Mickael Barzalona rides Daryz (front) ahead of Christophe Soumillon riding Minnie Hauk to win the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in Paris. Photograph: Anna Kurth/AFP via Getty Images
Aidan O’Brien’s star filly Minnie Hauk came agonisingly close to winning Sunday’s €5 million Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe only to be edged out by the French horse Daryz in a frantic finish at Longchamp in Paris.
Just seven Irish-trained horses have ever won Europe’s most valuable race and for much of the straight Minnie Hauk and jockey Christophe Soumillon looked like justifying 9-4 favouritism.
However, the English, Irish and Yorkshire Oaks heroine couldn’t
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