He has progressed well since, however, finishing runner-up to King of Steel at Royal Ascot before winning the Great Voltigeur and then showing a turn of foot to outclass some dour stayers in the St Leger. He made a promising reappearance in the Dante at York but was disappointing behind Ace Impact in the Prix du Jockey Club afterwards. No Leger winner has ever followed up in same year's ArcĬontinuous has been well supported in the betting since winning the St Leger at Doncaster and is another three-year-old who needs maximum respect. The record of Prix du Jockey Club winners going on to taste success in the Arc isn’t a great one, but Rouget made the decision not to run Ace Impact in the Irish Champion Stakes – Vadeni did so before his Arc bid – earlier this year and that may pay dividends this weekend.Īce Impact clearly has an exciting profile, arrives a fresh horse and should have no problem staying a mile and a half, while the ground is unlikely to be testing looking at the forecast, so he clearly has a favourite's chance. The only horse to win the Prix du Jockey Club and go on to win the Arc in their three-year-old season this century is Dalakhani back in 2003, though Sulamani (2002), New Bay (2015), Sottsass (2019) and Vadeni (2022) all finished placed at Longchamp.īoth Sottsass – who went on to win the Arc as a four-year-old – and Vadeni were trained by Rouget, so it is a well-trodden path for the trainer. Ace Impact is Timeform's highest-rated three-year-old in Europe based on his high-class performance in the Prix du Jockey Club, where he took the step up to Group 1 company in his stride and had the reopposing Feed The Flame back in fourth.
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