CAMELOT is a legendary castle and court associated with King Arthur. It is also the name of a real-life multiple classic winner, a Group 1 sire, and now that Coolmore resident is not only responsible for the Group 1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Bluestocking, but he also sired the third and fifth-place finishers in the race.

Bluestocking has featured before in these columns and, while preparing to write this piece, I took to wondering if we were somehow blessed when last year, at three, she failed to win in six outings. Victorious on her only juvenile start, Bluestocking was a hot favourite on her sophomore bow, a listed fillies’ race at Newbury, but failed by a head to beat the subsequent three-time Group/Grade 1 winner Warm Heart.