Racing certainties? There ain’t no such thing

Leinster may be the best side in Europe over the course of the season, but the notion that they are invincible ignores those human traits — thoroughbreds or not, says Ronan O’Gara.

At the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe at Longchamp in Paris, Aidan O’Brien and I got wrapped up in a conversation about thoroughbreds.

Aidan knows a thing or two about thoroughbreds, but they guarantee nothing, he says. Anything with a heart and a brain is susceptible to the vagaries of mood. These are not robots.