IT was a shame that there had to be a loser, it would have been a fitting send-off for Golden Horn had he added the Breeders’ Cup Turf to his outstanding CV, but - being Irish and all - you still found yourself cheering for Found. It would have been a real shame if a filly with her talent had gone through her three-year-old season without winning a Group 1 or Grade 1 contest.

The half-length by which Aidan O’Brien’s filly beat Golden Horn continued a remarkable Arc/Breeders’ Cup Turf stat; still no winner of the Arc has ever gone on to win the Breeders’ Cup Turf in the same year yet 10 of the beaten horses in the Arc went on to win the Turf.