Silver Knott (GB)

725,000gns Y; first foal; dam 1m2f-14.5f winner (inc Italian Group 1; RPR 108), half-sister to 1m2f-1m4f Group 1 winner Postponed out of 1m4f AW winner, is granddaughter of 7f 2yo Group 1 winner; fairly promising fourth of twelve in 7f novice stakes at Newbury in July 2022; built on that by comfortably winning a 7f novice stakes at Kempton the following month; followed up in fine style in Group 3 Solario Stakes (7f) at Sandown in August; unsuited by softer conditions when last of three in Group 2 Champagne Stakes when next seen in September; bounced back to form by winning Group 3 Autumn Stakes (1m) at Newmarket (good) in October; finished a nose second in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (1m) at Keeneland in November despite a slow start and racing keenly; down the field in 2000 Guineas on first start of 2023 but he would not have appreciated rain-softened ground and then went on to run a decent third in a Grade 2 on firm ground at Belmont Park in early June; modest fifth in 10f Grade 1 at same course in July, however; gelded after that and returned with a close second in Grade 2 at Santa Anita (9f) in November; followed that with third place in the Grade 1 Hollywood Derby at Del Mar in December; won first three starts of 2024, all Grade 2s over 11-12f but only third of five in two Grade 1s in August and September.