In the following year he was mainly campaigned over sprint distances and had further success, winning the Duke of York Stakes and the Goldene Peitsche and finishing second in the July Cup.
His other progeny included Habibti, Flying Water, Marwell, Rose Bowl and Steinlen[3] and he was the British Champion broodmare sire on three occasions.
Racing on soft ground for the first time, Steel Heart took the lead a furlong out and held off the challenge of the 33/1 outsider Royal Manacle to win by a neck with a gap of three lengths back to Auction Ring in third.
After being restrained in the early stages he moved up to challenge Grundy in the last quarter mile but proved no match for the British colt as he tired in the final furlong and was beaten six lengths into second place.
He was then sent to Royal Ascot for the Cork and Orrery Stakes and finished fourth behind Swingtime, Street Light and Our Charlie, beaten a length by the winner, to whom he was conceding fourteen pounds.
Steel Heart was then sent to West Germany for the Group Three Goldene Peitsche at Baden-Baden in September and won by the locally trained five-year-old Tarik.
[10] There was no International Classification of European two-year-olds in 1974: the official handicappers of Britain, Ireland and France compiled separate rankings for horses which competed in those countries.
In the British Free Handicap, Habat was assigned a weight of 126 pounds, placing him in fourth behind Grundy, Green Dancer, Cry of Truth and No Alimony.