Two additions to Arc field

Racing: Cavalryman and Stacelita have been supplemented for Sunday's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp

Racing:Cavalryman and Stacelita have been supplemented for Sunday's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp. The pair were added to the field for the Paris showpiece today at a cost of €100,000 each.

French Oaks winner Stacelita showed her wellbeing ahead of the big race by claiming the Prix Vermeille at Longchamp last month, helped by the demotion of John Gosden's Dar Re Mi.

Cavalryman, owned by Godolphin's French operation and trained by Andre Fabre, beat another Arc possible Beheshtam to take the Prix Niel on the same card.

There was one horse taken out at the latest entry stage to leave 20 still engaged, with Alpine Rose defecting. Alain de Royer-Dupre's filly is expected instead to go for the Prix de l'Opera.

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Michael Bell revealed late yesterday that his dual Oaks heroine Sariska would not be supplemented.

A field of eight are likely to go to post for the Prix Jean-Luc Gardere (Grand Criterium), with Godolphin's Poet's Voice one of five defectors today.

He runs instead in tomorrow's Middle Park at Newmarket while Aidan O'Brien's four-strong team has been halved - Fencing Master and Beethoven remain with Lord High Admiral and Viscount Nelson the defectors.

Godolphin still have Buzzword engaged, while Richard Hannon runs Dick Turpin and Rod Millman accounts for Roi de Vitesse.

There was one supplementary entry - Andre Fabre's Lope De Vega.

O'Brien's Cabaret remains among the 11 still in the Prix Marcel Boussac.

The Barry Hills-trained Champagnelifestyle and Ed Dunlop's Snow Fairy are two of the defectors, while Andre Fabre has supplemented Wedding March for Godolphin's French operation.

Dual Nunthorpe winner Borderlescott stands his ground in a likely field of 16 for the Prix de l'Abbaye.

Also among a strong UK contingent in the big sprint are Jeremy Noseda's flying machine Fleeting Spirit and Richard Hannon's two-year-old Monsieur Chevalier.

Star stayer Yeats remains on course for his career swansong in the Prix du Cadran.

The Ballydoyle horse heads 13 still engaged, including his Irish Leger conqueror Alandi and Doncaster Cup hero Askar Tau.

Francois Doumen's Kasbah Bliss meanwhile heads the home team.

There are two supplementary entries - O'Brien's Windsor Palace and Armure (de Royer-Dupre).

Henry Cecil's Nassau winner Midday is among the 12 probables for the Prix de l'Opera.

She'll face among others Alpine Rose (in preference to the Arc), Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Again, Michael Stoute's Crystal Capella and the Dermot Weld-trained Chinese White.