It is hardly a surprise that male relatives of the dynasty-making multiple champion sire should prove to be popular at stud.

His full-brother Fairy King worked his way up from the bottom of the market to becoming a classic sire, a horse whose Group 1 stars included the Derby winner Oath, and their Group 1-winning full-brother Tate Gallery, who died young, gave us the Group 1 sprint star Lyric Fantasy, known affectionately as ‘The Pocket Rocket’.