Mother was a great-granddaughter of Majideh, a very influential broodmare whose other descendants included Masaka, Gallant Man, Kahyasi, Lashkari, Law Society, Milan and Son of Love.
In November at Lingfield Park Racecourse he defeated eighteen opponents in a similar event, coming home seven lengths clear of the runner-up Peace Symbol.
[2] After finishing third over one mile on his three-year-old debut, North Stoke ran the Trafalgar House Stakes over ten furlongs at Sandown Park Racecourse and won by fifteen lengths.
North Stoke moved alongside Tachypous a furlong from the finish and gained the advantage in the closing stages to win by three-quarters of a length, with the first two drawing well clear of the improving four-year-old Gunner B.
At Newmarket Racecourse in October, North Stoke faced by far the strongest opposition of his career in the Champion Stakes but was nevertheless made a short-priced favourite ahead of Relkino, Arctic Tern, Flying Water and Malacate.
The colt's connections felt that he had not produced his best form and Timeform noted that he had looked "a bit light and hard-trained" before the race and had hung his head to the right in the closing stages.
[5] There was no International Classification of European two-year-olds in 1976: the official handicappers of Britain, Ireland and France compiled separate rankings for horses which competed in those countries.