Alea Iacta (GB)

I’m ashamed to say that I have forgotten nearly all the Latin that I learned so painfully as a schoolboy. I still remember enough, though, to recognise the occasional Latin saying used in naming racehorses. Among this year’s examples are a couple which appear likely to take very high rank among the year’s 2-year-olds. In the States there is Carpe Diem–seize the day! This high-priced son of Giant’s Causeway earned…