BIG day ahead. It helps that the Classic is set to be run at 9.41pm and not at 12.40am, like it was the last time the Breeders’ Cup was held at Del Mar. But be sure to be back in situ in time of the Mile, in which Donnacha O’Brien’s filly Porta Fortuna could crown a glittering season.

City Of Troy? It would be fantastic. The Derby winner, the Eclipse winner, the Juddmonte International winner, to add a Breeders’ Cup Classic would be extraordinary. To skip the Irish Champion Stakes, to skip the Arc, all with the objective of achieving something out of the ordinary.