Overview

• Coolmore will pay the €120,000 late-entry fee on Wednesday to add triple Group 1 winner Minnie Hauk to the Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
• Bookmakers cut her price to about 7-2 with most firms, with William Hill and Coral still at 4-1.
• Aidan O’Brien confirmed no further additions to his team, with last year’s third Los Angeles the only other runner and Wayne Lordan set to ride.
• Christophe Soumillon sat on Minnie Hauk in a recent half-speed gallop and was reported by O’Brien to be very happy with her.
• Rain forecasts of more than 20mm late Friday into Saturday are expected to ease the ground, prompting Cheveley Park and David O’Meara to run Estrange with Danny Tudhope booked at around 25-1.