Kyprios out to kickstart dream Arc weekend for O’Brien

Arc weekend kicks off with double Group One action, while Ascot hosts the Challenge Cup and two Group Three prizes, all live on Sky Sports Racing on Saturday.

3.25 ParisLongchamp – Kyprios goes for super six in Cadran

The new star of the staying division, Kyprios will aim to make it six from six this season when he heads to Paris for the Group One Qatar Prix du Cadran (3.25).

Aidan O’Brien’s four-year-old has dominated all before him with victories over a number of trips, including the two-and-a-mile Ascot Gold Cup and down to the one-mile-and-six-furlong Irish St Leger.

His main challenge comes from a British raider in Hughie Morrison’s runaway Lonsdale Cup winner Quickthorn, who returns to the French capital after taking the Prix Maurice de Nieul earlier this season.

Despite a field of 12 going to post, the bookmakers’ price suggest the only other candidate for an upset comes from the Brian Ellison-trained Tashkhan, who finished fifth behind Kyprios at Ascot and fourth behind Quickthorn at York.