Space Blues (IRE)

Group performer; ran out an impressive winner over 8.3f on good to soft ground on his debut at Nottingham in November 2018; held on first two starts in 2019, albeit narrowly at odds-on at Nottingham (1m, good to soft); impressive handicap winner dropped to 7f at York in May and then made a seamless transition to Listed company when winning cosily at Epsom at the end of that month; continued rise up the ranks with placed efforts in the Group 3 Jersey at Royal Ascot, Group 1 Prix Jean Prat and Maurice de Gheest at Deauville in July/August; below his best on 2020 debut in a Group 3 at Meydan in March but bounced back to win Listed Spring Stakes at Haydock in June 2020, a Group 3 at Longchamp later the same month and the Group 2 Lennox Stakes at Goodwood in July; won a fourth race in succession and gained a new career-best when landing the Group 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest on his second attempt at it; made winning return from 195-day break over his specialist trip of 7f at Riyadh in February 2021 but a well beaten favourite in Al Quoz Print (6f) the following month; slightly unlucky when fourth in the Group 2 Lennox Stakes (7f) at Goodwood when next seen in July (beaten less than a length); convincing winner of Group 2 City Of York Stakes (7f) after and posted a career-best on next start at Longcamp when winning the Group 1 Prix De La Foret (7f); bettered that when winning Breeders' Cup Mile at Del Mar in November in what was apparently his final race.