furlong but faded badly in the closing stages and finished fourteenth of the eighteen runners behind his stablemate Limato. On 15 October he ran for the second time in the British Champions Sprint Stakes and started second favourite but ran poorly and finished unplaced behind The Tin Man. On 25 October 2016, it was announced that Twilight Son had been retired from racing to stand as a breeding stallion at Cheveley Park. Henry Candy commented "Twilight Son was a pleasure to train. He was a very relaxed horse. He never took a lame step and never left an oat." Assessment In the 2015 edition of the World's Best Racehorse Rankings Twilight Son was given a rating of 117, making him the 97th best racehorse in the world, the seventeenth-best horse trained in Britain and the third-best three-year-old sprinter behind Muhaarar and Runhappy. In the 2016 World's Best Racehorse Rankings he was rated on 115, making him the 218th best racehorse in the world and the 30th best horse trained in Britain. Stud record Twilight Son began his career as a breeding stallion at the Cheveley Park Stud in 2017 at a covering fee of £10,000. Pedigree References External links Career 1-2-3 Colour Chart – Twilight Son 2012 racehorse births Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Thoroughbred family 6-e