On a weekend of sporting excess space needs to be found to celebrate the remarkable achievement of Aidan O’Brien in training the firth three horse home in the prestigious Prix de l’Arc du Triomphe in Paris on Sunday.
To win the race is a major career landmark. O’Brien achieved it in 2007 as part of an already glittering career but to have the first, second and third is something that has never been achieved before.
It is also a massive boost for Coolmore Stud with all three sired by their own star performer in the breeding stakes Galileo.
Horse racing at the highest level is the one sport beyond any other that Ireland consistently dominates but such an obvious and previously unimaginable demonstration of strength could hardly have been dreamed of even by one so powerful in the game as O’Brien.
