Bookies see a charge for Cavalryman

Though his trainer believes Cavalryman "does not have the class" to beat Sea The Stars in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, it hasn't stopped backers from latching on to Andre Fabre's colt.

Epsom Derby and 2,000 Guineas winner Sea The Stars is 4-5 with Totesport to win his sixth Group 1 of the season by landing Europe's top mile-and-a-half race at Longchamp on 4 October.

But Victor Chandler, Blue Square and Stan James are offering a market without the John Oxx-trained three-year-old and there has been good support for Cavalryman.

Charlie McCann of Stan James said: "The Prix Niel winner has doubled up in the Arc five times in the last 10 years and punters have backed Cavalryman in to 7-1 'without Sea The Stars' this morning. They think that is good each-way value, especially since Andre Fabre has won the race seven times previously."

Meanwhile, Skybet make Aidan O'Brien's Rip Van Winkle 1-2 favourite in a match bet with Delegator for Saturday's Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot.

Godolphin's Delegator, who has beaten his old rival in two previous encounters, is 6-4 to confirm earlier superiority.