Fillies Sea Of Class and Lah Ti Dar draw early Arc money

Racing Post’s Matt Brocklebank takes an early look at the betting for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Sea Of Class seemingly has everything going for her five weeks away from the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

William Haggas’ filly oozes quality, she's fast, she stays, and she's on a steep upward curve – and she’s bred for the job, being sired by 2009 Arc winner and legend Sea The Stars.

Sea Of Class is also a threeyear-old filly. History tells us that fillies, and three-year-olds, have a brilliant record in the big one at Longchamp on the first Sunday in October.

The fairer sex have claimed Arc victory in six of the past 10 renewals, while only Derby winners Sea The Stars, Workforce and Golden Horn have been able to strike for the males in that same period.

She isn’t the only exciting three-year-old filly heading that way, with Lah Ti Dar’s Galtres Stakes win immediately putting her into a similar bracket.

Her bare form is not in the same league as Sea Of Class yet, but she’s always been considered John Gosden’s top three-year-old female of 2018 and the daughter of Dubawi is entitled to keep improving with racing.

The Arc would represent a massive task for Lah Ti Dar. After just four career starts – she is due to prep in the Prix Vermeille - there must be a slight concern that the race will come too soon in her development.

It's less of a concern for fellow young filly FOREVER TOGETHER (25/1), who has surely earned a supplementary entry having gone down by just a neck to Sea Of Class in the Irish Oaks on her sixth career outing.

She was dead impressive when slamming Wild Illusion in the Investec Oaks at Epsom on soft ground in June and, like several from Aidan O’Brien’s yard, may just have been under a little bit of a cloud physically when she ran twice in July.

If that’s the case then her hardfought neck second to cosy winner Sea Of Class at the Curragh represents a fantastic effort and, given her proven stamina, if given the go-ahead she’s likely to be quite forcefully ridden which can play to her strengths if there is scrimmaging.– sportinglife.com