WHEN Rock Of Gibraltar’s first foals were about to appear in the auction ring my review here, of his prospects of making the grade at stud, noted the strong likelihood that he would become a source of Group 1 winners.

It was not just that he was a seven-times Group 1 star and a son of the outstanding Danehill, but this was also a young horse whose grandam was a half-sister to the classic star and influential sire Riverman.