Gerald Mosse delighted to get ride on Leading Light in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe

Gerald Mosse has spoken of his delight at picking up the ride on St Leger winner Leading Light in Sunday's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp.

With trainer Aidan O’Brien’s son Joseph, who was in the saddle when winning the Classic at Doncaster and the Queen’s Vase at Royal Ascot, unable to get down to 8st 11lb, the allocated weight for three-year-olds in the race, Mosse’s services have been snapped up.

Now considered a veteran of his trade, Mosse won the 1990 Arc on Saumarez and has claimed plenty of the biggest races in the world, including the Melbourne Cup and several of Hong Kong’s major prizes where he rode for a prolonged period.

Leading Light was supplemented yesterday morning morning by his Coolmore owners, along with Criquette Head-Maarek's Treve and Meandre, at a cost of €100,000 each. O'Brien will also run the Investec Derby winner Ruler Of The World, who will maintain his partnership with Ryan Moore, but both Camelot and Kingsbarns have been taken out of the race.

Mosse revealed he threw his hat into the ring for the ride when he learned Chicquita, the Irish Oaks winner, was being sent to the sales rather than running in the Arc. "I'm extremely happy to have got the ride," said Mosse (46). The Fugue has been left in by John Gosden with the final chance to withdraw this morning, when the all-important draw takes place.
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe – Coral bet: 5-2 Orfevre, 7-2 Treve, 9-2 Novellist, 7-1 Kizuna, 10-1 Intello, 12-1 Ruler Of The World, Flintshire, 14-1 Al Kazeem, 16-1 Leading Light, The Fugue, 25-1 Ocovango, 40-1 Very Nice Name, Penglai Pavillion, 50-1 Meandre, 66-1 Joshua Tree, Pirika, 100-1 Going Somewhere, Haya Landa, 150-1 Sahawar.