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But French legend Sea Bird is an unrivalled Arc great, says Rolf Johnson

I couldn’t remember the last time I saw a Frenchman in a beret – until just one turned up for this season’s Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
The iconic symbol of resistance and revolution is no longer a la mode. You could say wearing ‘the last beret’ was a despairing defence of France’s prized racing possession.

Sea Bird

It didn’t work: half of the renewals of the world’s top-rated race this century have gone to intruders and this year’s saw y...

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