"She showed more than enough in front to suggest that she will be capable of holding her own when she returns to pattern company"

Goliath returned to winning ways in La Coupe at Paris Longchamp on Sunday. The race has been won by the likes of Cirrus des Aigles, No Risk at All and Robin of Navan. It was a good piece of placement, but other than confirming his fitness, we didn't learn a great deal more about him. Here's why;

Could he win the Arc? Absolutely. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

His earlier form is working out well and this was not a 12/1 fluke given the way the race panned out.

The star name on the card runs in the first race, as Richard Hannon's Haatem takes on 5 rivals in the Listed Prix de Montretout.

He would surely stay a mile now on this evidenced there is probably still more improvement to come after this.

Given the numerous winning 3-year-old debutantes that the yard has sent out so far this season, he is hard to ignore.

This was a step forward from his maiden win at Paris Longchamp in October, but was he a fortunate winner? Absolutely

A brief summary of this year's Prix Ganay at Paris Longchamp.

He has a long way to go before his connections can think about fulfilling those lofty ambitions, but he is heading in the right direction.

The finished 1,2 in finish 1,2 in the Prix Chaudenay on the Saturday of the Arc meeting and given the recent record of the horses.....

I think it is highly likely that Broadfield and High Record will end this season rated higher then Not Alone and Taybet

I'm sure that he has the ability to win a Group 1 race and I can't wait to see him run again, he's the type of horse that we all love to see

Feed the Flame has the potential to be a pattern class 3-year-old and so I’ll take a chance on him.

Having spent most of this year trying to find an angle into the Arc market, the simple fact is that the market probably has it right.

"In truth, if Stradivarius connections truly hope to win the Arc in October, he should be winning this"

"In reality, this was a multiple Group 1 winning horse, winning another Group 1, at a track where he has course form"

This is the best mile race we have seen for some considerable time. 6 runners, all group 1 winners over the mile at Paris Longchamp.