THERE is no more endearingly romantic story of the turf than the recent success of Arthur Kitt in the Listed Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot. The son of champion two and three-year-old Camelot (Montjeu) is from the second crop of that triple classic winner and the first of his sire’s juveniles of 2018 to win a stakes race.

Andrew Black owned and raced Ceiling Kitty, a daughter of Red Clubs (Red Ransom), and she was trained by Tom Dascombe to land the Group 2 Queen Mary Stakes at the royal meeting back in 2012. She retired to Black’s Chasemore Farm and there she produced three winners with her first three foals. However, there is a sad twist to the tale.