 Inchinor, who died in 2003, sired over five hundred other winners including Notnowcato, the Prix de Diane winner Latice and the sprinter Cape of Good Hope.Summoner's dam Sumoto won two of her six races, before becoming a successful broodmare whose other foals included Compton Admiral, Twyla Tharp (dam of The Fugue) and So Admirable (grand-dam of Limato).On his racecourse debut Summoner contested a maiden race for two-year-olds over six furlongs on good to firm ground at Lingfield Park Racecourse on 25 August in which he started at odds of 7/1 and finished sixth of the sixteen runners.