'Tough' Torquator Tasso giving all the right signs in lead-up to Arc defence
Torquator Tasso has bounced out of his surprise defeat in the Grosser Preis von Baden and is pleasing trainer Marcel Weiss in the build-up to the defence of his Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe crown on Sunday week.
A 72-1 winner of Europe's greatest race 12 months ago, the five-year-old son of Adlerflug has gone a long way to backing up that performance with an easy Group 2 win in Hamburg and then a brilliant effort when chasing home Pyledriver in the King George on by far the fastest ground he has encountered.
Paired with Frankie Dettori for the first time at Baden-Baden at the start of the month, he was undone by a farcical early pace and was arguably a little rusty when asked to go and win his race, going down by a head to Mendocino.
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Published on 23 September 2022inGrand National festival
Last updated 18:32, 26 September 2022
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