Gift Revised favorite Minnie Hauk Just iron from the finish to win the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1) October 5 in the colors of the deceased owner-brother, the Aga Khan.
Trained by Francis Graffard and driven by Mickael Barzalona, who both won the race for the first time, Daryz forced his head just in time after Minnie Hawk was initially clearly stretched in the last Furlong and a half.
The gripping success comes only eight months after the Aga Khan, one of Racing’s large owner-breeders, died at 88 in February.
Graffard summarized, Graffard said: “In the past this was just a dream, and now it happens to me.”
Much of the racing of the race had focused on the Japanese attack on the race, but Luck seemed to escape the horses of the nation in the last week before the race with heavy rain that made the soil unfavorable and wide draws that hinder two of his three challengers.
The impact of the draw was again in this year’s bow, with the winner of Stall 2, Minnie Hauk from Stall 1 and Sauce The third was, from stall 3. Moreover, while a rainbow bowed over Parislongchamp when the arch was run, it was only because more rain fell on the runners in the Bois de Boulogne.
Byzantine dream Strong market support attracted before the race started and went from the second favorite under Jockey Oisin Murphy. He emerged threatening on the inside with 2 furlongs to run, but his efforts Peten for the last Furlong.
Instead, it was Minnie Hauk and Daryz, round in the middle of the track to chase the favorite, who selected the finish, with the green and red side of Aga Khan in front while the runners exceeded the line.
Daryz (far outside) the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe wins
It was the fifth time that the colors of Late Aga Khan have been in the race since 1982, with Daryz Akiyda, Sinndar, Dalakhani and Zarkava.
Graffard partially laid down the victory on Daryz’s Run in the Juddmonte International (G1) in York in August, when the 3-year-old sixth finished, and Barzalona performed a perfect ride on the winner.
He said: “This race has a great reputation, and it can be seen as when you win, it is very, very special. I have achieved a number of big wins, but this is very special, especially this year.
“He was tough. When I was planning to run in York, I told Princess Zahra that we are not going to win, but we have to harden him for autumn, and I think the defeat in York helped us to win today because my horse was very professional and adult for the first time.
“If you have a plan in your head and you can see that the plan works, you leave the race very well – it is a great experience. It was exactly what we were planning to do.
“It’s a big win. I am very lucky that Princess Zahra and her family give me the confidence to train this great horse, and to win the bow with these colors is just crazy.”
Barzalona, who won the Derby (G1) for Coolmore on Pour Moi and the Dubai World Cup (G1) for Godolphin, added a great success to his migration in the side of the Aga Khan Studs, an operation that he was appointed, conservative driver for the arch meeting last year.
Daryz and Mickael Barzalona
He said: “It is always this kind of race that you expect and you hope to win, it is the kind of race you have viewed since you were very young. To get to the circle of people who have won this race, there is also a great privilege in these colors. We work all year round to be competitive in these kinds of varieties.”
With his victory, Daryz earned a costs for paid, automatic berth on the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1T) at SeaAs the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe is part of the Breeders’ Cup Challenge series: Win and You’re in.
Aidan O’Brien and The Coolmore Partners had enjoyed the perfect start of ARC Day with two group 1 winners, but had to settle for the second with Minnie Hauk.
Michael Tabor, co-owner of Minnie Hauk, said: “Seconditis is a terrible disease, that’s all I can say! It’s just one of those things; We’ve been very proud of Minnie Hauk, she just caught a blinder. I thought she had won and I am sure she has a big future.”
O’Brien added: “She ran a great race. What can I say? She went very well and we are really happy.”
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