Alkaased has been ruled out of Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp after an 11th-hour setback.

Connections of Motivator have reported the Vodafone Derby hero to be in sparkling form ahead of Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

Francois Doumen, fresh from sending out two winners at the Cheltenham Festival, has a bright chance of lifting France’s first Group Two race of the season with Samando at Longchamp on Sunday.

Polish Summer landed the opening Pattern race of the European Flat season yesterday when the Andre Fabre-trained runner prevailed in a thrilling finish to the Prix Exbury at Saint-Cloud.