Late entry Bluestocking wins Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe

PARIS (AP) — Bluestocking put on an impressive burst of speed in the final straight to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Sunday after only being added to the race only earlier this week.

The filly settled behind Los Angeles early on and her final effort left all her rivals in her wake at the 2,400-meter Longchamp horse track.

Bluestocking won Europe’s most prestigious flat race ahead of Aventure, with Los Angeles ending in third place for Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore. Pre-race favorite Sosie was fourth.

Trained by Ralph Beckett and jockeyed by Rossa Ryan, Bluestocking was a late entry following her victory in the Prix Vermeille.

“I know everyone overlooked her, but on form she had been at the top table and done it all," Ryan told Equidia channel. “She just proved she’s something else. I can’t really believe it, this filly has been something else to my career.”

Bluestocking ridden by Rossa Ryan crosses the finish line to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe horse race at the Longchamp race track, outside Paris, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Jockey Rossa Ryan, riding Bluestocking, celebrates after winning the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe horse race at the Longchamp race track, outside Paris, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Jockey Rossa Ryan, riding Bluestocking, celebrates after winning the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe horse race at the Longchamp race track, outside Paris, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Bluestocking ridden by Rossa Ryan crosses the finish line ahead of Aventure ridden by Stephane Pasquier, right, to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe horse race at the Longchamp race track, outside Paris, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Jockey Rossa Ryan, riding Bluestocking, celebrates after winning the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe horse race at the Longchamp race track, outside Paris, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Jockey Rossa Ryan, riding Bluestocking, celebrates after winning the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe horse race at the Longchamp race track, outside Paris, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Bluestocking, ridden by Rossa Ryan, races ahead of Aventure, ridden by Stephane Pasquier, to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe horse race at the Longchamp race track, outside Paris, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)