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King's Best - Politesse (Barathea)
Bay 2004 - Height 16.0hh

• Won 7 races incl Gr1 Prix Maurice de Gheest (Deauville, FR) and Gr2 Diadem Stakes (Ascot, UK).

• Timeform Rating of 124 after Gr1 Prix Maurice de Gheest

• His Sire, KING’S BEST (by Kingmambo) is Timeform's Champion miler. He won the Gr1 2000 Guineas by 3.5 lengths – TFR 132. Sire of a Champion miler, a Guineas horse, a pair of Derby colts & a 2009 G1-winning sprinter. 25 stakes winners + 11x Gr1 horses incl. Proclamation (TFR 132). King’s Best is a 3 part brother to the dam of Sea The Stars.

• His dam, POLITESSE, is a Darley-bred daughter of Barathea out of Gr1 Cheveley Park Stakes Champion, EMBASSY, and dam of Pretty Polly Stakes winner TARFSHI – their dam PASS THE PEACE (Irish Champion 2yo Filly) also won Gr1 Cheveley Park Stakes.

Click here to view the promotional DVD footage

Click here to view his Gr1 Prix Maurice de Gheest victory