Lazuli (IRE)

Smart; ready 6f Newmarket debut winner on good to firm in August; narrowly followed up in 6f Doncaster conditions contest on good to firm in September and ran right up to best when close up in eighth in the Group 3 Cornwallis Stakes on final start of 2019; returned from gelding / wind operations in June 2020, finishing and encouraging second in 6f handicap at Newmarket before wide-margin Listed win over 5f at Sandown the following week; respectably fifth in Group 3 Scurry Stakes (5f) at Sandown next time and a good run when next seen at Meydan in January 2021, finishing third of fourteen over 5f; won Group 3 Palace House Stakes under 3lb penalty on next start at Newmarket in May; failed to run to same level when sixth of ten in Group 3 Coral Charge (5f, good to soft) at Sandown in July; similar performance when next seen at Saratoga in August; decent second in Meydan Listed race (6f) on next start in January 2022 before going on to land the Group 2 5f Jebel Ali Port in February; finished midfield in Group 1 King's Stand Stakes (5f) at Ascot on next start in June; much better at Goodwood in July when close fourth in Group 2 Qatar Stakes (5f); midfield in Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes after that; won 5f Listed race at Meydan on next start in January 2023; hampered by poor draw in Group 2 over same trip in February.