RATED higher than his very successful sire Invincible Spirit, Profitable won at both two and three years before developing into a top-class sprinter, with a Group 1 victory at Royal Ascot to his credit.

He started a new career at Kildangan Stud in 2018 and, with a pedigree free of both Sadler’s Wells and Danehill, he looks like an ideal stallion for Irish breeders. His first foals confirmed this last autumn, when a filly was bought for €205,000 at Goffs and 46 of them were sold for an average of €37,990. He was also sire of the top-priced yearling filly at Goffs this month, sold for €75,000.