Her dam Tabdea was a half-sister to Ta Rib and a descendant of the American broodmare Dust Whirl (foaled 1928), making her a distant relative of Whirlaway and Conquistador Cielo.
[6] Frankie Dettori took the ride when the colt was moved up sharply in class for the Group 2 Coventry Stakes over the same distance at Royal Ascot on 17 June.
He was made the 5/1 joint-favourite alongside Adaay, while the other thirteen runners were headed by War Envoy, Kool Kompany and Cappella Sansevero (Marble Hill Stakes).
[8] He started joint-favourite with Ervedya in a nine-runner field for the Morny which also included the American-trained colt Hootenanny (Windsor Castle Stakes) and Goken (Prix du Bois).
After being positioned in mid-division by Dettori, he moved up to join Hootenanny in the last 200 metres and got the better of the American challenger in the final strides to win by half a length.
[10] For his final run of the season The Wow Signal was sent to France again and started 7/4 favourite for the Group 1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère over 1400 metres at Longchamp Racecourse.
"[11] In the official European two-year-old classification for 2014 The Wow Signal was given a rating of 116 (level with Gleneagles and Richard Pankhurst), making him the fifth-best colt of the year behind Belardo, Charming Thought, Elm Park and Ivawood.
[13] The Wow Signal began his career as a breeding stallion in Australia in late 2015 before returning to stand at Al Shaqab's Haras de Bouquetot at Clarbec in Normandy.