THERE are no guarantees with any new recruit to the stallion ranks, but some join with a combination of pedigree and profile that make the prospects of getting at least one future Group 1 son or daughter a shade of odds-on, and Banstead Manor Stud’s Champs Elysees (by Danehill) was one of those.

A talented performer in Europe and a Grade 1 star in the USA, he went to stud as a full-brother to Dansili, one of Europe’s leading sires.