Bitty Girl

His other progeny included Habibti, Flying Water, Marwell, Rose Bowl and Steinlen[2] and he was the British Champion broodmare sire on three occasions.

[8] She raced in second behind Eveneca for most of the way before taking the lead in the final furlong and winning by three quarters of a length with Street Light and Lady Tan in third and fourth.

She returned to sprint distances for the Temple Stakes over five furlongs at Sandown Park Racecourse in May and finished fifth behind the three-year-old colt Bay Express.

She produced her best performance of the season at Royal Ascot in June, when she finished second, half a length behind Bay Express in the King's Stand Stakes.

Bitty Girl started favourite for the King George Stakes at Goodwood, but was badly hampered half way through the race and finished unplaced behind Singing Bede, Blessed Rock and Melchbourne.

Bitty Girl was dropped in class for the Marlborough Stakes at Newbury Racecourse in September, but failed to reproduce her best form and finished fourth behind Street Light.

There was no International Classification of European two-year-olds in 1973: the official handicappers of Britain, Ireland and France compiled separate rankings for horses which competed in those countries.

In the British Free Handicap, Bitty Girl was allotted a weight of 120 pounds, making her the equal-best two-year-old filly of the season, alongside Melchbourne and Gentle Thoughts.