Star Of Mystery (GB)

Fifth foal; half-sister to four winners inc Althiqa (5f-1m inc 2yo/US Grade 1; RPR 113), Mysterious Night (6.5f-1m 2yo inc Canadian Grade 1; 111) and Before Dawn (French 7f 2yo; 97); dam 6f-7f winner (inc 2yo/Listed; 108) out of 6f 2yo Group 2 winner; sound debut over 6f 111yds at Doncaster in June 2023 when finding one too good; improved massively on that when winning a 6f novice stakes at Haydock by 11l in mid-June; followed up in fine style in a Listed race over 6f at Newmarket in early July; beaten at long odds-on in a Group 2 over same C&D later that month although raced keenly with no cover and may have been unsuited by rain-softened ground; no real excuses when sixth of eight in Group 2 Lowther Stakes, though not beaten that far; won on next start nearly six months later at Meydan (6f) and followed up at same course over 5f two weeks later; turned over at odds-on in Group 3 over 5f in early March before a fine second in the 6f Group 1 Al Quoz; followed that with another placed effort in 5.5f Grade 1 at Saratoga in June before taking a Grade 3 over the same C&D in July; maintained good form with close second in Grade 2 at Keeneland (5.5f) in October, where she just failed to get up, and then was fourth in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint.