Blue Point (IRE)

110,000guineas foal, 200,000guineas yearling; 7th foal; closely related to 6f 2yo winner Formosina (including Group 2), half-brother to 1m AW winner Esytopolishadiamond; dam placed 6f-7f, half-sister to good 7f performer Tumbleweed Ridge; won three of his first four starts, notably landed the Group 2 Gimcrack at York, then second in the Group 1 Middle Park and third in the Group 1 Dewhurst at Newmarket; won the Group 3 Pavilion at Ascot on reappearance in May 2017, before third in the Group 1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot; fourth in the Group 1 Haydock Sprint Cup, then made all in the Group 3 Bengough at Ascot in October; solid return when second in Group 2 Meydan Sprint in February, but last of nine at Sha Tin in April; bounced back to win the King's Stand Stakes at Royal Ascot in June; July Cup didn't unfold to suit, but then third in Group 1 Nunthorpe at York; high-class sprinter; acts on good to firm and good to soft.