Horse racing betting tips: Japan could be the one to foil Enable’s hat-trick bid
NO HORSE has won the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe more than twice.
In fact, of all the dual winners of Europe’s richest horse race, only Treve even managed a hat-trick attempt.
That’s the size of the task that faces Enable and Frankie Dettori at Longchamp on Sunday afternoon (3.05pm) and despite that she is 8/11 to re-write the record books with Ladbrokes.
This daughter of Nathaniel should bow out with an incredible 13th straight success but faces two really smart three-year-olds in the shape of Sottsass and JAPAN.
French Derby winner Sottsass has won on soft ground and shaped nicely for this by winning the Prix Niel last time.
He has plenty of class and that all important turn of foot, so will be hard to keep out of the frame.
However, preference is for Aidan O’Brien’s Japan who has done nothing but improve with every start this season.
This son of Galileo only just made the Dante and Derby, but his defeats in those contests were more down to his lack of maturity and race-readiness than anything else.
He has since made up for lost time winning at Royal Ascot and following that with victories in the Group One Grand Prix de Paris and the Juddmonte International at York last time.
That narrow win over Crystal Ocean puts him right in the mix here and he may not have finished improving just yet.
He looks the each-way call at 6/1 with Star Sports and will make Enable earn her place in history.
If the ground dries out a little, I can see Waldgeist running well again at around 16/1, although if the forecasts are to be believed that looks unlikely.
POINTERS SUNDAY
Japan e/w 3.05pm Longchamp