Thunder Snow (IRE)

Group/Grade 1 performer; twice a winner at two including the Group 1 Criterium International at Saint-Cloud in October 2016; won Group 3 UAE 2000 Guineas at Meydan in February 2017, before taking the Group 2 UAE Derby the following month; next seen in the Kentucky Derby, but played no part after becoming unrideable soon after leaving the stalls; placed in the Group 1 Irish 2,000 Guineas and St James's Palace Stakes, before dominating the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly in July; close third in Group 1 Jacques Le Marois at Deauville in August; finished last in Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes back at Ascot in October; promising second on reappearance in the Group 2 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 1 at Meydan in January 2018 and won the second round of that challenge (also Group 2) in February; runner-up in the third round (Group 1) in March before streaking clear to land the Group 1 Dubai World Cup later that month; finished last in the Juddmonte International on his return to Britain in August 2018 but much more like it back on dirt when narrowly beaten in the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes at Belmont in September; another game run when third in Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs in November; landed his second Dubai World Cup in 2019 and third in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont when next seen; missed Whitney Stakes at Saratoga in early August with slight fever; stays 1m2f; acts on dirt and turf; has worn headgear.