IT will be disappointing if Circus Maximus fails to sire at least a few Group 1 winners. He is a son of the phenomenal Galileo (Sadler’s Wells), so he is by a proven sire of Group 1 sires, and like classic sire Frankel and Group 1 sire Rip Van Winkle he is one of his top-class milers who stayed a bit farther.

The sole surviving foal of Duntle (Danehill Dancer), Circus Maximus is bred on a similar cross to Frankel, and he comes from the family of a notably successful member of Coolmore’s US roster at Ashford Stud in Kentucky.