Ribchester (IRE)

E78,000 foal, E105,000 yearling, first foal; dam unplaced 1m-1m4f (RPR 58), half-sister to 1m6f Group 3 winner Tactic, Group-placd 1m3f winner Yaazy and Listed-placed 1m/1m4f winner Zahoo out of 1m2f winning daughter of Irish 1,000 winner Mehthaaf; second on his debut in good 6f Doncaster maiden in July 2015; found only one too good for him in the Group 2 Gimcrack Stakes at York's Ebor Meeting; joined Godolphin prior to readily win in the Group 2 Mill Reef Stakes at Newbury; hung badly left and was disqualified from second place on his reappearance in the Group 3 Prix Djebel in April 2016; fine third to Galileo Gold in the Group 1 2000 Guineas before winning the Group 3 Jersey Stakes at Royal Ascot; third in Group 1 Sussex Stakes at Goodwood, then a ready winner of the Group 1 Prix Jacques Le Marois at Deauville in August; fine effort to chase home Minding in Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on Champions day; another good effort when third in Group 1 Dubai Turf after a five-month break at Meydan in March 2017, before making all in the Group 1 Lockinge Stakes at Newbury in May on deep ground; just as good next time when decisive winner of the Group 1 Queen Anne at Royal Ascot; kept on strongly to win 1m Group 1 Prix Du Moulin on soft at Chantilly in September; close second behind Persuasive in Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, back at Ascot on testing ground in October; fifth in the Breeders' Cup Mile at Del Mar in November; retired to stud.