“I’VE trained for 15 years and I’ve been on the Curragh for 25 years and I have thought about giving up a few times, but every year I say one more year. Maybe after this I will train for another year,” said Takashi Kodama.

“He’s owned by my main client and the mare is in foal to Highland Reel (Galileo) and she will ship to Japan in a few weeks. I’ll see how the horse is in a few days and talk to the owner and rider about where he might go.”