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They may or may not find the turf in Kentucky to be as wet and soft as it was Sunday in France. But perhaps all five winners of win-and-you’re-in races in Paris may be sent to the Breeders’ Cup on Nov. 6 and 7 at Keeneland.

Sottsass, the American-owned 7-1 victor in the $5.8 million Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe (G1), is the best known of the five. His price was lowered to 6-1 to win the Breeders’ Cup Turf, according to the European monitor Oddschecker.com.

Tarnawa, though, could be the most heavily backed horse to ship from France to America. Victorious in the Prix de l’Opéra (G1), the two-time Group 1 victor is the 5-1 futures favorite to win the Filly & Mare Turf.

Wooded, the Prix de l’Abbaye (G1) winner, is second in betting for the Turf Sprint. Sealiway, victorious in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère (G1), and Tiger Tanaka, first in the Prix Marcel Boussac (G1), are double-digit long shots for the Juvenile Turf and Juvenile Fillies Turf, respectively.

Connections for all five horses said they would at least strongly consider taking the Breeders’ Cup on its invitation, which includes the waiving of starter fees and the paying of up to $40,000 in travel expenses.

Owned by Peter Brant’s White Birch Farm, Sottsass is a 4-year-old half-brother to Eclipse Award winner Sistercharlie. After finishing third in last year’s Arc, he spoiled Sunday’s bid by 2018 Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Enable for an unprecedented third victory in Europe’s richest race.

Asked whether Sottsass would make the trip to America, Oceanic Bloodstock racing manager Michel Zerolo said, “It would seem logical. If he came out of his race in good form, and the trainer (Jean-Claude Rouget) and the owner are willing to go, that’s the obvious way. That was only his fifth start. He’s a fresh horse.”

Sottsass is set up to be a potential spoiler in a Lexington showdown between European heavyweights Love, from the Coolmore stable, and Ghaiyyath, representing Godolphin. Withdrawn from the Arc last week because of the heavy going and before questions about tainted feed for other Coolmore horses, Love is 3-2 to win the Breeders’ Cup Turf. Ghaiyyath, a four-time Group 1 winner that was second last month in the Irish Champion Stakes (G1), is 3-1.

After her short-neck victory at 7-2 odds in the Opéra, Tarnawa could become the first Breeders’ Cup winner since 2000 for the legendary racing operation of The Aga Khan.

“The Breeders’ Cup is a couple days later this year, which is a big help,” said Mark Weld, the son and assistant of Tarnawa’s trainer, Dermot Weld. “It would be nice. It would be wonderful to have a competitor for the Breeders’ Cup.”

With his 6-1 triumph by a neck in the straight five-furlong Abbaye, 3-year-old Wooded may be the shakiest of the five winners when it comes to a commitment to Keeneland.

“Yes, he qualifies for the Breeders’ Cup (Turf) Sprint,” said Paul Hensley, chief operating officer for owner Sheikh Hamad of Qatar. “It comes up pretty quick, so I think (trainer Francis-Henry Graffard) will take him back and see how he is after the race. Then we’ll make a decision from there.”

A first-time Group 1 winner, Wooded is 8-1 for the Turf Sprint. He is behind only 6-year-old Godolphin gelding Battaash (5-2), who has won all three of his races as an odds-on favorite in England this year.

Trainers Frédérick Rossi and his nephew Charley Rossi train Sealiway and Tiger Tanaka, respectively. Frédérick Rossi said that Sealiway’s owners, Le Haras de la Gousserie and Guy Pariente, “are happy to travel with this horse. He could go to the Breeders’ Cup. We will discuss that first before thinking about next year.”

After his 5-2 score in the Lagardère, Sealiway is 12-1 in European futures for the Juvenile Turf. Irish Group 2 winner Cadillac is the 5-1 favorite.

Charley Rossi simply said, “we could be tempted to have a go” with Tiger Tanaka in the Breeders’ Cup. After she won at 8-1 in the Boussac, she is 16-1 to win the Juvenile Fillies Turf. Campanelle, with a 3-for-3 record and a Group 1 victory in France for trainer Wesley Ward, is the 5-1 favorite.

The Arc meet marked the last of the foreign win-and-you’re-in races for the Breeders’ Cup. The rest — one at Keeneland and five at Belmont Park — will be run in the coming week.