The mare was pregnant at the time, having been covered by two stallions, Persian Gulf and Precipitation earlier that year, and she produced a colt foal, later named Supreme Court in 1948.
Lilley therefore gave the horse to his wife Vera as a wedding anniversary present,[3] and Supreme Court was sent into training with Marcus Marsh at his Egerton House stables at Newmarket, Suffolk.
[4] When the Aga Khan sent a number of horses to Marsh in 1950, Supreme Court was forced to leave to make room for the new arrivals and the colt was then sent to be trained by Evan Williams at Kingsclere, in Berkshire.
[7] The colt was not entered in the 1951 British Classic Races[8] and with no supplementary entries allowed at the time, he was unable to contest the Triple Crown.
The two British-trained three-year-olds drew clear of the field inside the final furlong, with Supreme Court prevailing by three quarters of a length.
The independent Timeform organisation gave Supreme Court a rating of 135 in 1951, making him their joint top-rated three-year-old of the year, alongside Arctic Prince and the French-trained Sicambre.