Layers take ‘injured’ Manduro out of Arc market

CORAL and Ladbrokes have issued revised prices on the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe following informed speculation Manduro suffered an injury in the wake of his win in the Prix Foy at Longchamp yesterday.

The Andre Fabre-trained colt – the highest-rated horse in the world – was winning over a mile and a half for the first time and all looked set fair for a tilt at Europe’s middle-distance championship next month.

Connections of the Baron Georg Von Ullman-owned four-year-old declined to comment last evening but reports from the racecourse suggested the horse was lame behind on his right leg with a suspected fracture. Connections were waiting to see X-ray results before making any statement, which is expected today.