IF Kingman has made a good start at stud, and was fully expected to when he retired at a fee of £55,000 (raised to £75,000) this year, another of his generation has also made a great start at stud, albeit the bar might not have been set so high by many observers and pundits.

Sea The Moon was a first stallion son of Sea The Stars (Cape Cross) and he went to stand at Lanwades Stud under the watchful and knowledgeable eye and direction of Kirsten Rausing. Few would have predicted that he would make headlines with his juvenile runners last season, but he did.