STALLIONS who have their first two-year-olds tend to attract a lot of scrutiny, and although Ectot does not have the massive crops that some of his cohorts do, there is reason to hope that he will be well-represented in juvenile blacktype company this season.

He was a triple stakes winner at two, culminating in the Group 1 Criterium International over a mile, and he extended his winning streak to six by adding the Group 3 Prix de Fontainebleau and Group 2 Prix Niel the following year.