THE late Eamon Cleary was recalled as Arrogate boosted his winnings past the $4 million mark when defeating California Chrome in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Classic. The three-year-old son of Unbridled’s Song is now winner of five of his six starts and they include the Grade 1 Travers Stakes in record time.

Monaghan-born Cleary died in September 2012, the year that the multiple stakes winner Bubbler visited Unbridled’s Song. The resulting colt was sold to Juddmonte for $560,000 as a yearling. Cleary had purchased Bubbler for just $170,000 as a stakes-winning four-year-old. Bridlewood Farm got a bargain when they bought Arrogate’s yearling half-sister by Medaglia D’Oro for $300,000 back in September.