Kingman can maintain momentum with another quality crop of juveniles

Kingman is by now fully certified as the bright young thing of the European stallion ranks. There are 17 stakes winners to have emerged from his first two crops, a top price of 2,300,000gns paid for one of his yearlings last autumn, a covering fee doubled to £150,000 in 2020 and star mares such as Attraction and Taghrooda lined up to be covered by him this season.

This is no rags to riches story, though; for while nothing is ever certain in the bloodstock industry, it always looked a pretty safe bet that the Banstead Manor Stud resident would prove a success.

Kingman was, after all, an unbeaten Group 3-winning two-year-old who was crowned champion at three after reeling off impressive victories in the Irish 2,000 Guineas, St James's Palace Stakes, Sussex Stakes and Prix Jacques le Marois.