Arc shake-up after Treve eclipsed in trials

Treve’s already perilous grip on Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe favouritism was firmly loosened at Longchamp yesterday as Criquette Head-Maarek’s star could finish only fourth in the Prix Vermeille.

On an Arc trials day full of surprises, last year’s Arc heroine was reunited with Thierry Jarnet for a prep race she won 12 months ago under Frankie Dettori, and travelled well enough at the rear of the field in the reasonably quick conditions for much of the way.

The four-year-old made progress wide into the straight, from where she held every chance.