THE final three 2025 Group 1 races in Europe for two-year-olds were won by colts trained at Ballydoyle, and served to emphasise how strong a hand Aidan O’Brien and Coolmore are likely to have for the classics next year.

Any trainer would happily go into winter quarters with any one of the three colts, Hawk Mountain and Puerto Rico, both sons of Wootton Bassett (Iffraaj), and Pierre Bonnard (Camelot), while other Group 1-winning juveniles they have are the fillies Diamond Necklace (St Mark’s Basilica) and True Love (No Nay Never).