Treve still on track for Prix Vermeille, Arc

Treve is on track for the Prix Vermeille at Longchamp September 14 as trainer

Criquette Head-Maarek builds her towards a defense of her crown in the October 5

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

Not seen since finishing third in the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot

June 18, the winner of the Vermeille and the Prix de Diane and Arc in 2013

pleased connections in a spin on the piste des Aigles at Chantilly Tuesday

morning.

"We're going to run her next week and she will need the race, it will do her

good," Head-Maarek told the Racing Post. "In principle, she will run in

the Vermeille -- she is in the Prix Foy but we'll go for the Vermeille. She will

have a proper trial, because it is a Group 1 but I don't want her to be knocked

about. We will go through it as a trial for the Arc like last year, when Frankie

(Dettori) saved her and didn't give her a hard race. If the Vermeille was the

end for her, that's different but it's just a necessary step."

Treve was found to have a back injury after the Royal meeting and her

conditioner shed more light on the situation Tuesday.

"The problem is cleared up as far as we can tell and she went well this

morning," she continued. "For me, the important thing is her feet because

although she had a problem with her back it all comes from her feet. She has a

good action and is walking well after the work."

Ruler of the World Arc-bound, Magician to BC Turf

Ruler of the World could make his return to action in the Prix Foy as trainer

Aidan O'Brien eyes a second crack at the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe. Last year's

Epsom Derby hero was only seventh to Treve in the Longchamp feature and has not

raced since disappointing in the Dubai World Cup at Meydan in March.

A setback in the summer meant Ruler of the World could not run in the

Coronation Cup back at Epsom but O'Brien reports the colt to be 100 percent

again now and the Foy on September 14 has been penciled in.

"We had him ready to run in the Coronation Cup," commented O'Brien to At The

Races. "We were very happy with him and he just tweaked a muscle in his side so

he had a nice break after that, but he's back and has been working away. He

worked nicely the last day he was away. It is very possible he will start in the

Foy with a view, if all goes well, of going back to the Arc."

Magician is another of O'Brien's star four-year-olds, and his main objective

is to bid to repeat last season's triumph in the Breeders' Cup Turf.

"He's back in full work," O'Brien said. "He came back from America in good

shape. Obviously he's in the Irish Champion and all those races. We have one eye

on the Breeders' Cup Turf with him and that's where he could finish up at the

end of the year. We'll see what he does in between then."

Demuro picks up mount of Sea the Moon

With Christophe Soumillon committed to remaining in France under the terms of

his retainer for His Highness The Aga Khan, Cristian Demuro has snagged the plum

ride aboard unbeaten Sea the Moon in Sunday's Grosser Preis von Baden.

Soumillon replaced Andreas Helfenbein, who was in the saddle for Sea the

Moon's first three starts, in last month's 11-length rout in the Deutsches Derby

at Hamburg, and Markus Klug would like to see him back aboard for the Prix de

l'Arc de Triomphe.

"Cristian will ride on Sunday as Christophe Soumillon is required to ride for

the Aga Khan in France, but I hope (Soumillon) will be available in October,"

Klug commented.

Tapestry a candidate for Matron

Aidan O'Brien has indicated Yorkshire Oaks victress Tapestry will likely

remain on home soil for her next start, and is a possible contender for the

Matron Stakes going one mile at Leopardstown September 13.

"We probably wouldn't like to travel again for her next start so it is

possible she'll stay at home," O'Brien revealed. "She may run in the Matron as

we'd rather stay at home and not go a mile and a half. She can step up in trip

again after that.

"She'll obviously have an option (in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe or Prix de

l'Opera) on Arc weekend or miss that (meet) and go to America, so there's a big

chance she'll stay home and go for the Matron."

Chicquita set for return in Blandford

Last year's Irish Oaks winner Chicquita  is being readied to make her

eagerly awaited return in the September 14 Blandford Stakes at The Curragh. It

will mark her first start for Aidan O'Brien after a racecourse absence of almost

14 months.

The bay, who also ran second to Treve in the Prix de Diane for previous

trainer Alain de Royer-Dupre, was acquired by current connections for

€6 million from the Paul Makin dispersal at

last year's Goffs November sale.

"The plan is to start her at the Curragh in the mile and a quarter fillies'

race," O'Brien said. "Everything has been going well so far and we will

hopefully go on from there. There's the Arc weekend where she has the fillies'

race (Prix de l'Opera) or the Arc. I suppose we'll get her started first, see

how that goes and then a pick a race after that."

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