Colm Greaves: Why this high-stakes Champion could echo through the generations

There are sure to be several lively contenders for the Irish horseracing’s ‘significant moment of the 2021’ when this longest of years eventually turns.

A CLASS APART: St Mark’s Basilica surges to victory in the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown in July. Coolmore will hope the four-time Group 1 winner will help fill the void left by the late, great Galileo. Victory over Tarnawa in tomorrow’s Irish Champion Stakes would further add to his commercial value. Picture: Healy Racing

“The thoroughbred exists because its selection has depended, not on experts, technicians or zoologists, but on a piece of wood: the winning post of the Epsom Derby.”

— Frederico Tesio