What possible scenario in the 2024 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe?

“What do we do in the Arc if we have an outside number in the starting stalls?” Lester Pigott replied: “You stay at home.” Alexis Pouchin in the saddle on Mqse de Sévigné will be present this Sunday October 6, 2024 at ParisLongchamp even if he will have to deal with number 16 in the boxes. Olivier Peslier, editor-in-chief of this newspaper a few hours before this great ordeal, also thinks so: “Paradoxically, it’s sometimes easier to manage a number on the outside with a competitor who wants to be at the forefront. Just let the horse do its thing. There is no need to force it since no one is going to come and cover you anyway. Often, your opponents further inside take over and push you forward without making any effort. Mqse de Sévigné could illustrate my point this year. If there is rhythm, so much the better and if not, she will be able to move forward as she did Golden Horn. Frankie Dettori’s partner stayed outside for a very long time and the other jockeys inside were wondering what he was doing. This strategy of going ahead without falling back created confusion among adversaries.”

“It is better to leave frankly”

Among the sixteen competitors, not many are known to liven up the race but a horse will have to be dedicated. Zarakemwho has nothing to lose and starts from stall 1? Bluestockingquickly on your feet? Los Angeleshardened and who doesn’t want to get trapped outside? Not easy because this position is not the best. We have to go back to 1996 and the victory ofHélissio to find a horse that won from start to finish. His jockey? Olivier Peslier: “I had carte blanche that day. But with Elie Lellouche we agreed on the fact that we should not change tactics and stick to what had worked in the Prix Niel, three weeks earlier. Hélissio is a horse who was good when he was in action. It was not a question of fighting with him, but of letting him settle down. I had a small number in the stalls (5) and in this case, it is better to leave honestly because otherwise, there is the risk of finding yourself last, that’s what we did.” Sauce will rush like Hélissio from stall 5 but Maxime Guyon will undoubtedly look for a back close to the head. Vega’s look (stall 8) shouldn’t be too far away either. All the others are rather wait-and-see and will wait until the last moment, the open-stretch, to launch their mount. Then it’s Sunday.

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