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Sat 10 Oct 2007Zambezi set to keep prize at homeLongchamp Preview:Kieren Fallon and John Murtagh both know the emotional highs and lows of winning and losing the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe but if the Irish jockeys lose out to Zambezi Sun in tomorrow's renewal of Europe's most valuable all-aged race at Longchamp then it might just sting that extra little bit.Zambezi Sun's jockey, Stephane Pasquier, burst on to the international scene when winning last year's Arc on Rail Link, a victory that secured him the post as Khalid Abdullah's retained rider and has propelled him to the top of the jockey's championship in France.