13 September 2020
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Sunday, September 13, 2020, ParisLongchamp. - At the end of a heated fight, the last of the “Arc Trials” of the day -for aged horses- went to a brave Anthony Van Dyck (Galileo), winner of the 2019 Epsom Derby, who managed to hold the big favourite Stradivarius (Sea the Stars) over the Qatar Prix Foy (Gr2)'s 1m4f trip. The two horses had already met this year in the Coronation Cup (Gr1), in July over this same distance at Newmarket, and they had finished in that order in the wake of Ghaiyyath. Both were making their comeback and a new verdict was to be expected, but it never came, although the margin between them fell from two and a half lengths to a short neck.
Anthony van Dyck hadn't won since his Epsom triumph in June 2019 and his last run, in the Hardwicke Stakes (Gr2) at Ascot, ended in a disappointing fifth place on a soft ground that maybe doesn't favour him. Quickly in the lead this time, he showed all his courage to win again.