Treve Fine After Arc Number Two

TREVE ‘FINE’ AFTER ARC NUMBER TWO 
Trainer Criquette Head-Maarek reported that Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB}), who turned around a sub-par 4-year-old campaign in emphatic fashion to defend her G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe title Sunday, exited the race in good order. 
“She’s fine today and has eaten everything,” Head-Maarek said. She added that the Arc was likely to be Treve’s last run, as was reported after the race. 
“I think that’s definitely it,” she said. “Sheikh Joaan wants to retire her. She’s going to Sheikh Joaan’s stud, I don’t know to what stallion first, maybe Galileo. She will stay here for a while first, I need to let her down and let her go without pressure.” 
Head-Maarek added that if Treve hadn’t experienced physical issues this year, she would be tempted to try for a third Arc. 
“If she hadn’t had problems I would have been asking the Sheikh to let us go for a third Arc, but not with her problems–that is now impossible,” she said.

Explaining her confidence in her charge leading up to the Arc defence, Head-Maarek said, “She only did one gallop after [finishing fourth in the G1 Prix] Vermeille. She was cantering every day and but I took her to work 2200 meters. It was misty and you couldn’t see too much. She only went a normal pace, but when I saw [jockey Thierry] Jarnet come back, I could see he was pleased.” 

Al Shaqab’s contracted rider Frankie Dettori had partnered Treve in her first two outings of the year, but Head-Maarek explained why she wanted Jarnet, Treve’s previous regular rider, back in the saddle. 
“Frankie is a fantastic boy, and I hope he’s riding for me again, but it was important for her to have Jarnet riding,” she explained. “The mare is more agreeable with Jarnet, she doesn’t pull as much. When I asked Sheikh Joaan to have him back on board, he didn’t say yes, he didn’t say no, he said do the best you can. I do think having Jarnet, he knows the filly and it was a help.”