sentences:  His best winners included Ivanjica (Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe); Optimistic Gal (Spinster Stakes, Frizette Stakes, Kentucky Oaks); Sweet Alliance (Kentucky Oaks); Godetia (Irish 1000 Guineas, Irish Oaks); Lady Capulet (Irish 1000 Guineas) and dam of US champion sire El Prado; Cloonlara, European champion two year old filly; and the American Champion Older Male Horse Bates Motel.Also among Sir Ivor's offspring was the brilliant sire Sir Tristram who sired 45 Group 1 winners, including the victors of three Melbourne Cups, and was Australasian champion sire on 17 occasions.Sir Ivor was named British Horse of the Year by the Racecourse Association, gaining twenty-six of the forty votes to defeat Royal Palace.