Mountain Song (IRE)

Fourth foal; half-sister to winners Echo Point (1m AW; RPR 102), Western Writer (7f/1m inc UAE AW; 97) and Chosen Star (11.4f; 68); dam 7f/1m AW 2yo winner (90), half-sister to UAE 2m Group 3 winner Whispering Gallery out of 1m/14.5f Group 2 winner; finished second on first three starts at up to 1m2f but then won on her handicap debut dropped to 1m at Southwell; appeared unsuited by soft ground when making turf debut at Ascot (1m) in May; again ran poorly on turf in July but bounced back to winning form in 1m fillies' handicap at Newmarket in October; switched from Charlie Appleby to Henri-Alex Pantall in May 2024 and won first start for new trainer at Longchamp (1m) in July; beaten a short neck when next seen at Vichy (1m) a few weeks later and again not beaten far when third in Listed race at Hoppegarten (9f) in August; won a 1m Listed contest at Longchamp in early September before a close second in a Group 3 at Chantilly (9f) later that month; held in Group 2 at Longchamp (soft) after that.