PAT Eddery, so disappointed at missing the ride on Wednesday's Derby winner Commander In Chief, embarks on a salvage mission this weekend in which he could easily bag two Classics, at Epsom and Chantilly.
Eddery rides Wemyss Bight, the second favourite for today's Oaks, while tomorrow he partners the highly-regarded Regency, 11-8 favourite for the Prix du Jockey-Club (French Derby).
Significantly perhaps, both Eddery's Classic contenders are by the brilliant Arc de Triomphe winner Dancing Brave - as is Commander In Chief - which highlights the enormous loss it has been to the British breeding industry that this stallion has already been exported to Japan.
Dancing Brave now stands at the Shizunai Stallion Centre, Hokkaido Island, and no doubt the Japan Racing Association, who purchased him two years ago, will have good reason to celebrate. This is an enormous boost to their local breeding centre.
Almost certainly, the decision to sell Dancing Brave to the 'far, far Far East' was taken because the syndicate members quickly became disillusioned with the great racehorse's first two crops, from which only Dick Hern's Bravefoot had emerged.
Clearly, nothing was very straightforward in trying to assess Dancing Brave's merit at stud, as Bravefoot, arguably the best of his early progeny, was unfortunately doped at Doncaster racecourse late in his juvenile year and was never to recapture the early promise he displayed.
It must also be remembered that one month into his first covering season Dancing Brave contracted Marie's Disease, a life-threatening condition, and many syndicate members felt it was time to get out while there was still a slim chance of cashing in.