Ace makes big impact
This stuttering Flat season was in search of a big moment and it finally got it today thanks to Ace Impact in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. The three-year-old colt lived up to the hype and won very impressively on quicker ground than normal for Europe’s premier middle-distance horserace. But no sooner than Turfistes were hailing a champion than we were fearing it might be the end of a lightning career on the racecourse at least.
Ace Impact only made his racing debut in January and is still unbeaten after six trips to the track but his trainer Jean-Claude Rouget said afterwartds that he may now be retired to stud. No doubt the horse’s tendency to get worked up in the preliminaries doesn’t help and it must be difficult keeping the lid on him but it is going to be a crying shame if this comet of a colt is only going to blaze through the racing world for just one year.
Frankie Dettori may have failed to ride a winner on his final day riding in France but British racegoers do get one more chance to see him at least as he will be riding for the final time in the UK on Champions Day at Ascot on October 21st. We’ll be back with a live blog then and I hope that many of you can join us then. Au revoir for now.
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The objection is overruled and Frankie Dettori’s appeal is thrown out. The Italian doesn’t end the day on a winner. God and Maxime Guyon did not read the script.
