Orfevre bids to stake Arc claim

Orfevre becomes the latest Japanese star to embark on the route towards the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe with an outing in one of the trials at Longchamp tomorrow.

With the help of his pacemaker Aventino, last year’s Japanese Triple Crown winner tackles Andre Fabre’s triple Group One winner Meandre in the Prix Foy.

The Far Eastern racing nation developed a keen interest in attempting to claim Europe’s great prize when El Condor Pasa took the Foy and then finished second in the 1999 Arc.