MOGUL’S €4,000 first-year fee will catch the eye of many National Hunt mare owners plus, one hopes, some intrepid flat breeders hoping to send suitable mares to a top-class son of multiple champion sire Galileo (Sadler’s Wells).

The 3,400,000gns he cost as a Tattersalls October Book 1 yearling is a testament to his looks, physique and pedigree, and he lived up to that price by becoming one of the leading three-year-olds of 2020.