They're talking absolute bollox Imp.  The Arc has never been a stallion-making race, certainly not for Coolmore anyway.  HR didn't win a European turf G1 at 2 or 3, which is pretty essential if you're trying to make a stallion.  Coolmore are also overloaded with sons of Galileo. If Found hadn't run and he won the race it would barely have caused a ripple in his stallion fee.  It's possible/probable he won't even stand in Europe when he retires.  Order Of St George is clearly going to be Coolmore Aus or NH. They've lost nothing.

I understand, it was not Us Army Ranger who finished 2nd, was it? It just goes to show the depth of all round horse/breeding knowledge of some of these panel participants.

I think that if I was in Magnier's shoes I would be pretty pleased with the result.

1. Coolmore 1-2-3 in the most prestigious middle distance turf race in the world confirming their status as the world's top breeders by a mile

2. Galileo 1-2-3 ditto as world's top turf stallion

3. History making effort wont harm their prospects of attracting more of biggest bloodstock investors around the world

4. Prizemoney will pay for a few expenses

5. Confirmed AOB's status as the most prolific G1 winning trainer in the world - past or present


I'm sure that the result exceeded their wildest expectations.

I went through my big Arc book and learned that the 1,2 was done before by a trainer, and the 1,2 done by a stallion, and strangely the 1,2 done by a dam (everyone mentions the sire, nobody mentions the dam).
How many times has a trainer entered three in the race that were all running on their merits not one as a pacemaker?
How many times has there been three or more runners by the one sire?
The 1,2,3 in 2016 might be the first time it was attempted by a trainer (or stallion), and although headline grabbing it might not merit the attention it is given.