 Revoque, a "huge" bay horse, standing 16.2 hands high, was bred in Ireland by the County Cork based Minch Bloodstock.His sire Fairy King, a full brother to Sadler's Wells, sired the winners of over five-hundred races, including Helissio (Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe), Falbrav and Oath (Derby).His dam La Bella Fontana, a daughter of the Cumberland Lodge Stakes winner Lafontaine, also produced the Prix Eugene Adam winner King of Tara.