2025 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp Racecourse

• Rayif at 15/8

• Puerto Rico 7/2

• Nighttime 4/1

• Time to Turn listed at 6/1

• A Bit of Spirit priced 12/1

• Campacite 14/1

• Vardif listed at 18/1

• Cielo Di Roma at 66/1

• Imperial Me Cen 100/1

Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (1.15pm) Preview

This prestigious juvenile colts race pits top French juveniles against a notable entrant representing Ballydoyle. Perfect Graffard’s Rayif and Head’s Nighttime compete against Ballydoyle’s Puerto Rico from Ballydoyle. The favourite took a Group Three event in his most recent start, and Christopher Head’s charge, holding a strong record, additionally a Group Three winner, having won a Group Three at Longchamp on the course and distance in early September. The Irish runner has been busier than both and recorded his first win just in his most recent start, winning the Group Two Champagne Stakes. Despite being an outsider for a Ballydoyle horse , but among the market leaders did not deliver, he remains a solid second-favourite according to oddsmakers. A Bit Of Spirit (Solario Stakes winner), who won the Solario Stakes following a tight photo, also warrants a spot in the lineup, like the Appleby-trained Time To Turn (Appleby), winner of a Listed race on the Ascot track back in July.

SELECTION: RAYIF

Outcome of the 12.40pm Race

1 Diamond Necklace the 11/10 market leader

2 Green Spirit (unbeaten) 9/4

3 Narissa (10/1) 10/1 third

The 12.40pm Race

They’re underway … Venosa (early leader) takes the lead early on … from Green Spirit (in pursuit) … The well-placed Diamond Necklace holds an ideal position entering the straight … Green Spirit surges makes a challenge … as Diamond Necklace charging late and she gets there near the line for victory with Aidan O’Brien and jockey Soumillon.

DIAMOND NECKLACE WINS THE GROUP ONE QATAR PRIX MARCEL BOUSSAC! 🏆🇫🇷

Preview for the Prix Marcel Boussac

After a four-year run from 2018 during which the victor failed to record another victory, this most prestigious event for juvenile fillies has picked up renewed strength recently featuring Blue Rose Cen and Opera Singer (2023) each recording Group One victories as three-year-olds and Zarigana (2024), who narrowly defeated by her longshot stablemate following starting at very short odds, claimed a French Classic during the spring. Green Spirit (unbeaten), unbeaten in four starts featuring the D’Aumale on this course most recently, leads the home challenge today additionally tops the ratings. Yet from Ballydoyle Diamond Necklace (unbeaten) remains perfect – after two starts – and ought to offer plenty to think about. She took a Listed race on Ireland’s Champions Weekend this autumn and a win by St Mark’s Basilica would represent a significant milestone for her sire. Between them, the top two according to odds take out around 70% of the market, however we have several other contenders who warrant a look. The unbeaten Ozone is also perfect after two starts, albeit on lesser courses, recently taking a black-type contest on the Lyon track. Meanwhile, Karl Burke’s Aylin (May Hill winner) won the May Hill in Doncaster most recently and the trainer could not be more in form.

SELECTION: DIAMOND NECKLACE

Welcome, bonjour to Arc day 2025 with six Group One races to feast on. The build-up has been dominated by talk about the weather as expected and although it may not be bottomless ground out there {it’s going to be|it will