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It is said she is unable to work that hugely complicated piece of machinery in the kitchen of the family's Manhattan town house, the item they call the oven.Dear Jocelyn is reported to travel on the Wildenstein jet (with its horseshoe logo on the tailfin) accompanied by her pet monkey and five Italian greyhounds. Perhaps she has been unsettled by finding Alec, 57, in bed with a 19-year- old girl. Mathematicians more gifted than Jocelyn have calculated her husband's age as exactly three times that of the girl.The conundrum about whether Peintre Celebre is good enough to win an Arc may therefore seem like small beer to Daniel Wildenstein tomorrow afternoon. It may well be that this beautifully bred colt once again shows the awesome acceleration to remove his owner's preoccupations.A startling fact, however, is that despite the victories of Helissio and Lammtarra in the last two years, Peintre Celebre will be the only three-year-old colt to go to post. Either he has frightened off all his contemporaries or they are considered to be a pretty ropey crop by their respective trainers. Either way, Peintre Celebre is worth ignoring among such a gifted bunch of older horses.It is entirely possible that this year's Arc could be virtually a re- run of 12 months ago. Tomorrow, Peslier is contracted to ride Helissio's rival for supremacy in France, Peintre Celebre, while Asmussen has not been selected to continue his brief association with Helissio.Last year's winner will instead be ridden instead by Dominique Boeuf, who was himself guillotined from the horse after failing to win last year's French Derby.Boeuf was the man who found himself incarcerated awaiting serious drug offences two years ago; misdeeds the authorities took so badly they shut him up in prison almost all day.

The antiseptic world of the French turf has been contaminated by a feud between two jockeys who have both ridden last year's Arc winner, Helissio, with contrasting success.Since a public dispute over tactical riding in a race at Longchamp last month, Cash Asmussen and Olivier Peslier have become the Tom and Jerry of Continental racing. It would make sense, this weekend, if the sails on the ornamental windmill sited by Longchamp racecourse turned for the very first time. It is hard enough work to win a Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, but this year's victorious animal will have to fight it's way through the most insalubrious, stagnant air ever to have descended on France's capital. They should turn on the fan.Traffic problems have caused the high level of nitrogen dioxide in the Parisian air, and traffic problems will also have a decisive effect on an Arc contested by 18 bustling runners.It is a feature of this year's contest that it is being run against the most interesting backcloth in Gallic racing for many years. They were quiet when my players were playing, they were courteous of all my players They cheered louder for the Europeans, but we expected that In two years' time it will be the other way round.". The first four home in last year's Arc may fight out the finish again tomorrow and Richard Edmondson believes that victory this time may go to last year's British-trained runner-up. It didn't matter who it was, where they were from, everyone ganged up behind them."You can get so close to the players when you are by the ropes.

Even Seve, rushing around on his buggy, stopped to give autographs. But best of all was the respect everyone had for the players and the occasion. The silence at each relevant moment was electrifying."The visiting captain, Tom Kite, had no complaints "I cannot say enough about the galleries," he said "They were enthusiastic but at the same time very fair. You could shout `well done' or `good luck' and they would acknowledge the support.

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