Jean-Claude Rouget 'optimistic' Ace can make Arc impact

The trainer has no stamina doubts despite the fact the Cracksman colt has yet to race over a mile and a half

LEADING PLAYER: Ace Impact wins the Group 2 Prix Guillaume d’Ornano at Deauville in August.  Picture: Healy Racing

Jean-Claude Rouget is in confident mood ahead of Ace Impact's bid for glory in the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on Sunday.

It has been quite the rise through the ranks for the son of Cracksman, who did not see the racecourse as a two-year-old and made his debut in the low-key surroundings of Cagnes-Sur-Mer in late January.