O’Brien ‘strongly’ considering Camelot Arc run

Camelot faces a crucial workout this morning as trainer Aidan O’Brien insists he is looking “very strongly” at running his Classic hero in Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

O’Brien ‘strongly’ considering Camelot Arc run
Wed, 03 Oct, 2012 - 01:00
Colin Wilson

The colt won the 2000 Guineas, Derby and Irish Derby earlier in the year only to have his Triple Crown bid scuppered by Godolphin’s Encke in the St Leger at Doncaster last month.

A crack at the Longchamp feature looked unlikely in the aftermath of that defeat, but O’Brien is now giving serious thought to the 12-furlong autumn showpiece.

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CourtsRacingPlace: St LegerPlace: DoncasterPlace: LongchampPlace: FrancePlace: MontjeuPlace: Cologne racecoursePlace: AscotPlace: GermanyPlace: ColognePlace: ArcPlace: St Nicholas AbbeyPerson: O’BrienPerson: CamelotPerson: Aidan O’BrienPerson: GodolphinPerson: Joseph O’BrienPerson: DanedreamPerson: NathanielPerson: John GosdenPerson: James WiganPerson: Lady RothschildPerson: Julien PescatorePerson: SirPerson: Michael StoutePerson: Sea MoonPerson: OrfevreEvent: Prix de l’Arc de TriompheEvent: 2000 GuineasEvent: DerbyEvent: Irish DerbyEvent: Triple CrownEvent: Queen Elizabeth StakesEvent: Prix du Jockey-ClubEvent: Prix NielOrganisation: LadbrokesOrganisation: Imperial Monarch
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