ALL HUK UP!

Arc hope drifts in betting but Jim still bullish

- DAVID YATES

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.