COOLMORE’S Sioux Nation (Scat Daddy) had Havana Grey in tenth place when he won the Group 2 Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot as a two-year-old, and later that season the Ballydoyle runner added the Group 1 Keeneland Phoenix Stakes to his tally of victories.

At three, the colts met on four occasions, and each time Havana Grey proved the better, notably when he and Sioux Nation finished first and third in the Group 1 Derrinstown Stud Flying Five Stakes at the Curragh. Havana Grey’s stud fee trajectory is detailed elsewhere on these pages, while Sioux Nation stood for his first two seasons at €12,500, spent two more at a fee of €10,000, but after a spectacular first crop success story, this year breeders were paying €17,500 to use him.