United States-bred NAUTICAL STAR yesterday showed how lethal he can be in a slower pace, kicking away from SUPERNATURAL POWER four furlongs out to land the SVL 25th Anniversary Trophy at a mile by seven and a half lengths, one of three winners for Anthony Nunes on the 11-race card.

Winded and finishing third in the Eros Trophy at seven furlongs three weeks ago, chasing two-time Mouttet Mile runner-up LEGACY ISLE’s track-record run, NAUTICAL STAR returned to make it three wins from four starts this season with a crack performance, dismissing former stablemate SUPERNATURAL POWER before outclassing local-bred DON KWESI in the home stretch.

NAUTICAL STAR, who had shipped into last December’s Mouttet Mile with a big reputation from Florida but finished a disappointing fifth, equalled SUPERNATURAL POWER’s season-best 1:35.3, a second outside the track record, which the filly had clocked against overnight-allowance runners in April’s World Vet Day Trophy.