IT is just about certain now that Aidan O’Brien is going to break Bobby Frankel’s record of 25 Group/Grade 1 wins in a calendar year. The only questions now are when and where, not if.

It is difficult to get your head around the achievement. A Group 1 win is massive for any trainer, one Group 1 win in a year, one Group 1 win in a career, so to have 25 of them in the same year is mind-boggling. More than any other trainer in the world. Ever. That’s what a world record is.