SADLER’S Wells (by Northern Dancer) has had a massive impact on the breeding industry, flat and National Hunt, and although many of his sons have excelled in the latter, it is his brilliant Montjeu who is closest to forming his own jumps branch of the line.

One of the world’s most successful sires of Derby-type horses, Montjeu’s premature death was a huge blow. Most of his best stallion sons are flat sires, as one might expect, and pretty much every good flat stallion also gets big race winners over obstacles, but he also has some who are almost exclusively National Hunt.