Talking Horses: Arc picture gets more fascinating by the week

In strict form terms, the three-time Group 1 heroine Tarnawa did nothing more than one might expect in easing to victory in a poor Group 3.

Tarnawa and Colin Keane win the Grant Thornton Ballyroan Stakes Group 3. Picture: Healy Racing

Watching Tarnawa make such an impressive reappearance in the Grant Thornton Ballyroan Stakes at Leopardstown on Thursday didn’t half whet the appetite for this year’s Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.

In strict form terms, the three-time Group 1 heroine did nothing more than one might expect in easing to victory in a poor Group 3.