Tabor's on a winning roll

Tabor (r) with Kinane and Montjeu after the 1999 Arc

Owner Michael Tabor is enjoying a lucky streak as he prepares for Montjeu's bid to win the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe for the second year running.

And the Monte Carlo-based millionaire is confident the dice will continue to roll in his favour at Longchamp on Sunday.

Friday's Newmarket victories of Capricho and King Charlemagne came just 24 hours after Tabor's Minardi had put on the style in the Middle Park Stakes.

They have come in a week when the ex-bookmaker and his business partner John Magnier have splashed out on big-money buys in the sales ring near the racetrack.

I suppose so far this week, it's like backing three reds on the roulette wheel and seeing them all come up

  Michael Tabor

"I suppose so far this week, it's like backing three reds on the roulette wheel and seeing them all come up," said Tabor.

"Some would say it's got to go against you eventually, but I'm hopeful I can make it four out of four with Montjeu."

Surprisingly for a Tabor horse, King Charlemagne was very easy to back on Friday, going off an 11-2 chance in the Somerville Tattersall Stakes.

Tabor grinned: "He did drift in the betting, but we have to try to fool you sometimes."

Quotes ranging from 20-1 to 33-1 for the 2000 Guineas are "about right" for King Charlemagne, according to Tabor.

Capricho was another generously-priced Tabor horse, being sent off 8-1 for the H&K Commissions Handicap.

Haggas will also be taking a keen interest in events at Longchamp on Sunday - even though he will not be there himself.

Minardi was among Tabor's winners

His two-year-old filly Superstar Leo is taking on the top sprinters in the Prix de l'Abbaye.

"I won't see the race as I'm taking my son to Highbury to watch Arsenal play Manchester United," he said.

"When I promised to take him I did not dream I would have a runner in the Abbaye."

Montjeu will face nine rivals when he attempts to win his second Arc, the richest event of the European flat racing season with a purse of 10.5 million francs (about £1m).

As expected, all 10 horses stood their ground at Saturday's final declaration stage for the Group One contest, the smallest field for the race since 1946.

Montjeu is odds-on to become the first horse since Alleged in 1978 to win back-to-back Arcs but faces stiff opposition from Vodafone Derby hero Sinndar.

Sinndar, who has gone on to win the Budweiser Irish Derby and Prix Niel for trainer John Oxx since Epsom, will have the assistance of stablemate and pacemaker Raypour.

As well as last year's Arc, Montjeu has captured the Irish Derby, the French Derby and, in July this year, the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot.

Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1m 4f), Longchamp, Sunday, 1520 BST. Live coverage in Sunday Grandstand, BBC2, and on BBC Five Live.