Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe 2025 at Longchamp

• Rayif at 15/8

• Puerto Rico 7/2

• Nighttime available at 4/1

• Time to Turn listed at 6/1

• A Bit of Spirit priced 12/1

• Campacite 14/1

• Vardif listed at 18/1

• Cielo Di Roma at 66/1

• Imperial Me Cen 100/1

Preview for the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere

This Group One for two-year-old colts features leading French prospects versus a strong runner trained by Ballydoyle. Unbeaten Rayif and Nighttime compete against O’Brien’s Puerto Rico for O’Brien. Graffard’s runner took the Group Three Prix Francois Boutin on his previous race, whereas Christopher Head’s charge, holding three wins from four, additionally a Group Three winner, having won a Group Three at Longchamp at this course and distance during September. The O’Brien contender proved busier compared to the others and recorded his first win only during his latest start, winning the Doncaster’s Group Two. Although an outsider for an O’Brien-trained runner , but a market leaders did not deliver, he remains a solid contender according to the bookmakers. A Bit Of Spirit (Solario Stakes winner), which took the Solario Stakes after a tight finish, also merits his place in the lineup, like the Appleby-trained Time To Turn (Appleby), a Listed winner at Royal Ascot earlier this season.

PICK: RAYIF

Prix Marcel Boussac (12.40pm) Result

1 Diamond Necklace (Aidan O’Brien) 11/10 favourite

2 Green Spirit at 9/4

3 the 10/1 shot Narissa at 10/1

The Prix Marcel Boussac

They’re underway … Venosa (early leader) seizes first position from the start … followed by Green Spirit … Diamond Necklace holds a good position approaching the finish … Green Spirit (making a move) makes a challenge … as The fast-finishing Diamond Necklace rushing up and wins in the final strides to triumph trained by Aidan O’Brien and ridden by jockey Soumillon.

DIAMOND NECKLACE WINS THE GROUP ONE QATAR PRIX MARCEL BOUSSAC! 🏆🇫🇷

Analysis of the 12.40pm Race

After a four-year run from 2018 when the Boussac winner was unable to record a subsequent win, the French top race for two-year-old fillies has regained a little strength lately featuring Blue Rose Cen (2022) and Opera Singer each securing Group One victories the following year and Zarigana, who narrowly defeated by her 100-1 stable companion a year after trading at very short odds, claimed the French 1,000 Guineas during the spring. The unbeaten Green Spirit, with a clean slate after four outings which included the D’Aumale at this track most recently, leads the local challenge in this race and also tops Timeform’s figures. But from Ballydoyle Diamond Necklace remains unbeaten – from two races – , so should offer a tough challenge. Diamond Necklace took a Listed race during Champions Weekend this autumn and a win for this offspring of the stallion St Mark’s Basilica would represent a big moment for the breed. Combined, the favourites according to odds represent around 70% of the pool, but we have a few more contenders that warrant some consideration. Ozone (unbeaten) remains with two wins, though at smaller venues, last time out securing a black-type contest on the Lyon track. Meanwhile, Karl Burke’s Aylin (May Hill winner) took a Group Two on the Doncaster course in her latest start and her stable could hardly be performing better.

SELECTION: DIAMOND NECKLACE

Welcome, hello and welcome to Arc day 2025 with no fewer than six premier contests to watch. The pre-race talk has been dominated by the topic of conditions as expected and although it isn’t bottomless ground on the course {it’s going to be|it will