Arc still on Workforce agenda

CONNECTIONS of Workforce remain hopeful he will be able to defend his crown in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe following the injury he sustained at Ascot on Saturday.

Michael Stoute’s four-year-old hung violently to his left in the closing stage of the King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes and had to make do with the runner-up spot behind Nathaniel.

It transpired last year’s Derby and Arc winner had been struck into behind by the fatally-injured Rewilding and Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to owner Khalid Abdullah, is keeping his fingers crossed the top-class colt has not suffered any lasting damage.