Al Shaqab Lockinge
Stakes (Group 1)

SIR Michael Stoute’s stock-in-trade is undoubtedly his ability to get useful horses to improve season by season. His record with older campaigners is enviable, so gaining a belated win at the highest level with the six-year-old Mustashry can hardly be deemed a surprise to anyone, and the really telling aspect of this success wasn’t the manner of victory but the palpable patience of connections in delivering a horse to win a Group 1 at his first attempt in domestic competition.