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Arc Picture Sharpens as Kalpana Targets Kempton Prep and Longchamp Trials Are Finalized

This year's card runs a week earlier to extend the gap before the Arc, featuring the newly added Prix du Moulin.

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Overview

  • Ante-post favourite Kalpana (around 6-1) runs in Saturday’s Group 3 September Stakes at Kempton as a preparatory outing for Longchamp, with Andrew Balding emphasizing it is a fitness-building run.
  • Giavellotto is regarded as her main danger at Kempton, arriving off Group 1 Hong Kong Vase glory, a Coronation Cup third, and a perfect all‑weather record while giving Kalpana 3lb.
  • Sunday’s Longchamp fields are set, with Whirl declared for the Prix Vermeille under Christophe Soumillon and last year’s Arc runner-up Aventure among the opposition.
  • Los Angeles and Sosie, third and fourth in last year’s Arc, clash in the Prix Foy with form questions to answer, while Grand Prix de Paris winner Leffard leads the Prix Niel line-up.
  • Organisers moved the Arc Trials meeting forward by a week and bolstered it with the Group 1 Prix du Moulin to provide a longer run-in and reduce clashes with other late-season fixtures.