Graham Buddry laments the fact that the great champion was retired at three

YESTERDAY’S HEROES
Shakespeare may have been thinking of racehorses when he famously said: “Some are born great, some achieve greatness and others have it thrust upon them.”
Born great? Well, by a sire from the incredible Northern Dancer line who also sired Ouija Board and Golden Horn and a dam who won the Arc de Triomphe and also produced Galileo.
Yes, their offspring would be born great.
Achieve greatness? Without any shadow of a doubt, but could it have been even better?
The horse in question is...