Fustok was a Lebanese businessman who had established a Thoroughbred breeding operation in the United States in the late 1970s:[2] his most successful horse was probably Green Forest.
[3] Her dam Gulanar was an Irish-bred mare who raced in Italy and had previously produced Mysterious Etoile, a filly who won the Prix de la Grotte finished second in the 1983 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches.
On 6 May she started odds-on favourite for a similar event over one mile at Windsor Racecourse but was beaten into third place behind Fly To The Moon and Dizzy.
Starting at odds of 16/1 she was in eighth place entering the straight before staying on in the closing stages to finish fifth behind Jet Ski Lady, Shamshir, Shadayid and Jaffa Line.
Magnificent Star's next race was the Yorkshire Oaks at York Racecourse on 21 August in which she again faced Jet Ski Lady and Shamshir.
Magnificent Star remained in training as a four-year-old but was badly affected by a viral infection early in the year and did not race until August.
She finished seventh behind Magic Night in the Prix de Pomone, last of eight behind User Friendly in the Yorkshire Oaks and ninth behind Niodini in the Park Hill Stakes.