Her dam, Old Domesday Book a great-granddaughter of Samanda, an influential broodmare whose descendants have included Ouija Board, Teleprompter and Ibn Bey.
After being unable to obtain a clear run at a crucial stage he finished strongly but failed by a head to catch the favourite Cappella Sansevero.
The colt was dropped back to maiden class at the Curragh eleven days later but despite starting the 2//7 favourite he was beaten into second place by the Jim Bolger-trained outsider Intense Style.
On 14 June at Navan Racecourse he started odds-on favourite for a maiden race and recorded his first success as he took the lead a furlong out and drew away to win "comfortably" by four and a half lengths from Dandyleekie.
After racing in third place Dick Whittington stayed on strongly to take the lead inside the final furlong and won by half a length from Toscanini.
I Am Beautiful set the pace with Dick Whittington settling in fourth place before making a forward move approaching the last quarter mile.
After overcoming some interference the colt produced a strong late run to win by half a length and a short head from Kool Kompany and Cappella Sansevero.
In October 2016 Dick Whittington was consigned to the Tattersalls Autumn Horses-in-Training Sale and was bought for 150,000 guineas by the trainer Luke Comer.