Longchamp preview: Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (14.55)

Trainer Andre Fabre has a superb record in the Qatar Prix de l´Arc de Triomphe, and New Bay looks to have outstanding claims of further enhancing it with success in this year’s renewal of the 1m 4f contest at Longchamp (14.55).

The Chantilly-based handler is the most successful trainer in the history of the race having won it seven times, and all bar one of those winners had won the Group 1 Prix Neil heading into the contest.

New Bay is bidding to follow suit having been most impressive when landing the Prix Neil by 2 1/2 lengths when last seen in action.

After racing strongly throughout towards the head of affairs, the three-year-old quickened readily clear inside the final furlong under a hands and heels ride to score with far more in hand than the winning margin suggests.

It was a most taking performance which suggested New Bay was peaking at exactly the right time.

The colt, who won the Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club at Chantilly earlier in the season, also receives a handy 5lb weight-for-age allowance from Treve and remains lightly raced and open to stacks more improvement after just six starts.

Treve, who is bidding to win the race for a record third time, looks a formdidable opponent.

The Criquette Head-Maarek trained five-year-old anding the 2013 running in impressive fashion by five length from Orfevre, and after disappointing start to last season bounced back to her brilliant best to score 12 months ago in terrific style.