Autumn is upon us with career-defining races in the Arc and beyond
FRENCH MASTER: Andre Fabre could become the first trainer to saddle an Arc winner in five different decades. Picture: John Walton/PA
With the Arc trials at Longchamp on Sunday to weigh up in addition to four Group 1s on the second day of Ireland’s Champions Festival at the Curragh, many punters will have had a severe case of information overload as a weekend with top-level action in four countries and on two continents finally drew to a close.
Oisín Murphy and William Buick, who both contested Grade One events at Woodbine in Toronto, Canada on Saturday, before a transatlantic hop to ride in Ireland a few hours later, would probably share the general sense of exhaustion. The autumn is upon us, and with it the career-defining races that will crown the champions of 2024 in every generation and division.
