Daryz’s Arc reputation secure but retirement would rule out folk-hero status
The Guardian ·
Back-to-back wins is a huge achievement, but owners have more to think about than unprecedented third title It was, as the moderator of the post-Arc press conference put it, the “difficult question everyone wants to ask”, but Princess Zahra Aga Khan, the owner of the winner, Daryz , did not seem to find it difficult at all. “Look, we’re breeders,” she said, “and you get to the point where you’re taking a risk every time you run the horse. Would we want him to train on for another year? I’m not sure. I think he has other things to do.” Continue reading...
Back-to-back wins is a huge achievement, but owners have more to think about than unprecedented third title It was, as the moderator of the post-Arc press conference put it, the “difficult question everyone wants to ask”, but Princess Zahra Aga Khan, the owner of the winner, Daryz , did not seem to find it difficult at all. “Look, we’re breeders,” she said, “and you get to the point where you’re taking a risk every time you run the horse. Would we want him to train on for another year? I’m not sure. I think he has other things to do.” Continue reading...