AND they’re off. Carravaggio’s yearlings in 2020, his first crop, sold for up to €860,000 and averaged €110,000. After three seasons at Coolmore Stud, it was announced that he was on the move to Ashford Stud Kentucky for this breeding season, at a fee of just $25,000.

There will be some disappointment among breeders here if the son of Scat Daddy (Johannesburg) continues for the rest of the year in the manner in which it has started. His second runner Tenebrism won at Naas on Sunday in the manner of a very smart filly, and already the magic words Royal Ascot are being whispered.