 In December 1998 the yearling was offered for sale at Tattersalls and bought for 50,000 guineas by the bloodstock agent Amanda Skiffington.He entered the ownership of Michael Pescod and was sent into training with Roger Charlton at Beckhampton in Wiltshire.As a son of the Hungerford Stakes winner Inchinor, Summoner was a representative of the Byerley Turk sire line, unlike more than 95% of modern thoroughbreds, who descend directly from the Darley Arabian.