Naval Crown (GB)

Very useful; third on opening two starts and then landed the Convivial Maiden at York on third run in August 2020; third in 7f Group 3s at Longchamp and Saint-Cloud on next two starts; returned to action at Meydan in February 2021, finishing a respectable third of six in Group 3 over 1m; built on that later the same month by winning a Listed race over the same C&D, beating Master Of The Seas; second, beaten a neck, after trying to make all in Listed race over 7f at Newmarket in April; led for a long way again when finishing fourth in the 2000 Guineas in early May; good second to progressive stablemate Creative Force in the Jersey Stakes (7f) when next seen in June; below that level in the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat (7f) at Deauville after that in July; bounced back to form by winning 7f Group 2 contest on next appearance at Meydan in January 2022; down the field in Group 3 at Riyadh (6f 166y) in February but better effort when fourth in Froup 1 Al Quoz Sprint (6f) in March; won his first Group 1 when edging out Creative Force in the Platinum Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot and found only Alcohol Free too good when second in the July Stakes a month later; bit too keen when only fifth in Group 1 Prix Maurice De Gheest in August'; well held in Sprint Cup at Haydock in September, in Champions Sprint at Ascot in October and in Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint in November.