A QUIET patch is not uncommon in a stallion’s early years, with newer and flashier horses diverting attention from last year’s fancies. This is the reason why fees are often trimmed in their second, third and fourth seasons.

It is also why Due Diligence (War Front) will have a numerically quiet year with two-year-olds this season as there was only a handful of foals born by him in 2020, though he could still have at least one blacktype horse in that age group.