A TOUGH and consistent performer throughout his five seasons racing, Spirit Dancer (Frankel) was somewhat under the radar until he hit a winning streak this year, the six-year-old landing handicaps at York and Windsor before returning to the Knavesmire for the Group 3 Strensall Stakes.

Delighted with this latter win, his trainer Richard Fahey discovered after the victory that the race gained the gelding an automatic place in the $1 million Bahrain International Trophy.