REMEMBER Air Chief Marshal? Bred by David and Diane Nagle at Barronstown Stud, the son of Danehill Dancer (Danehill) was trained by Aidan O’Brien and won just three of his 20 starts, the best being a Group 3 victory at the Curragh.

His placed efforts included running Alfred Nobel to half a length in the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes, but this was not enough to earn him a place on the Coolmore sire roster, and instead he commenced stud duties in France at just €3,000. After seven seasons there, where his fee doubled for 2017 thanks to siring the previous year’s Group 1 Grand Prix de Paris winner Mont Ormel, he found himself in 2018 standing in Ireland.