fantastic light fantastic light february retired active united_states trained england racing career ran august retirement following october raced countries winning races dual winner world series racing championship named year known races winner august announced stallion duty japan return england live days early racing career trained won classic trial great stakes transfer won man war stakes championship season fantastic light won races prince wales stakes background fantastic light bay horse irregular white blaze white feet bred kentucky winners races including thirty level apart fantastic light best included fantastic light dam daughter failed win race came good family closely related early fantastic light raced colours trained suffolk ownership transferred trained point racing career year old season fantastic light ran maiden race instead making debut experienced minor stakes race august started slowly showed inexperience ran green taking lead closing stages winning quarter lengths future winner followed similar event course weeks later beating quarters length leading close finish performance attracted attention commentator identifying promising young start year moved listed class finished starters year old season fantastic light began year old season group race win classic trial ridden took lead eased closing stages win short head speculation develop derby contender ended race stepped half miles time finished fourth runners fantastic light brought mile quarter produced placed efforts starts june beaten head spear stakes group race weeks later finished beaten neck half length group eclipse stakes august fantastic light recorded win group level led ran win strongly contested hollywood turf cup stakes future winner month later won important race holding winner quarters length final start season fantastic light moved highest level finished remote eleventh thirteen runners year old season fantastic light run stable sent classic faced field including runners britain france germany japan new_zealand argentina ridden took lead straight far soon according jockey went clear beat german horse lengths high rise winning fantastic light broke track record half miles second shortly race announced fantastic light return transferred team trained fantastic light returned england summer campaign coronation cup june finished second came fifth runners giant causeway eclipse stakes sent queen finished second reversing form having chance favourite autumn united_states september started odds favourite won man war stakes comfortably record grade victory race ridden claimed runners mercy despite having come round outside field remaining starts fantastic light ridden disappointed return turf classic finishing fourth john horse beaten man war finished fifth case legitimate excuse having blocked twice attempted find space challenge starts year fantastic light sent november japan cup stayed strongly closing stages finish close beaten neck nose opera reportedly felt slow pace reason defeat despite successive defeats fantastic light managed end season major victory december sent cup justified leading straight staying strongly beat greek dance jim win earned fantastic light place world series competition points awarded performances number international races year old season spring like previous champion fantastic light proved better year old assessment march attempted win second classic succeeded taking lead caught line beaten nose japanese outsider stay gold despite defeat connections announced delighted performance spent middle season racing europe end sent ireland won gold cup taking lead finish beating neck race racing manager said fantastic light aimed middle distance races europe calling special fantastic horse summer despite result favourite horses met prince wales stakes time group race contest expected best meeting fantastic light raced leaders moved lead straight soon went clear telegraph described ruthless display speed attempted challenge fantastic light stayed win comfortably half lengths race talked meeting unbeaten derby winner fantastic light meet queen brien trained year old sent favourite ahead fantastic light race subject considerable advance publicity portrayed clash powerful forces european racing represented represented prince wales stakes settled fantastic light early stages moving challenge straight taken lead moved went level horses raced pulled ahead win lengths autumn second meeting fantastic light scheduled september highly anticipated time rode fantastic light positively agreed plan sending past lead immediately brought challenge horses raced alongside way line appeared gain slight advantage fantastic light stayed strongly pressure regain lead win head thrilling contest described event greatest races witnessed current decade whilst readers placed seventh highest flat race list greatest races fantastic light final start sent america second attempt held october park expected run classic winner aimed shortly race horses switched targets rationale apparently better suited dirt surface turf placed fantastic light pace race led anticipation making challenge straight fantastic light took lead held strong late challenge winner milan win quarters length rest runners lengths time new course record career called ultimate modern day projected run japan cup retirement announced shortly amassed sufficient points secure second world series race record assessment honours awards mid-1990s representing europe drew annual included horses raced europe north_america japan ratings include horses world rankings international classification fantastic light assessed placing fourteenth ratings eighth europe pounds international classification fantastic light assessed equal making highest rated horse point given fantastic light assessed rating excess considered mark average group winner named year racing awards february fantastic light voted eclipse award american champion male turf horse eclipse awards beating anticipation voting stud career retired end racing season fantastic light stood stud stud hall england moved japanese base season stand australia breeding season seasons stud australia live included won group international stakes winners races including winner grand prix group pedigree visible table horses fourth generation direct descendants result appears twice fifth twice sixth generation fantastic light extended pedigree
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