MAYBE Jean-Claude Rouget should stay at home more often. He elected not to make the 520-mile trip from his yard in Pau to Chantilly last Sunday, and was able to have a peaceful afternoon in front of the television as Sottsass and Tawkeel gave him a Group 1 double.

It’s easy to be negative about Sottsass’s performance in beating Way To Paris by just a head in the €180,000 Prix Ganay.