6th-WOL, £6,000, Mdn, 2-26, 3yo, 8f 141y(AWT), 1:51.57, st.
+ULTIMATE STAR (GB) (c, 3, Starspangledbanner (Aus)">Starspangledbanner {Aus}–Ultimate Best {GB}, by King's Best), a 13,000 gns TATFOA weanling whose price tag jumped to £230,000 as a DNPRM yearling, missed the beat slightly before being restrained to race towards the rear throughout the early stages. Cutting between rivals on the final turn, the 13-8 second favourite was delivered wide in the straight and despite running greenly mastered Four Mile Beach (GB) (Dalakhani {Ire}) in the last 50 yards for an ultimately comfortable 3/4-of-a-length win. The dam, whose half-siblings include the black-type performers Film Script (GB) (Unfuwain), National Park (GB) (Common Grounds {GB}) and Barney Mcgrew (Ire) (Mark of Esteem {Ire}), has a 2-year-old colt by Kyllachy (GB) and a yearling colt by Mayson (GB). Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, £3,881. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Qatar Racing Limited; B-The Pocock Family (GB); T-David Simcock.
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