IT is remarkable how often a stallion who has either died or been exported will get previously elusive Group 1 and classic stars after he is no longer available, and this summer the former Coolmore team member Duke Of Marmalade (by Danehill) has added his name to that list.

He got a string of listed and Group 3 scorers from his earliest crops but that is not enough to maintain interest in a regally-related horse who was himself a multiple Group 1 star and so his export was inevitable.