Didn’t John Magnier start off looking at the pedigrees of cattle and then decided to apply it to horses ( bit like Dream Alliances breeder starting off with pigeons and then applying it to horses)? Thinking about Aidan O’Briens achievement in winning the Derby yet again did make me ponder on how many trainers have been able to enter so many horses in the classics over the years. I can’t dislike Aidan though. We went to the Arc one year and he and Joseph spent so much time chatting to people and signing autographs that I really warmed to him albeit there being certain aspects of the operation that I don’t like.
