Haggas has Arc concerns

William Haggas admits the ground at ParisLongchamp will be the determining factor in whether or not Sea Of Class is supplemented for next month's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

The Irish and Yorkshire Oaks winner is 4-1 favourite for the 2400m showpiece on 7 October, but connections will have to stump up 120,000 euros to add her to the field four days before the race.

Haggas would be keen to run if conditions are favourable, but would have no hesitation in abandoning that plan should the ground be against her.

He told At The Races: "I don't think she'll run before (the Arc), she's in the Prix Vermeille (16 September but I don't fancy that.

"I think there's every likelihood that if she's OK, she'll be