'You could see that thought and intelligence which had gone into it almost 60 years previously'

To produce the winner of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe is an ambition that stirs the heart of every breeder across France, great or small, as well as many professionals far beyond these shores.

To achieve such a feat more than once admits a stud farm into an elite circle. Juddmonte, Darley and the Aga Khan have all touched the grail on multiple occasions on the first Sunday in October, while a name which may have receded from wider view in recent years is also on that honour roll. 

When Trempolino and Pat Eddery carried the De Moussac family's bumblebee black and gold hoops in 1987, he gave Andre Fabre the first of a record eight wins in the Arc.