Damnit!
Injured Lemaire to miss Arc weekend rides By Desmond Stoneham7.30PM 2 OCT 2009 Racing Post
CHRISTOPHE LEMAIRE will miss his rides at Longchamp this weekend, including the ride on Stacelita in the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on Sunday, after suffering a hairline fracture of the collarbone when he fell in an Arab race at Saint-Cloud on Friday.
According to his agent, Helen Barbe, he has fractured his left collarbone and will be out of action for about three weeks.
Rumours in France suggest top provincial rider Franck Blondel could now be in line for the ride on Stacelita.
Lemaire's big-race rides on Saturday included Oiseau De Feu in the Group 1 Total Prix de la Foret and the John Gosden-trained Pipedreamer in the Qatar Prix Dollar.
Friday's news means both of France's top jockeys - Lemaire and Christophe Soumillon - will be absent for Arc weekend, after Soumillon fractured his elbow in a fall at Nancy last month.
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