Qatar Prix Marcel Boussac previews lead up to Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe

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Updates on the big race in Paris (3.05pm), news and more Get in touch! Send your thoughts to Greg here 12.31pm Qatar Prix Marcel Boussac preview A dozen runners for the Arc meeting’s premier event for juvenile fillies, won last year by an Arc contender, Diamond Necklace. It’s a race where the visitors have enjoyed plenty of success in recent years but the home team have also managed to hold their own, with 10 wins for French stables in the last 20 years and the remainder shared between Ireland and Britain. Aidan O’Brien, needless to say, is the most successful raider from across the water, with six wins since 2005, but it is his son, Joseph, who fields the likely favourite in Green Empress, the runner-up behind his dad’s hugely impressive Sun Goddess in the Moyglare Stud Stakes last time. Continue reading...