THE year 2020 will never be forgotten, by current and future generations. For the team at Juddmonte, it is also a landmark year. Forty years ago Juddmonte properly began as an entity with the establishment of the original in Wargrave, Berkshire following the acquisition of Cayton Park Stud and Pudders Farm. Three years ago this property was sold and the British breeding operation concentrated at Banstead Manor Stud.

It is also 40 years since Known Fact won the Group 1 English 2000 Guineas, following the demotion of Nureyev, to become Prince Khalid’s first classic winner – and one of only two he did not breed. Fast forward a decade and it is 30 years since Sanglamore and Quest For Fame won the French and English Derbies, and the Holy Grail was narrowly missed out on when Deploy was beaten less than a length by Salsabil in the Irish Derby.