GALILEO is the grandsire of Derby winner Masar, but he went one better in the Group 1 Investec Oaks when his daughter Forever Together broke her maiden in the classic on just her fourth outing. This was vindication of the decision to spend €900,000 at Goffs on the daughter of the multiple champion sire. The classic winner was bred by Vimal and Gillian Khosla.

When MV Magnier signalled the winning bid for Forever Together, he did so in the knowledge that all the same elements had been in place for the filly’s full-sister a few years earlier.