Can Camelot come to the aid of the Montjeu sire-line?

Though Montjeu has around 20 sons standing at stud across Europe this year, only one - barring a remarkable resurrection in the popularity of a commercially exposed name - has a realistic chance of continuing his sire-line in the northern hemisphere.

The responsibility for ensuring that the best source of middle-distance performers and stayers of the new millennium remains in the top line of pedigrees rests on the shoulders of Camelot, whose first two-year-olds run this year.

The fact that none of Montjeu's paternal grandsons are at stud, as far as I can see, otherwise makes the decline of his sire-line look likely. Perhaps last year's Joe Hirsch Turf Classic hero Ectot, a son of Hurricane Run, will rectify that at the end of his racing career.