He was from the ninth crop of foals sired by Dutch Art, a British stallion who won the Prix Morny and the Middle Park Stakes in 2006.
As a breeding stallion his other progeny have included Slade Power, Mabs Cross, Garswood (Prix Maurice de Gheest) and Caspar Netscher (Nearctic Stakes).
[8] Starman was then stepped up in class and matched against older sprinters in the Listed Garrowby Stakes at York Racecourse on 6 September and started 7/2 second favourite behind the six-year-old gelding Dakota Gold who had won the race in 2019.
[10] For his final run of the year, Starman was moved up to Group 1 class for the British Champions Sprint Stakes over six furlongs at Ascot on 17 October.
After racing in mid-division he took the lead a furlong out and repelled the challenge of the Nahaarr to win by a neck, with a gap of three and a half lengths back to Oxted in third place.
The other seventeen runners included Oxted, Glen Shiel, Art Power, Supremacy, Extravagant Kid (Al Quoz Sprint), Brando (Prix Maurice de Gheest), Creative Force and Rohaan (Wokingham Stakes).
In a rough race, Starman struggled to obtain a clear run but finished strongly to overtake the front-running Art Power inside the final furlong and prevailed in "impressive" style by one and a quarter lengths and a short head from Dragon Symbol and Oxted.
"[14] On 8 August Starman was sent to France and started 1.8/1 joint favourite for the Group 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest over 1300 metres on soft ground at Deauville Racecourse.
On his next appearance the colt starts favourite for the Haydock Sprint Cup on 4 September but despite producing a strong late run he "just failed" to overhaul the five-year-old gelding Emaraaty Ana and was beaten a short head into second place.