"The handsome colt will now carry a banner for all. For the punters who have backed him; for those in the industry who seek a champion with the credentials to make a stallion; for racing fans who love to see a top-class racehorse; for the marketing people who know a 'sexy' story when they see one (a horse named after a genius horseman lost to cancer, handled by another fighting the same disease); and for the public, from the mawkishly sentimental to the quietly genuine, who wish his trainer, Henry Cecil, well."

"Two Group Ones on the same afternoon was a little too much for Warren Place's tradition of hoisting the family standard when the stable have a win at the highest level. 'Jane [his wife] and I have got flu, so we were too weak to sort out the flag when we got home. And we haven't got two flagpoles, nor two flags. So, we'll have to leave it up for two weeks. But we'll have to take it down before Midday goes for the Breeders' Cup. It's unlucky otherwise,' the trainer explained."