A winner at Leopardstown and Killarney, Deepone was less than a length behind Warnie in the Listed El Gran Senor Stakes at Tipperary, but he failed to settle at Leopardstown on Irish Champions Festival weekend when fourth to Diego Velazquez. He made amends in fine fashion in the Group 2 Alan Smurfit Memorial Beresford Stakes, a race that year after year throws up champions, and recent winners include Luxembourg, Japan and Saxon Warrior.

It appears that, with five runs under his belt, Deepone will now be put away for the winter, and he should certainly be on everyone’s longlist for the 2024 classics. He is the third foal and winner for the unraced Avyanna, a daughter of Galileo (Sadler’s Wells), and Deepone is now the mare’s second group winner. Andreas Bezzola’s $75,000 spend on Avyanna as a four-year-old bought him a mare carrying the winner Altmeister (Bodemeister).