 In the British handicap, he was rated the seventh-best three-year-old male behind Thatch, Sandford Lad, Rapid River, Morston, Mon Fils and Peleid.At the end of his racing career, Sharp Edge was syndicated at £12,000 a share, giving him a theoretical value of £480,000.He began his stud career at the Sussex Stud, West Grinstead in 1974.