Overview
- Aidan O'Brien confirmed unbeaten four-time Oaks winner Minnie Hauk is on his Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe programme and will be supplemented for the October 5 race.
- O'Brien said we have not seen the best of Minnie Hauk yet and indicated a strongly run Arc would suit her relentless style.
- Whirl is under consideration for Sunday's Prix Vermeille at Longchamp as a stepping stone toward the Arc, with the Irish Champion Stakes kept as a fallback.
- Los Angeles is being aimed at a prep in France in the Prix Foy before a planned Arc tilt, despite a drift in his ante-post price after recent defeats.
- David O'Meara ruled Estrange out of the Vermeille and said her next start will probably be either the Arc or Ascot's British Champions Fillies & Mares, as bookmakers shortened Minnie Hauk to around 5/1–8/1 in Arc markets.