TWO of the three Group 1 stars for the late Gilltown Stud stallion Azamour (by Night Shift) have achieved that feat in 2015, another daughter Irish Rookie was runner-up in the Group 1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches (French 1000 Guineas) in May, and his classic-placed pattern-winning son Native Khan has his first yearlings in Turkey, all advertisements for the loss that the former Group 1 ace is to breeders.

His roll of honour also includes the Dermot Weld-trained three-year-old Zannda who won the Group 3 Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Give Thanks Stakes over 12 furlongs at Cork 11 days ago.