As we go to press I am watching the Aidan O’Brien trained Minding slam the field to land the Group 1 Dubai Fillies’ Mile, her second success at the highest level. She brings to a dozen the number of Group or Grade 1 races won from Ballydoyle this season.

The year is far from over yet and still Aidan O’Brien can claim to house three Group 1 winning juveniles and three individual classic winners in 2015. I stand to be corrected but I think that Minding’s win was the 244th at this level for Aidan since he tasted his first Group 1 success in 1996.