Four-year-old filly Found, last year’s Breeders’ Cup Turf (gr. IT) winner, led a sensational 1-2-3 finish for trainer Aidan O’Brien when she took the €5 million Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I), Europe’s premier race, Oct. 2 at Chantilly.

Owned by Coolmore and partners and ridden by Ryan Moore, Found snapped a five-race string of seconds when she took over from pacesetter Vedevani and then held off stablemates Highland Reeland Order of St George to get the victory. The three top finishers were sired by Coolmore’s internationally successful stallion Galileo.

Postponed, the 2-1 favorite to stay unbeaten in five starts this year, was alongside Found in the straight but failed to kick on and finished fifth.

Ideally positioned in midfield along the rail early, Found came out to challenge for command in the straight after unleashing a brilliant rally from more than a quarter-mile out. She easily overhauled Vedevani and stayed on strongly for her third win at the highest level.

Found covered 2,400 meters (about 1 1/2 miles) in 2:23.61 on turf rated as good, improving to 6-10-2 from 19 starts.

An unlucky ninth behind winner Golden Horn in last year’s Arc, Found was a scintillating victress two starts later in the Breeders’ Cup Turf atKeeneland, where she outbattled that rival to a half-length triumph. She could return for this year’s edition of the race Nov. 5 at Santa Anita Park.

Michael Tabor, a co-owner in the top three Arc finishers, expressed his awe to England’s Press Associaiton.  

“First, second, and third in the Arc—it’s unbelievable,” he said. ”It’s just incredible. Words can’t describe it. It’s just amazing.

“This is the time of year for (Found). We knew we had a chance, but this is the Arc and it’s a tough race. It’s unreal. She’s a hardy, tough filly. I don’t have to say anything because her results speak for themselves, so it’s fantastic.”

Tabor campaigns Found and Highland Reel with Susan Magnier and Derrick Smith as part of the Coolmore partnership and the trio partners with  Lloyd Williams of Australia, the majority owner in Order of St George.

O’Brien said the Arc had always been a goal for Found, who won at 5-1 odds.

“We’ve had our eye on this for a long time,” O’Brien said. “When Ryan rode her as a 2-year-old and said she could win an Arc—he was obviously right.”

Found won the Prix Marcel Boussac (Fr-I) as a 2-year-old. She came into this year’s Arc on the back of five runner-up finishes in group I races, including her finish three-quarters of length behind Almanzor in the QIPCO Irish Champion Stakes last time out Sept. 9. That race was preceded by the Darley Yorkshire Oaks, Prince of Wales’s Stakes, Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Cup, and Tattersalls Gold Cup. 

 ”We came here very hopeful after a good run last time,” O’Brien said.

Dual Derby winner Harzand finished ninth in the Arc, and Makahiki, carrying Japan’s decades-long hope of an Arc win, came in 14th in the field of 16.

Found was bred in Ireland by Roncon, Wynatt, and Chelston, a group associated with Coolmore. Her dam is English and Irish group I winner and highweight Red Evie (Intikhab), also the dam of group III-winning full sisters Best in the Word and Magical Dream.

“It’s the race that all of America watches and obviously Europe does, too, so the whole world is watching,” Tabor said of the Arc. “It’s a special race to say the least.”

Tags: Found,  Highland Reel (IRE),  Qatar Prix De L’Arc De Triomph,  Coolmore And Partners,  Aidan O’Brien,  Order Of St George

fonte : Bloodhorse.com

Chantilly: #Found vince uno storico Arc, hat trick per Aidan O’Brien anche con Highland Reel e Order Of St George

 

 

E pensare che non c’era Minding! La prima cosa che ci viene in mente è questa dopo aver assistito ad una edizione dell’Arc per certi versi storica. Nonostante l’assenza di una delle 3 anni più forti del mondo, il genio di Aidan O’Brien è riuscito a fare un hat trick terrificante! Per risalire ad un 1-2-3 come quello visto a Longchamp bisogna andare indietro nel tempo al… boh. Così sulle prime non ci viene in mente nulla per aggrapparci ad un avvenimento che ha dell’incredibile. La seconda cosa che ci viene in mente è quella che riguarda Galileo (Sadler’s Wells), pensare che il più importante stallone europeo non aveva ancora prodotto un vincitore di Arc! Ed ora tre tutti insieme sul podio. Ancor più incredibile. Padre Aidan, uno dei motori dell’operazione allevatoria del Coolmore, l’onnipotente per dirla in una parola sola, ha padroneggiato anche in Francia ed è riuscito a realizzare qualcosa di epico grazie a Found, Highland Reeled Order Of St George, appunto tutti e tre figli di Galileo, piazzati ai primi 3 posti del podio con una fine interpretazione del mestiere di allenatore grazie alla quale ha portato alla massima espressione 3 cavalli su 3 presentati nella madre di tutte le corse. Davvero epico. Ma se su Found potevamo anche crederci, del resto è cosa nota in un post vecchio dove scrivevamo che Found arrivava precisa precisa all’Arc, sugli altri due nutrivamo delle riserve. Sconfessate completamente da un capolavoro di training. Found ha cercato e trovato nel serbatoio delle energie tutta la potenza di cui è capace, l’ha raccolta e l’ha gettata sul tappeto verde di Chantilly, riscuotendo il credito con la sorte maturata quest’anno con i secondi posti nella Tattersalls Gold Cup, Coronation Cup, Prince of Wales’s, Yorkshire Oaks e Irish Champion Stakes, vendicandosi anche della sfortuna dello scorso anno quando fu murata viva al momento del massimo sforzo.

Stavolta ha vinto ancora con più stile grazie anche a Ryan Moore che l’ha tenuta fuori da parziali onestamente molto veloci, con Vedevani che faceva l’andatura per Harzand e alle cui spalle si era posizionato proprio Frankie che, con un cavallo da 4000 metri, doveva pur inventare qualcosa. E siccome a Chantilly da dietro si recupera nulla, Frankie si è messo sui primi e quando ha capito che doveva andare ha lasciato il corridoio per Found che da qui ha disegnato un arcobaleno in progressione trascinandosi Highland Reel e lasciandolo a debito distacco.

 

 

 

Tutto questo mentre Postponed non riusciva ad esprimersi come nelle precedenti, forse pago della stagione, forse a disagio su un tracciato poco gradito, salvando almeno il quinto posto ed il giapponese Makahiki (Deep Impact), attesissimo e favorito dalla mattina della corsa, ha confermato di essere un cavallo normale. Ma la copertina è tutta per Padre Aidan che subito dopo aver passato il palo ha chiamato la mamma per confrontarsi, come fa sempre, e poi si è dovuto vedere Dettori che baciava sulla bocca Ryan Moore per complimentarsi, con quest’ultimo un pò a disagio per il gesto ma ben contento di celebrare una vittoria con i fiocchi. Found, com’è probabile, difenderà la corona di campionessa in America nella Breeders’ Cup Turf dove lo scorso anno fece lo scalpo di Golden Horn. Per Aidan O’Brien era il 18° vincitore di G1 in tutto il mondo in questo 2016. Per Found sono 6 vittorie in 19 corse con  10 secondi posti e 2 terzi. In generale, in 14 apparizioni a livello di G1, ha ottenuto 3 vittorie, 9 secondi ed 1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. Che dire poi di Galileo, derbywinner nel 2001 e padre dei primi 3 arrivati. Tutti in un colpo solo, e l’Arco era l’unica corsa non vinta da uno dei suoi figli!

 

Dicevamo di Postponed, vincitore delle ultime 6 corse disputate, arrivato all’appuntamento non proprio al massimo con Andrea Atzeni che per un pò ha coltivato il sogno ma capendo in corsa che il suo non era quello dei giorni migliori. Quarta è arrivata a sorpresa la 6 anni Siljan’s Saga (Sagamix), a 66/1, mentre Cristian Demuro stava per compiere il capolavoro in sella a One Foot In Heaven (Fastnet Rock) giungendo sesto ad un baffo da Postponed. Un pò sulle uova New Bay (Dubawi), non riuscito a dare l’ultimo colpo di reni. Che significato ha questo Arc dal punto di vista tecnico? Diciamo che il terzo posto di un cavallo da “coppe” non ci fa esultare fino in fondo, confinando lo status in un limbo non proprio elitarissimo. Solo il futuro dirà cosa rappresenta questo Arco. Intanto ne abbiamo raccontato gli elementi principali, poi metabolizzo e se mi viene in mente qualcosa di diverso riferisco.. IL VIDEO DELL’ARC DE TRIOMPHE CLICCANDO QUI. IL RISULTATO COMPLETO CLICCANDO QUI. Tempo finale di 2m 23.61s (fast by 5.39s). Ed è già tempo di Champion Stakes!
Per gli approfondimenti sulle altre corse della giornata rimandiamo al prossimo post di domani. Intanto i risultati completi di giornata cliccando QUI.

 

PUBBLICATO DA GABRIELE CANDI A DOMENICA, OTTOBRE 02, 2016

 

 

Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe : Exceptionnelle Found !

Créé le 2 octobre 2016,  par Jean-Baptiste Morel

 

Incroyable ! Aidan O’Brien fait le triplé ! C’est exceptionnel ! La géniale Found l’emporte, devançant Highland Reel et Order of St George. Un podium réellement historique qui fera date.

Une course exceptionnelle. Du jamais-vu, c’est certain. L’édition 2016 du Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe a vu le sacre de Found, formidable. Mais ce qui l’est encore plus, formidable, c’est la performance de l’entraîneur irlandais Aidan O’Brien, qui place ses trois pensionnaires aux trois premières places de la course. « L’homme aux lunettes de soleil » est décidément un entraîneur hors-normes.

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La lauréate

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Found : Dans les Irish Champion Stakes le 10 septembre dernier à Leopardstown, elle n’avait trouvé que l’excellent Almanzor pour la priver d’un victoire en Groupe 1. Le champion de Jean-Claude Rougetabsent aujourd’hui (et cette absence en étant d’autant plus rageante), la magnifique jument d’Aiden O’Brian ne trouve personne pour lui barrer ici le chemin de la victoire. Partie dès la mi-ligne droite, elle n’est plus rejointe, et fait une splendide lauréate de ce Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe 2016.

Arrivée : 10-4-8-9-2

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Les notes

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One Foot in Heaven & Savoir Vivre étaient en queue de peloton dans le tournant final, compromettant complètement leurs chances au sortir des stalles de départ. A l’issue de deux lignes droites assez formidables, ces deux-ci sont les seuls à avoir pu refaire du terrain à la lauréate, concluant à distance (respectivement 6e et 8e), mais donnant tout de même quelques regrets.

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La déception

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Le 19e cheval japonais à participer à l’Arc, Makahiki, était extrêmement chuchoté avant la course, et c’est tout un pays que espérait qu’il lui rapporte son premier Arc.

Immense contre-performance pour le partenaire de Christophe Lemaire, qui conclut très loin, ne faisant jamais illusion. « On en attendait tellement que c’est très décevant. Il a été plus allant que d’habitude, et a rapidement baissé les armes. »

Ryan Moore celebrates winning the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe on Found

Found leads home Arc one-two-three for O’Brien

Report: France, Sunday

Chantilly: Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (Group 1) 1m4f, 3yo+

FOUND, so often the bridesmaid this season, enjoyed her finest hour as she led home an Aidan O’Brien-trained one-two-three in the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

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Runner-up in the Tattersalls Gold Cup, Coronation Cup, Prince of Wales’s, Yorkshire Oaks and Irish Champion Stakes on her last five starts, the 2014 Prix Marcel-Boussac winner got her head in front when it mattered most.

And she did it with style, bursting between horses under Ryan Moore to power clear of stablemate and King George winner Highland Reel, with Gold Cup hero Order Of St George claiming third. Siljan’s Saga was the first horse not sired by Galileo to cross the line in fourth.

Settled in midfield, off a far stronger pace than is sometimes the case in the Arc, Moore negotiated the perfect path round the inner on the long home bend, before angling out and threading the four-year-old filly through the narrowest of gaps between Order Of St George and Postponed and then flying past the fading pacesetter Vedevani as Found powered to her crowning glory.

Last year she finished second in four Group 1s, before turning over the Derby, Eclipse, Irish Champion and Arc hero Golden Horn in the Breeders’ Cup Turf. This time she claimed Europe’s richest race for herself at odds of 6-1, to take her tally of Group 1 victories to three and earn quotes of 6-4 with William Hill for the defence of her Breeders’ Cup Turf crown.

For O’Brien it was a remarkable achievement. To saddle the first three home, from three runners, in Europe’s premier middle-distance race must rank among the finest achievements of an unparalleled career. It was also his 18th Group/Grade 1 winner on the Flat worldwide in 2016.

“It’s unbelievable,” said O’Brien, who labelled it the greatest training feat of his illustrious career. “I can’t describe it. You couldn’t even dream of that. How could you say anything is higher than this? It is the most difficult race. For that to happen it is incredible. Ryan gave her a brilliant ride.

“I am so delighted for everyone. We were worried about the ground for Order Of St George but happy with the other two. It’s a massive team effort and I’m so privileged to be part of it and they were all by Galileo.”

Part-owner Michael Tabor, in whose colours Found ran, said: “First, second and third in the Arc is unbelievable. Words can’t describe it. This is the time of the year for Found so we knew we had a chance in the Arc.”

Found (left) leads home stablemates Highland Reel (purple silks) and Order Of St George (second left, white cap) in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe

PICTURE: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)

Favourite Postponed, who had won his last six starts – including four Group 1s – travelled well for Andrea Atzeni in a prominent position but failed to pick up in the straight, finishing fifth.

“That’s racing, we’ll take it on the chin,” said trainer Roger Varian. “Andrea said he broke well but was trapped wide early on. He said he went into the big bend on the bottom on the wrong lead and took a while to switch on to the right lead. He didn’t pick up the way he usually can in the straight.”

Kevin Ryan’s The Grey Gatsby, who won the 2014 edition of the Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly, finished last and the trainer said: “That was very disappointing. He travelled good and was in a lovely position but it  wasn’t his day. He just didn’t fire up the straight.”