STAR Of Inch (Arctic Star) did not possess the same racing ability as her full-brother. He was born two years before her, was named Arcticeelagh (Arctic Star), and his victory in the Beresford Stakes at two was enough to earn him the accolade of champion two-year-old in Ireland in 1957.

When he retired to stud a few years later, and where he enjoyed success principally as a National Hunt sire, Arcticeelagh had won seven times on the flat and twice over jumps. His own-sister was therefore a valuable broodmare prospect when she was put in training and, though well tried, the best she would manage for her owner Joe McGrath and trainer Seamus McGrath was a third-place finish in a six-runner maiden over a mile and five furlongs at Bellewstown as a three-year-old.