O’Brien withdraws Arc runners

Aidan O’Brien has withdrawn his four horses from Sunday’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe because of concerns over contaminated feed.

The Irish trainer has pulled Mogul, Japan, Serpentine and Sovereign out of the Longchamp feature.

On Friday evening, Gain Equine Nutrition issued a statement advising trainers to refrain from feeding horses its equine products, which O’Brien uses.

O’Brien issued a statement via Ballydoyle Racing’s Twitter account on Saturday evening which read: “Unfortunately the results of the urine samples taken from the horses yesterday have come back positive from the French laboratory.

“There is a possibility that the contaminant may have left their system by the time of racing tomorrow however we have no guarantee of this and in order to protect the integrity of racing we have decided to withdraw all our horses from racing tomorrow.

“Joseph and Donnacha O’Brien will do likewise.”

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