ORDER Of St George is one of the best known and most loved horses in training in Ireland. A stalwart of the Aidan O’Brien yard at Ballydoyle for five seasons now, he is scheduled to make his next start at the end of the month in the Group 1 Goodwood Cup, a race that carries prize money of £500,000.

Should he line up for the feature race he will be making the 26th start of his career, and he has finished in the first four 24 times. The once he didn’t make it he was fifth! The next small amount of prize money he collects will also push his total earnings past the £2 million mark. What a star he has been, his 13 victories including the Group 1 Irish St Leger twice, in 2015 and 2017, and the Group 1 Ascot Gold Cup in 2016.