[2] Cloth of Stars's dam Strawberry Fledge never raced, but was a granddaughter of the outstanding racemare Northern Trick whose other descendants have included Light Shift, Main Sequence and Dodging Bullets.

[3] In October 2014 the yearling colt was sent to the Tattersalls sales and was bought for 400,000 guineas by John Ferguson Bloodstock on behalf of Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin organisation.

Cloth of Stars began his racing career in the Prix de Montaigu for unraced colt and geldings over 1600 metres at Deauville Racecourse on 22 August.

[6] Three weeks later he was stepped up in class for the Group Three Prix des Chênes over 1600 metres at Longchamp Racecourse He started second favourite behind the Aga Khan's Vedevani with the other two runners being Sixth Sense (Winkfield Stakes) and Marasquin.

[7] Cloth of Stars started odds-on favourite for the Prix de Condé over 1800 metres at Chantilly Racecourse but sustained his first defeat as he pulled hard in the early stages and finished third to the British-trained Robin of Navan.

Cloth of Stars met Robin of Navan again in the Group One Critérium de Saint-Cloud over 2000 metres on 1 November when the two colts started second and third in the betting behind the Aidan O'Brien-trained Idaho.

[8] Five weeks later, over the same course and distance, Cloth of Stars met Robin of Navan for the third time, when the colts started joint favourites for the Group Two Prix Greffulhe.

Cloth Of Stars was completing a double on the card for trainer André Fabre & owner Danny Lee, following the debut success of Lady Frankel in the opener.