TEMPTING as it is to start this week’s column by paying homage to Jezki and Jessica Harrington after a magical comeback win at Tipperary yesterday, the echo of one tweet reply rebounds from the weekend. When tweeting about looking forward to the said Istabraq Hurdle on Saturday evening, an old colleague replied: “Will you f*****g behave, the Arc is on tomorrow.”

So how dare I? Indeed, the Arc is the Arc and there were three fairly obvious highlights from a sensational day of racing; Enable (goes without saying), Aidan O’Brien (goes without saying) and Battaash (rocket).