Overview

• Daryz delivered first Arc victories for trainer Francis‑Henri Graffard and jockey Mickaël Barzalona in the famed green‑and‑red silks.
• Sent off at 12-1, the three-year-old tackled 2,400m for the first time after finishing last in August’s Juddmonte International at York.
• Final placings: Minnie Hauk second, Sosie third, and 40-1 shot Giavellotto fourth as the best of the British-trained runners.
• Low draws and soft ground shaped the race, with stalls 1–3 supplying the first three home during driving rain at Longchamp.
• Japan’s challenge faltered in the conditions and from wide gates, as Byzantine Dream finished fifth and Croix Du Nord faded to 14th after leading.