Longchamp Picks for All Races This Weekend (Oct 3-4)
The highest-quality weekend of horse racing in Europe is staged on October 3 and October 4, as the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe headlines a two-day meeting at Longchamp. A total of eleven graded races will be run at the Paris venue across Saturday and Sunday, with each providing clues ahead of the 2026 Breeders’ Cup. You can find our selections for all group races in France this weekend right here.
How to Watch Horse Racing from Longchamp in the U.S.?
- When: Saturday, October 3, 2026 – Sunday, October 4, 2026
- Where: Longchamp, Paris, France
- How to Watch: FanDuel TV, FS1
Longchamp Graded Race Schedule & Picks
Saturday, October 3, 2026 Races & Picks
| Race | Time | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Group Two Prix Chaudenay | 7:23 AM ET | Jabracadabra |
| Group Two Prix Dollar | 7:58 AM ET | Phineas |
| Group One Prix de Royallieu | 8:25 AM ET | Sunly |
| Group One Prix de Cadran | 9:00 AM ET | Scandinavia |
| Group Two Prix Daniel Wildenstein | 9:35 AM ET | Quddwah |
Sunday, October 4, 2026 Races & Picks
| Race | Time | Pick |
|---|---|---|
| Group One Prix Marcel Boussac | 7:40 AM ET | Spirit Tango |
| Group One Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere | 8:15 AM ET | Folsom Blues |
| Group One Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp | 8:50 AM ET | Naana’s Shadow |
| Group One Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe | 10:05 AM ET | Diamond Necklace |
| Group One Prix de l’Opera | 10:50 AM ET | Cankoura |
| Group One Prix de la Foret | 11:25 AM ET | Samangan |
Best Bets For Longchamp Horse Racing
Naana’s Shadow (Group One Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp)
Arc day features six Group One thoroughbred races, including the Group One Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp, which is run over a sprint distance of five furlongs. Naana’s Shadow has looked a very progressive sprinter for the Katie Scott team throughout the season, and the daughter of Havana Grey will get all the weight allowances on Sunday as a three-year-old filly.
She was a winner over course and distance last month, smoothly easing a length clear in the Group Three Prix du Petit Couvert. She was unlucky in a handicap at York before that start, but has recorded all five of her victories under rules this season over the five furlongs on the turf.
The selection is bred to stay further, with Havana Grey offspring such as Vandeek and Orthodox winning over six and seven furlongs at the highest level. That bodes well for a stamina-sapping track such as Longchamp, and her battling quality was a key reason for her success over course and distance last month.
Cankoura (Group One Prix de l’Opera)
I’m a massive fan of Cankoura, and she would be my idea of the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf winner at this stage. Francis Graffard is in red-hot form at present, and the four-year-old lost little in defeat last time when looking below her usual quality and being short of room when five lengths behind Aventura in the Group One Prix Jean et Louis Romanet at Deauville.
That track didn’t appear to suit, and a return to Longchamp should be more straightforward. She has already won over the Opera distance this season, pulling a length clear of Alla Stella in the Listed Prix de la Pepiniere at Chantilly. Has only made one previous career start at Longchamp, winning the Prix Finlande last May.
Connections are working back from the Breeders’ Cup following her runner-up effort in the G1 New York, and she will be hard to beat at a double-digit price if back on song at a track where she has previously won.
How to Bet On Horse Racing at Longchamp
These are the best sportsbooks for US bettors to place wagers on horse racing at Longchamp, France:
