ARMORY landed his third stakes success when he won the Group 3 The Irish Field Celebrating 150 Years Royal Whip Stakes at the Curragh, adding to a pair of group wins as a juvenile last year. These included the Group 2 Galileo Irish EBF Futurity Stakes also at headquarters.

Runner-up to Pinatubo in the Group 1 Goffs Vincent O’Brien National Stakes, he was also third to Victor Ludorum in the Group 1 Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at ParisLongchamp on Arc weekend.