Joseph O’Brien is targeting a successful autumn with Al Riffa following his brave Coral-Eclipse second to City Of Troy, with peaking in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe the main objective for the rest of the season.

The four-year-old, who was a Group 1 winner at two, momentarily gave the Derby hero something to think about in the closing stages at Sandown, beaten only a length in the hands of Dylan Browne McMonagle.