Taghrooda bidding to follow Treve lead in Arc

Taghrooda can use last year’s stunning Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe heroine Treve as inspiration as she aims to defy the same seemingly unfavourable draw in Paris tomorrow.

Treve became the first horse since Dalakhani (stall 14) in 2003 to strike from a double-figure starting berth 12 months ago, negotiating a path from stall 15 to a truly breathtaking victory.

Investec Oaks winner Taghrooda showed she is well up to mixing it against the boys and her elders when slamming her opponents in the King George at Ascot in July and she, too, will be loaded into gate 15 ahead of what looks very likely to be her swansong.