Waldgeist is german for “ghost of the wood”, and that seems an appropriate way to depict this year’s Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner.

It all seemed to be going to plan when Frankie Dettori sent Enable to the front at the 400-metre pole, just as he did for her two previous Arcs. On Betfair, she traded as short as 1.07 in the run and even watching the race through television you could hear celebratory cheers from a crowd expecting to witness racing history.