MOST of the attention on three-year-olds at this time of the year is focused on the classics, but an unbeaten colt who is not engaged at Newmarket, the Curragh or Epsom caught the eye recently, partly because of his impressive pedigree.

Long Island Sound made his first public appearance in Keeneland when only 10 months old, fetching $800,000 at the November Breeding Stock Sale almost exactly three years after his most famous relation was narrowly beaten on her final start.