"We would never take on Sea The Stars over a mile and he has beaten us over a mile and quarter in the Eclipse, but Conduit is running at his optimum trip of a mile and a half. A little bit of rain would help but we'll take our chance. There's no point in shirking the issue.
"Sea The Stars is a superb horse with a superb character and John Oxx has done a remarkable job to keep him at the top of his game all season.
"He didn't turn a hair in the Eclipse and is a very relaxed horse. That's important when going to Longchamp, because the preliminaries take a bit of getting used to. It can upset some horses. "But we've got to give it a crack.
"Conduit is a battler and he's never run a bad race, and if he gets beaten, he will go down all guns blazing."
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Hills): 5-6 Sea The Stars, 5 Fame And Glory, 8 Conduit, 10 Cavalryman, Stacelita, 12 Vision D'Etat, 16 Sariska, 20 bar.
