Apres Vous

He is also entered in the Chaudenay over 3000 metres on 2nd October.

He is, along with 6 other Fabres...none of the others are in the Niel, though.  I supsect Brigantin will be the stable No.1 for the Chaudenay.  Would you not say a choicely-bred, unbeaten, Tabor-owned, Fabre-trained beast is not of, at the very least, mild interest for the Arc, equi?

I would Headmaster and after reading your post briefly made him favourite for the arc on here! I'm not exactly a big hitter, it's just the lack of liquidity surrounding the beast, encouraging really as layers clearly don't know what view to take.

That is why I was surprised at the Chaudenay entry the day before and no Arc entry. I suppose they could supplement him, but not the usual style of Coolmore. More likely to scatter entries everywhere than supplement.
I am sure they will want at least a GP2 win this year, GP1 next year then off to stud.
They will want a return on their £450K.

What about the ****, if it wins this race it could go off 1/3 on the PMU for the ARC

**** is forbidden

^ Nipponese

Not Coolmore's usual style because O'Brien enters everything in everything so they're never in that position!  They're more than happy for other trainers to supp in, though (Papal Bull - Derby for instance).  What wouldn't be usual style imo is Fabre chucking an inexperienced horse into a hot Niel just as a Chaudenay prep.  Could have easily run him in the Lutece or Saturday's Inter-Regional if that's all they thought he was?

Definitely bob. An intriguing race...shame no Scalo imo.

1 behkabad m.ps. 3 ans  P2 58 555   S.A. AGA KHAN JC. ROUGET (S) 540.740 
2 shamalgan m.ps. 3 ans  P1 58 525   ARDAK AMIRKULOV A. SHAVUYEV 167.688 
3 WALDHORN M.PS. 3 ans    58 ***   MICHEL BESSIS T. DOUMEN (S) 37.100 
4 planteur (ire) m.ps. 3 ans  P2 58 545   ECURIE WILDENSTEIN E. LELLOUCHE 589.960 
5 VIVRE LIBRE (GB) M.PS. 3 ans    58 360   ECURIE WILDENSTEIN E. LELLOUCHE 5.100 
6 kidnapping ire m.ps. 3 ans  P2 58 ***   EFFEVI SNC DI FELICE VILLA E S. BOTTI 106.114 
7 APRES VOUS IRE M.PS. 3 ans    58 ***   MME J.MAGNIER/D.SMITH/M.TABOR A. FABRE 11.000 
8 victoire pisa jpn m.ps. 3 ans  P2 58 ***   Y. ICHIKAWA/T. YOSHIDA K. SUMII 2.155.712 
9 lady's purse gb f.ps. 3 ans  P2 56,5 495   CHEIK MOHAMMED AL MAKTOUM HA. PANTALL 90.250 
10 dariole f.ps. 3 ans  P2 56,5 495   TERUYA YOSHIDA P. BARY (S) 67.400

...hope you got something warming out of it Desmond!!

I'm going to put in a good word for Chinchon in the Foy, too.  An explosive effort last time and unlucky not to have won four of his last five now...on the upgrade and dangerous imo    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cENGa_YPruA

1 byword gb m.ps. 4 ans  P2 58 560   KHALID ABDULLAH A. FABRE 590.601 
2 chinchon ire m.ps. 5 ans  P2 58 520   SARL DARPAT FRANCE C. LAFFON-PARIAS 548.308 
3 nakayama festa jpn m.ps. 4 ans  P2 58 ***   SHINICHI IZUMI Y. NINOMIYA 1.943.551 
4 timos ger m.ps. 5 ans  P2 58 505   MISE DE MORATALLA T. DOUMEN (S) 74.150 
5 duncan gb m.ps. 5 ans  P2 58 ***   NORMANDIE STUD LIMITED J. GOSDEN 121.800 
6 sans frontieres ire m.ps. 4 ans  P2 58 ***   SIR ROBERT OGDEN J. NOSEDA 138.346 
7 hot six brz m.ps. 5 ans  P2 58 460   MME DALVA DE OLIVEIRA P. BARY (S) 206.667 
8 DANGEROUS MIDGE USA M.PS. 4 ans    58 ***   IRAJ PARVIZI BJ. MEEHAN 86.074 
9 daryakana f.ps. 4 ans  P2 56,5 ***   S.A. AGA KHAN A.DE ROYER DUPRE 985.262 
10 shalanaya ire f.ps. 4 ans  P2 56,5 515   S.A. AGA KHAN M. DELZANGLES 374.550 
11 plumania (gb) f.ps. 4 ans  P2 56,5 ***   WERTHEIMER & FRERE A. FABRE 520.505

Fair point about O'Brien being the "scattergun" not Coolmore.
Fabre certainly won't worry about lack of experience, as proved by Rail Link, Doyen,Diamalina and Sagamix all of whom had maximum three previous runs.
I think Hurricane Run had only raced four times before the Arc.

Averaged around 80s HM, a decent effort on Sunday should see me be able to lay off for a freebie. Though I'm really hoping for a big run from Bek, as he has been my main fancy for the past couple of months and I strongly suspect that the winner will come from this race.

'Partant Probable'

1 behkabad m.ps. 3 ans  P2 58 555   S.A. AGA KHAN JC. ROUGET (S) 540.740 
2 shamalgan m.ps. 3 ans  P1 58 525   ARDAK AMIRKULOV A. SHAVUYEV 167.688 
3 planteur (ire) m.ps. 3 ans  P2 58 545   ECURIE WILDENSTEIN E. LELLOUCHE 589.960 
4 VIVRE LIBRE (GB) M.PS. 3 ans    58 360   ECURIE WILDENSTEIN E. LELLOUCHE 5.100 
5 kidnapping ire m.ps. 3 ans  P2 58 ***   EFFEVI SNC DI FELICE VILLA E S. BOTTI 106.114 
6 APRES VOUS IRE M.PS. 3 ans    58 ***   MME J.MAGNIER/D.SMITH/M.TABOR A. FABRE 11.000 
7 victoire pisa jpn m.ps. 3 ans  P2 58 ***   Y. ICHIKAWA/T. YOSHIDA K. SUMII 2.155.712