Cloud in form of her life

Trainer Freddie Head is confident brilliant filly Moonlight Cloud is in the form of her life as she aims to complete a Group 1 hat-trick in the Qatar Prix de la Foret at Longchamp.

After making a successful return to action in a Group 3 over course and distance in early July, the five-year-old twice lit up Deauville in August when she landed the Prix Maurice de Gheest over six and a half furlongs and the Prix Jacques le Marois over a mile on successive Sundays.

She tackles the intermediate distance of seven furlongs on Arc day and although Head respects last year’s winner Gordon Lord Byron, trained by Tom Hogan, the French handler is in bullish mood.