JIM CROWLEY last night played down Hukum’s stall 14 draw in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe as “just a number” – but the bookies disagree.
The King George VI And Queen Elizabeth Stakes hero is berthed in 14 – one from the outside of the 15-runner field for Europe’s middle-distance championship on Sunday.
Home-trained favourite Ace Impact will launch his challenge from stall eight.
The statistics are against the Owen Burrows-saddled sixyear-old – horses drawn between stalls two and seven inclusive have won over half the Arcs staged at Longchamp since 1988.
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