Aidan O’Brien rules Auguste Rodin out of £4m Arc with Los Angeles and Continuous set to run

The 2023 Derby victor volition proceed to the Japan Cup arsenic the crushed conditions astatine Paris-Longchamp are apt to beryllium excessively brushed connected Sunday

Aidan O’Brien’s prima older equine Auguste Rodin is acceptable to miss the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

Auguste Rodin won the Derby, Irish Derby, Irish Champion Stakes and Breeders’ Cup Turf successful 2023 and this twelvemonth captured the Prince of Wales’s Stakes astatine Royal Ascot and finished a cervix down Economics successful the Irish Champion Stakes.

He was near successful Sunday’s Arc, with 4 different horses, successful lawsuit crushed conditions came up bully oregon faster astatine Paris-Longchamp but the going is predicted to beryllium precise brushed to brushed astatine the weekend.

Auguste Rodin volition present beryllium prepared for the Japan Cup, successful November, which volition beryllium his last commencement earlier helium retires to stud.

O’Brien connected Tuesday revealed his line-up for the contention helium has won with Dylan Thomas successful 2007 and Found successful 2016.

“The astir apt 2 volition beryllium Los Angeles and Continuous,” the trainer said during a media conference.

“The crushed is astir apt not going to beryllium bully capable for Auguste Rodin and Luxembourg and Opera Singer mightiness spell to the Prix de l’Opera instead.”

He added: “Auguste Rodin is inactive moving for it but unless the crushed is going to beryllium connected the bully broadside helium astir apt won’t run. He volition spell consecutive to the Japan Cup.”

Irish Derby victor Los Angeles is an 11-2 accidental with William Hill down associated favourites from France, Look De Vega and Sosie. He finished 4th successful the Irish Champion Stakes past clip out.

“We were precise blessed with that run,” said O’Brien. “We were hoping that helium would decorativeness successful the archetypal 4 to beryllium capable to tally successful the Arc.

“His enactment since has been arsenic bully arsenic we could person expected. He’s a precise large equine who we deliberation is improving physically. He won an Irish Derby circular a right-handed way similar Longchamp. Hopefully we person done capable for him to tally arsenic bully a contention arsenic helium can.”

O’Brien said Ryan Moore would spouse Los Angeles with Christophe Soumillon successful enactment to thrust Continuous, who finished 5th successful past year’s Arc.

The Belgian was aboard past year’s St Leger victor erstwhile helium was 3rd successful 1 of the Arc proceedings races, the Prix Foy.

“It didn’t suit him to marque the running,” said O’Brien. “We deliberation helium would beryllium overmuch amended successful a powerfully tally race. We person trained him with an autumn run successful mind.

“Last year’s contention was a precise dilatory tally contention and we had it successful caput helium would beryllium amended this time.”