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Originally Posted by saratogabrit
The Arc is great but not the race it was 25 years. Before the BC, Japan Cup, Hong Kong International.
25 runner races-made for a chance to make thousands on the Tierce betting Group 1 winning British/Irish horses who were sent off a telephone number prices.
Whilst I supported the maximum field size drop down to 20 in 1994-it now seems that they struggle to get more than 12 horses to post-even with 1 trainer trying his best to boost the field size-but to no avail as they have moved the Tierce race to a bog standard Handicap
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I must admit, the Arc isn't what it used to be. It has gone downhill within the last five years, also.
I'm not excited about the Arc at all this year, maybe it's because the three year olds aren't exactly brilliant. I'm not sure, but it really isn't exciting me like it has done in past years.
In fact, the 'under' card at Longchamp on Saturday and Sunday are far more exciting.
I really think there will be a shock in the Arc this year, and many people will feel slightly robbed of what should be a great race.