TWELVE months ago the bloodstock industry was dealt a blow when Whytemount Stud stallion Stowaway died suddenly.

The 21-year-old son of runaway Derby hero Slip Anchor (by Shirley Heights) won the Group 2 Great Voltigeur Stakes and Group 3 Gordon Stakes during his racing days, and also the Dubai Turf Classic before it got its pattern status, but it is for his record as a stallion that some will best remember him.