Had it been known when they retired to stud, that one would have a lasting influence on the breed while the other’s male line would peter out, it is likely that most would have named the wrong brother as the success story.

El Gran Senor (by Northern Dancer) won the 2000 Guineas and the Irish Derby, he was pipped in the Derby at Epsom and he sired a string of Group 1 winners. But, although his daughters fared well at stud, his sons generally flopped.