html

Camelot in, Dettori gets the mount...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012...?newsfeed=true

The forgotten horse in all of this is the VERY good filly, Shareta...

(Lest anyone forgets, shs did finish 2nd in the Arc last year).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK8te9kEVCA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NN7w...=results_video

http://www.racingpost.com/horses/hor...abs=horse_form

Interesting move. Nathaniels little sister (Great Heavens) added.

How the field is shaping up...

http://www.racingpost.com/horses2/ca...7#raceTabs=lc_

Don't you wish Nose Drops was back posting?

Sunday Star he's asking about Snow Drops.

Have you seen her around?

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Barrier draw (post positions are the tiny little numbers)...

http://www.racingpost.com/horses2/ca...7#raceTabs=sc_

About what time (EST) will this go off?

I think it's around 10:25 but will double check that!

Thanks!

Well, that was a surprise.

The track seemed extremely rain-affected - 1:44 for the mile and 2:37 for the Arc were slow times, and a lot of horses really looked like they were struggling in it. That was the slowest Arc since 1999, and it was more than 13 seconds slower than Danedream ran last year.

But that was an incredible late surge by Solemia after she looked beaten.