“I feel sorry for the lads. They put so much in and the cost is incredible,” Ballydoyle horse trainer Aidan O’Brien told Racing TV at Longchamp, Paris on October 4, 2020. It had been a more than disappointing day. The record-breaking trainer had been forced to pull all four of his runners from the hugely prestigious Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe because of a batch of contaminated horse feed. The “lads” he was offering his condolences to were Coolmore, the legendary stables owned by bloodstock magnate John Magnier.  The Ballydoyle training facility is a sister stable to the Coolmore…

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