Our Senior Form Analyst looks ahead to Europe's most prestigious contest, live on Sky Sports Racing on Sunday, and reveals his big-race fancy.\n\nThis is everything a Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe should be, first and foremost a clash of nations and generations, and not just a defining race but a deciding race, to decide the best around, while a returning champion always adds an extra layer of motivation and invigoration.\n\nDaryz has worn the daunting mantle of Arc winner very well this season, looking suitably starry. After Royal Ascot, a reported bad blood test was music to the ears, before the Prix Foy's feast for the eyes. Only once in history has the Arc winner added the nine-furlong Prix d'Ispahan on the way, though the horse in question, Allez France, didn't do it so strikingly as Daryz, who topped 42mph when powering up.\n\nSaddadd isn't rated nor decorated like some, but he's still pushing upwards, a master of marginal gains.

The Grosser Preis von Baden has had a happy habit of readying Arc winners, like Marienbard, Danedream and Torquator Tasso. Meisho Tabaru is a bona fide Group One horse, highlighted by back-to-back wins in the Takarazuka Kinen, this year beating Croix Du Nord, who was 14-1 for last year's Arc.