Fee for 2027 | TBC |
Bay 2023 | 16.1½ (1.66m) |
Pedigree | Starspangledbanner - Mosa Mine (Exceed and Excel) |
Distance won over | 6f. to 1m. |
Stands at | Coolmore |
Profile
Cartier Champion 2YO and Record-Breaking Classic winner
The best son of STARSPANGLEDBANER from an exceptional stallion-producing family!
The fastest winner ever of the Irish 2000 Guineas! Breaking a record that stood for 28 years, beating the times of Dubawi, Kingman, Gleneagles, Churchill, Rosallion, Field Of Gold, etc.
1st or 2nd in 8 GROUP 1 RACES from 6f to 8f, with top-three finishes in 11 of his 12 starts!
Highest-priced colt at TattersallsDecember Foal Sale, selling for 450,000gns
Testimonials
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“When I came into the straight, I knew it was game over.”
Pedigree
Race Record
PRINCIPLE PERFORMANCES
CARTIER CHAMPION 2YO
1st Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf – Gr.1, 8f, Del Mar, ahead of Gr.1 American Turf Stakes winner Stark Contrast and Gr.3 Tyros Stakes winner North Coast.
1st Royal Ascot Coventry Stakes – Gr.2, 6f, Royal Ascot, by 3 lengths from 4-time Gr.2 placed Do Or Do Not and Gr.2 Hungerford Stakes winner Coppull.
1st Irish Stallion Farms 2YO Maiden, 6f, Navan, ahead of triple Gr.1 and Classic winner True Love, Gr.3 Lacken Stakes winner and Gr.1 placed Havana Anna. 6f, Navan, (on debut)
2nd Prix Morny – Gr.1, 6f, Deauville, to dual Gr.1 winner Venetian Sun with Gr.1 Middle Park Stakes winner Wise Approach behind
2nd National Stakes – Gr.1, 7f, Curragh, to triple Gr.2 winner Zavateri with Gr.2 Superlative Stakes placed Italy behind
2nd Dewhurst Stakes – Gr.1, 7f, Newmarket, to Gr.3 Acomb Stakes winner Gewan with dual Gr.3 winner Distant Storm and TDN Rising Star Oxagon further behind.
GROUP 1 WINNER AT 3 YEARS
1st Irish 2000 Guineas – Gr.1, 8f, Curragh, by 3 lengths from Gr.1 Prix Daphnis winner Distant Storm and Gr.1 performer Pacific Avenue with Gr.1 Phoenix Stakes winner Power Blue further back the field.
2nd 2000 Guineas – Gr.1, 8f, Newmarket, to unbeaten triple Gr.1 winner Bow Echo with triple Gr.1 placed Distant Storm and Gr.1 Prix Jean Prat winner Thesecretadversary further back the field
2nd St James’s Palace Stakes – Gr.1, 8f, Royal Ascot, only a short head to unbeaten triple Gr.1 winner Bow Echo with Gr.1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes winner Talk Of New York and dual Gr.1 winner Puerto Rico further behind.
2nd Sussex Stakes – Gr.1, 8f, Goodwood, to unbeaten triple Gr.1 winner Bow Echo with Gr.1 Jebel Hatta winner Opera Ballo and Gr.1 City of York Stakes winner Never so Brave further behind
3rd Prix du Moulin – Gr.1, 8f, Longchamp, to Gr.3 Prix Messidor-placed Erdenali and Gr.1 Queen Anne Stakes winner Ten Bob Tony with Gr.2 Prix Paul de Moussac winner and 3-time Gr.1 placed Nighttime further back the field.
