Rail Link puts Fabre in Arc seventh heaven

ANDRE FABRE confirmed himself the master of Europe’s autumn showpiece when sending out the unfancied Rail Link to secure his seventh victory in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp yesterday.

Last year’s winner Hurricane Run and Breeders’ Cup Turf hero Shirocco completed Fabre’s raiding party on the eight-strong field – the smallest assembled since 1941 – but it was the outsider of his trio who prevailed.

The weeks building up to the mile-and-a-half contest had been dominated by Fabre’s better-fancied duo and Deep Impact, winner of the Japanese Triple Crown last year.