BRED and raced by Skara Glen Stables, more recently associated with the likes of Jazil and Rags To Riches, the John Gosden-trained Shastye was a late developer, taking until her fourth start in October of her three-year-old year to run out a seven-length winner of a 13-furlong maiden at Lingfield.
Her starting price of 10/1 said much about her form until then, and she made one more start that year, tackling a listed race in which she disappointed. However, as a Danehill (Danzig) half-sister at the time to a pair of Group 1 winners in Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe hero Sagamix (Linamix) and Sagacity (Highest Honor), the potential value of some added blacktype proved irresistible and she remained in training at four.
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