WE began last Saturday still in the depths of Riogate, through the day fluttered into Rosegate but, if like me, you nodded off before Saratoga came to a conclusion, you woke up in the midst of Arrogate.

Where did he came from? The Juddmonte-owned three-year-old son of Unbridled Song had been under the radar on the US circuit as the Triple Crown horses came and went, Songbird went her merry untested way, and the older stars grabbed all the headlines with stellar performances over the last weeks.