Lord Glitters

Lord Glitters ended his first season at Deauville in November when he finished fourth of the thirteen runners in a minor event on the synthetic Polytrack surface.

[10] On his first appearance for his new connections, Lord Glitters carried 129 pounds in a valuable Handicap race over seven furlongs at Ascot Racecourse on 7 October and finished second of the eighteen runners, beaten half a length by Accidental Agent.

After racing towards the rear of the field he produced a strong late run to take the lead in the final strides and won by a neck from the Royal Hunt Cup winner GM Hopkins.

[11] On his final race of the season Lord Glitters started favourite for the Listed Ben Marshall Stakes at Newmarket Racecourse in November but was beaten a neck into second place by Brace Zolo.

On his debut he carried top weight of 136 pounds in the Lincoln Handicap at Doncaster Racecourse in March and finished second to Addeybb, a gelding who won the Sandown Mile on his next start.

At Royal Ascot in June he stepped up to Group 1 level and finished a half-length second to Accidental Agent in the Queen Anne Stakes, staying on strongly in the closing stages after struggling to obtain a clear run.

After three consecutive second places Lord Glitters finished third to Lightning Spear and Expert Eye in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood Racecourse, coming with a strong late run from the rear of the field.

On his 2019 debut Lord Glitters was sent to the United Arab Emirates to contest the Dubai Turf over 1800 metres at Meydan Racecourse on 30 March in which he started a 22/1 outsider and came from the rear of the field with a sustained late run to take third place behind the Japanese mares Almond Eye and Vivlos.

At Royal Ascot on 18 June, with Tudhope in the saddle, Lord Glitters ran for the second time in the Queen Anne Stakes and started at odds of 14/1 in a sixteen-runner field.

His old rivals Accidental Agent, Beat The Bank and Mustashry were again in opposition while the other contenders included Barney Roy (who started favourite), Laurens, Romanised, One Master and Dream Castle (Jebel Hatta).

For his final run of the year the gelding was sent to California for the Breeders' Cup Mile at Santa Anita Park on 2 November when he finished ninth after failing to recover from a slow start.

[17] The 2020 flat racing season in Britain was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and Lord Glitters did not appear on the track until 10 July when he finished fourth behind Mohaather in the Group 2 Summer Mile Stakes at Ascot.

In the ten furlong Doonside Cup at Ayr Racecourse in September he kept on well from the rear of the field to take second place, beaten three quarters of a length by the winner Addeybb.

After being restrained towards the rear, the gelding made good progress to take the lead 300 metres from the finish before drawing away to win by three lengths from Zakouski and record his first victory for nineteen months.

Lord Glitters once again began the season in Dubai, finishing fourth in the Al Rashidiya before taking the Singspiel Stakes for the second time, beating the favourite Royal Fleet by a length.