Princess Pati

At stud his other progeny included Toulon, Saint Estephe, Pistolet Bleu (Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud), Darara and Shardari.

In June she was matched against male opposition in the Woodpark Stud Race over ten furlongs at Phoenix Park Racecourse and finished third behind the colts Sondrio and Solar City.

She returned to winning form at the Curragh later that month when she won the Pretty Polly Stakes over ten furlongs, beating the Dermot Weld-trained Quick Reference by six lengths after making most of the running under Pat Shanahan.

Shanahan sent Princess Pati into the lead from the start and opened up a clear advantage while Lester Piggott restrained the favourite towards the rear.

Princess Pati's advantage diminished on the final turn but she accelerated again in the straight and had no difficulty holding off Circus Plume to win by two lengths in a new course record time of 2:28.60.

In the Phoenix Champion Stakes, the most valuable horse race ever run up to that time in Ireland, she led for most of the way before coming home third to Sadler's Wells and Seattle Song with Desirable and Tolomeo among those finishing behind her.

In her final appearance she started a 100/1 outsider and finished eleventh of the twelve runners behind Petoski in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot Racecourse on 27 July.