SOTTSASS was a mere listed winner ahead of the Group 1 QIPCO Prix du Jockey Club, the French Derby, but he emerged victorious to give his sire Siyouni (Pivotal) a third classic winner in just five crops of classic age.

Winner of four races at two, Siyouni’s day in the limelight was on Arc weekend 2009 when he won the Group 1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere. Though he failed to win at three, he was runner-up in the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat, third in the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp and fourth in the St James’s Palace Stakes. His meteoric rise as a sire saw his fee rocket from €7,000 in his first four seasons to €100,000 this year.