Luxembourg in stall eight as 20 tackle Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe challenge

Coral’s John Hill said: “The ground looks to be falling in favour of the defending champion Torquator Tasso this weekend and, as a result, the German horse is being well-backed to prevail at Longchamp once again. He now only has Luxembourg ahead of him in the betting.”

The two leading French hopes are the Fabrice Chappet-trained Onesto (stall 11) and Jean-Claude Rouget’s Vadeni (two) – second and third behind Luxembourg at Leopardstown three weeks ago.

Vadeni had previously won the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown and is ridden by Christophe Soumillon, who has two Arc wins on his CV courtesy of Dalakhani (2003) and Zarkava (2008).

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“I was quite happy to see that I didn’t get a very outside draw. I was hoping to have a draw between the middle and the inside and that’s what we have,” Soumillon told Sky Sports Racing.

“It depends how the track will be on Sunday. We are waiting for a lot of rain on Friday night and Saturday morning, so it just depends on the track really.

“Each jockey will take their own decision after a few strides and hopefully the pace will be good.

“The rain plus the distance is a little worry for us – we don’t really know if the horse is going to handle it. It’s a test for him, but I’m sure the way he finished last time he should be good.

“The track was soft in Ireland and the horse is much better in these conditions now, so he should give us a great result.

“He has a great turn of foot and a lot of quality, which is the most important thing you need in a big race like the Arc.”

Leading Japanese hope Titleholder is down the middle in stall 10, with his compatriot Stay Foolish widest of all in 20 and Germany’s Mendocino is lowest in one.

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Coral has also opened betting on where the winner of the big race will be trained, and make the UK the 9/4 favourite ahead of the host nation France at 5/2.

Coral’s David Stevens said: “Not only is this year’s Arc wide open, it has a truly international flavour to it, with the first five in the betting hailing from five different nations.

“Although the current favourite, Luxembourg, is trained in Ireland, we make a UK winner our narrow 9/4 favourite, while it’s 6/1 that Japan’s long wait for a first triumph in the race ends this year.”

Prix De L’Arc De Triomphe odds

7/2 Luxembourg

5/1 Alpinista, Torquator Tasso

9/1 Titleholder

10/1 Vadeni, Westover

14/1 Onesto

20/1 Mare Australis, Mishriff

25/1 Al Hakeem, Do Deuce, Mendocino

33/1 Mostahdaf, Sealiway

50/1 Grand Glory

66/1 Alenquer, Bubble Gift, Deep Bond

80/1 Broome, Stay Foolish

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