Ottoman Fleet (GB)

Cost 425,000gns as a yearling and proved himself a smart performer from the outset, winning a 1m2f Listed race on just second start as a juvenile in May 2022 and scoring again in that grade at the end of the campaign. Rewarded for some excellent efforts in Meydan in early 2023 when landing the Group 3 Earl Of Sefton Stakes at Newmarket and bagged the first of his two career Group 2 wins in the Fort Marcy Stakes at Belmont that May. He repeated his win in Earl Of Sefton following a sequence of placed efforts in Meydan, including when runner-up in the Group 1 Jebel Hatta the next season and went on to win twice at Churchill down later in the year, the highlight being the Grade 2 Wise Dan Stakes. Has continued to run to a high level since, albeit failing in his bid for a third successive Earl Of Sefton, finishing second. Hugely versatile in terms of ground.