Dalakhani on course for Arc Dalakhani is as short as 7/4 for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp on October 5th following his win in the Prix Niel at the same track yesterday.Described by owner, the Aga Khan as a ‘satisfactory trial’, the three-year-old took the Group 2 by a length and a half from Doyen, with rider, Christophe Soumillon declaring that ‘he had plenty left in the tank’.Second-placed, Doyen is now a definite third favourite for the October showpiece after being the only horse to make a race of it with the Alain de Royer-Dupre-trained winner. Andre Fabre’s contender is now as low as 7/2 with Ladbrokes and Stanley.The winning handler sounded a note of warning to anyone wanting to pick holes in the form by describing his charge as ‘not very fit for this race’.Meanwhile in other news regarding the ‘Arc’, Saturday’s Irish St Leger history-maker, Vinnie Roe will have his next outing in Paris with trainer Dermot Weld willing to let the son of Definite Article take his chance. ‘He’s now won nine of his last eleven and we feel he’s entitled to have a crack at it’, reasoned the Curragh handler.
