Tapestry To Be Supplemented to Arc

TAPESTRY TO BE SUPPLEMENTED TO ARC 
On a day that a number of G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe contenders put in their final works for France’s €5 million showpiece, the outlook of the race was altered yesterday when it was revealed that Magnier, Tabor, Smith and Flaxman Stables’ sophomore filly Tapestry (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) would be supplemented to the 2400 meter contest today, with Ryan Moore to take the mount. Supplementing will cost €120,000, but Tapestry could be well worth it, as she handed current Arc favorite Taghrooda (GB) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) her lone defeat in the G1 Yorkshire Oaks Aug. 21. Tapestry finished ninth dropped back to a mile in the G1 Matron S. at Leopardstown Sept. 13. She also holds an entry in Sunday’s G1 Prix de l’Opera at Longchamp. 

Coolmore spokesman Richard Henry said, “The plan is if she is in good order [today] she will be supplemented and Ryan Moore will ride.” 

Tapestry was given odds of around 16-1 with bookmakers yesterday. 

Kazeem Works, Confirmed for Arc… 
John Deer’s comebacking 6-year-old Al Kazeem (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), who emerged as a surprise G1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe contender Wednesday, put in a piece of work at trainer Roger Charlton’s stable in Wiltshire yesterday, with the trainer then confirming the triple Group 1 winner for France’s €5 million showpiece. 

“He worked nicely in a routine piece of work,” Charlton told At The Races. “James Doyle rode him, he was very happy with him, so we’ll send him to Paris.” 

Al Kazeem was sent to The Royal Studs for the 2014 breeding season after winning last year’s G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup, G1 Prince of Wales’s S. and G1 Coral- Eclipse, but subfertility saw him back in Charlton’s yard earlier this year. He won the G3 Winter Hill S. at second asking Aug. 23, and was fifth in the G1 Irish Champion S. Sept. 13. He finished sixth in last year’s Arc. 

“He seems to take his races very well,” Charlton added. “In the paddock before a race he’s very relaxed, he looks magnificent and he’s showing no signs of being a stallion. He’s very willing and able in his work. 

He’s always been a very noble, straightforward and intelligent horse. He never comes out in the morning looking anything other than happy and fresh and, indeed, moving as well as ever.” 

Charlton was non-committal about his charge’s winning chances. 

“I think the truth is, as he’s a year older he’s unlikely to have got any better, and he needs to get better to win a race like the Arc,” he said. “Last year we were given a very awkward draw and nothing was going to be good enough to beat Treve last year. I’m not sure that’s the same this year. It’s a very open race and you could find half a dozen horses at least with chances. There’s nothing outstanding. I have respect for the Japanese horses, but I think some of the others have it to prove a little bit and some of them are improving horses who turn out to be good enough.” 

Outsider Shamkala (Fr) (Pivotal {GB}) was the lone horse to drop out of the Arc lineup at yesterday’s forfeit stage.

Head-Maarek Bullish About Treve… 
Defending Arc heroine Treve (Fr) (Motivator {GB}) may have lost a lot of her luster in the ensuing 12 months on pure form–she has failed to win in three attempts this year and was most recently fourth in the G1 Prix Vermeille Sept. 14–but trainer Criquette Head-Maarek couldn’t hide her enthusiasm after the 4-year-old Al Shaqab colorbearer worked in Chantilly yesterday until raceday rider Thierry Jarnet. 

“I really have the impression she has come on a lot for her last run,” Head-Maarek told Racing Post. “Today she showed she has rediscovered a big part of her powers. It’s good to see as we approach the big day.” 

Head-Maarek added, “She worked really well and I told Thierry to let her roll. She was moving brilliantly when she came past us. Obviously it’s satisfying Thierry finds her to be in such good shape. A lot of work has gone into it and the objective has always been to make her a double Arc winner.” 

Japanese Pair Work… 
Two of Japan’s three Arc contenders were on display in Chantilly yesterday. The Naosuke Sugai-trained Just A Way (Jpn), the world’s highest-rated horse and winner of this year’s G1 Dubai Duty Free and G1 Yasuda Kinen, stepped out alongside his G1 Takarazuka Kinen-winning stablemate Gold Ship (Jpn) (Stay Gold {Jpn}), with the former pushed out to finish slightly ahead.