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Daryz (Mickael Barzalona, near side) fends off Minnie Hauk to win the Qatar Prix de l\u2019Arc de Triomphe. Photo: Liesl King \/ focusonracing.com<\/p>\nDaryz (Mickael Barzalona, near side) fends off Minnie Hauk to win the Qatar Prix de l\u2019Arc de Triomphe. Photo: Liesl King \/ focusonracing.com<\/p>\n
There were a multitude of G1 races across all four corners of the globe last week \u2013 but it was left to Europe\u2019s richest race, the Qatar Prix de l\u2019Arc de Triomphe, to produce the most obvious effect on Thoroughbred Racehorse Commentary\u2019s exclusive Global Rankings.<\/p>\n
In one sense, a hard-fought head victory neatly illustrated a changing of the guard in France as the son of Sea The Stars \u2013 who won the Arc himself in his glorious 2009 campaign \u2013 was the 11th G1 winner of the season for his trainer Francis-Henri Graffard <\/strong>(stays at #7, -7pt), who is now certain of landing his first domestic trainers\u2019 title.<\/p>\n On the other hand, the more things change the more they stay the same. Or, given this was ParisLongchamp, plus \u00e7a change, plus c’est la m\u00eame chose.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Daryz was an eighth Arc winner for the family of the late Aga Khan<\/strong> (stays at #4, +69pt, on owners\u2019 list), who died aged 88 in February to leave his daughter Princess Zahra fronting the operation. The Aga\u2019s personal green-and-red silks have now been carried to success four times in the storied \u20ac5m contest.<\/p>\n \u201cThe prince left us at the beginning of the year, and we didn\u2019t know how this season would unfold,\u201d said racing manager Nemone Routh. \u201cHe\u2019s clearly watching over us, because we\u2019ve won everything we could have dreamed of. We\u2019ve never experienced a season like this!<\/p>\n \u201cTo win with this colt \u2013 whose two parents both won Group 1s on Arc weekend \u2013 is extraordinary. He was born to run this race. The fact that he has won it in this way is incredibly emotional.\u201d<\/p>\n Unraced at two, Daryz had generally looked a progressive three-year-old. However, his tumble down the rankings before the Arc is easily explained as he was a dismal last of six behind Ombudsman in the Juddmonte International before being beaten by Croix Du Nord (14th on Sunday) in his Arc prep race.<\/p>\n \u201cWe always thought that if we ever had a colt good enough for the Arc, it would be him,\u201d said Graffard. \u201cTo get here, we took the long road, even crossing the Channel, but he needed experience. \u201cYou have to risk defeat in order to win later. Even though York didn\u2019t go his way, he learned a lot from that trip \u2013 from the race, the travel, the atmosphere \u2013 and today it all paid off.\u201d<\/p>\n At the time of writing, no decision has yet been announced concerning Daryz\u2019s future,<\/p>\n Also on Sunday\u2019s card, leading sprint mare Asfoora<\/strong> (#78 from #131, +91pt) made a slice of history under Oisin Murphy<\/strong> (#13 from #14, +11pt) when she became the first-ever Australian-trained winner in France in the Prix de l\u2019Abbaye.<\/p>\n In a race notorious for shock results, the Henry Dwyer-trained seven-year-old justified favouritism, scoring by a decisive half-length over longshot Jawwal. The winner, a five-furlong specialist, is set to stay in Europe for a similar campaign in 2026.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n After G1 wins at a mile in France and Ireland, the estimable Fallen Angel <\/strong>(#13 from #21, +91pt) completed a G1 hat-trick in three different countries with a comfortable success in the Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket on Saturday [Oct 4].<\/p>\n Her connections \u2013 trainer Karl Burke<\/strong> (#25 from #29, +49pt) and jockey Clifford Lee<\/strong> (#56 from #62, +18pt) among them \u2013 continue on the upswing. Wathnan Racing<\/strong> (#7 from #8, +108pt) also move up another spot; their silks were also carried to victory in the Canadian International at Woodbine via Silawi.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Plans are afoot for Fallen Angel to go to the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on British Champions Day at Ascot, where she will face her male counterparts for the first time in a while.<\/p>\n Moving to Australia, Sir Delius<\/strong> (#27 from #87, +186pt) \u2013 known just as \u2018Delius\u2019 in his former life in Europe for Jean-Claude Rouget \u2013 is new market leader for the Melbourne Cup after thwarting Via Sistina\u2019s attempt to complete back-to-back successes in the G1 Turnbull Stakes at Flemington. Winning trainers Gai Waterhouse & Adrian Bott <\/strong>(#19 from #22, +26pt) sneak into the top 20.<\/p>\n Although this was a second consecutive defeat for Via Sistina<\/strong> (stays at #5, -23pt), the ten-time G1 heroine is no back number as she flashed home for third from an unpromising position early in the straight.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Other notable movers in Australia include Autumn Glow<\/strong> (#25 from #80, +159pt), odds-on winner of the G1 Epsom at Randwick, and Everest entry War Machine<\/strong> (#63 from #230, +209pt).<\/p>\n With the Breeders\u2019 Cup hoving into view, Ted Noffey<\/strong> (#81 from #277, +212pt) ensured he will go off favorite for the Juvenile by extending his unbeaten record to three in the G1 Claiborne Breeders\u2019 Futurity at Keeneland.<\/p>\n He has now won back-to-back G1s, advertising the not inconsiderable virtues of his sire Into Mischief <\/strong>(#1 from #2, +70pt on dirt sires), for whom this was a notable weekend as he moves to the top of the of the dirt sires\u2019 list, overcoming Curlin.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Into Mischief, who also sired promoted Alcibiades winner Tommy Jo <\/strong>(#117 from #330, +164pt), moves up to second on the overall sires\u2019 list behind Frankel, while owner-breeders Spendthrift Farm<\/strong> (#8 from #12, +139pt) enter the owners\u2019 top ten.<\/p>\n With the Breeders\u2019 Cup in mind, Japanese dirt star Forever Young<\/strong> (re-enters at #8) \u2013 third\u00a0 in last year\u2019s Kentucky Derby and BC Classic \u2013 enjoyed the perfect prep race in a local G2 event at Funabashi.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u2022\u00a0View the latest TRC Global Rankings for horses \/<\/a>\u00a0jockeys \/<\/a>\u00a0trainers \/<\/a>\u00a0sires<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n All systems go for Breeders\u2019 Cup as globetrotting giant Rebel\u2019s Romance lands ninth G1 win<\/a><\/p>\n \u2018He needed to win something\u2019 \u2013 relief all round as Baeza gets his G1 in Penn Derby<\/a><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/trc-race-ratings-logo.jpeg\"){kind=logo}
After a fierce duel, Daryz<\/strong> got the better of the favourite Minnie Hauk \u2013 thereby ensuring a gigantic leap on the rankings to #14 (from #432, +563pt).<\/p>\n![\"Winning](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/daryz-51025-11-copy.jpg\")
Making his debut over a mile and a half in the Arc under Mickael Barzalona<\/strong> (stays at #10, +38pt), Daryz held too many guns for three-time G1 winner Minnie Hauk <\/strong>(stays at #15, +53pt) as the pair drew an impressive 5\u00bd lengths clear of third-placed Josie.<\/p>\n