BREEDERS worldwide are always keen to buy into some of the superior families developed over many decades now by Khalid Abdullah. Some of the best racehorses of recent years have emerged from these families and this week’s release of some of the choice matings for 2020 at Juddmonte and Banstead Manor Stud made for mouth-watering reading.

This year sees the first foals born by the Group 2 winning juvenile and Grade 1 winning miler Expert Eye (Acclamation). To date, he has more than 20 foals on the ground, all of whom are bay like their sire, with breeders describing them as “crackers”, “big and strong” and “well-made”.