The opening day of the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe weekend is headlined by the Group 2 Prix De Royallieu, a 1m 4½f race for fillies and mares.
This year’s edition will be run at Longchamp Racecourse at 1.30PM on Saturday with a field of nine starters.
The favourite in Prix De Royallieu betting market at 
Bet365 is Hughie Morrison-trained Shirocco Star.
She is followed in the market by Dalkala, Vow, Coquet and Forces of Darkness.
The Prix De Royallieu is always a tricky betting race so we have done the hard work for our readers and studied the form guide and relevant betting statistics to come up with our top selections.
2012 Prix De Royallieu Form Facts and Betting Stats
– The 2011 Prix De Royallieu was won by Sea of Heartbreak who was trained by Roger Charlton and ridden by Olivier Peslier.
– Neither Charlton nor Peslier will be involved in this year’s race.
– Sea of Heartbreak started last year’s race as second favourite. Second favourite in this year’s race is Dalkala.
– Force of Darkness and Preferential are both last start winners.
– La Conquerante and Vow have the best winning percentages in the field (50%) followed by Coquet (43%) and Force of Darkness (40%).
– Dalkala has won at Longchamps previously.
– Dalkala and Forces of Darkness have both won at Group level.
– Forces of Darkness won the Group 3 Prix Minerve beating La Conquerante and Preferential.
You can bet on the 2012 Prix De Royallieu and all the other fabulous races from the PrixDe l’Arc De Triomphe weekend at Bet365.
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