SANTIAGO looks certain to be among the busiest new recruits of the 2022 season, and although he is being aimed at the National Hunt sector and represents the branch of Sadler’s Wells’s male line that has made the biggest impact with hurdlers and chasers, it would be great to see some intrepid flat breeders support him too.

This classic-winning son of the wide-margin Derby hero Authorized (Montjeu) represents a branch of one of the most famous families in the stud book, one that has produced a string of notable stallions.