Aidan O'Brien hoping weather plays ball for Luxembourg in Arc

Melbourne Cup heroine Verry Elleegant will miss Europe's premier middle-distance contest following France Galop's decision to limit the field to 20 runners

MARKET LEADER: Having won the Irish Champion Stakes earlier this month, Luxembourg heads the betting for this year's Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.  Picture: Inpho/Morgan Treacy

Aidan O'Brien does not want the ground to get too testing at ParisLongchamp ahead of Luxembourg's bid for glory in the Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

Previously successful in the showpiece event with Dylan Thomas in 2007 and Found in 2016, the Ballydoyle handler houses the ante-post favourite for this year's renewal in this son of Camelot.