STRADIVARIUS won a third successive Group 1 Ascot Gold Gup with consummate ease for his owner/breeder Bjorn Nielsen, and in so doing he also surpassed Cloth Of Gold as the leading money-winner for his sire, the Gilltown Stud-based Sea The Stars (Cape Cross).

This success, his 15th in 22 starts, boosted his winnings to more than €3 million, and he is also a three-time winner of the Group 1 Goodwood Cup. The champion stayer in Europe for the past couple of years, he was offered for sale in Book 1 of the 2015 Tattersalls October Sale but failed to reached his breeder’s expectation on value and was retained at 330,000gns.