THIS year’s two-year-olds by Oasis Dream represent the stallion’s 15th crop of racing age. On Sunday, at the Curragh, his unbeaten son Native Trail gave him his 18th Group or Grade 1 winner, and is now the leading juvenile colt in Europe. He is also favourite for the 2000 Guineas and his victory, by a commanding margin, gave Charlie Appleby his third win in the last four runnings of the race.

At a fee of £20,000 at Juddmonte’s Banstead Manor Stud, Oasis Dream is remarkable value for a sire who consistently gets quality performers, and his record of siring well over 200 stakes horses is testament to that. He is also an outstanding broodmare sire, his daughters responsible for five champions and almost 40 group winners. Oasis Dream is all you could ask for in a sire.