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djebel
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Posted: 16 Apr 2018 at 11:24am |
Yet another two-year-old crop of incomparable quality for GalileoMartin Stevens runs the rule over the champion sire's juvenilesGalileo's dominance has been sealed by him covering books of outstanding quality each year at Coolmore, in large numbers to boot, and this year's two-year-old crop by the phenomenal sire is once again replete with siblings to, and offspring of, top-class names. In 2015, when this year's juveniles were conceived, Galileo was sent 181 mares, 147 of whom (81 per cent) were winners, with 92 (51 per cent) Pattern winners. That covering season resulted in 125 foals. Where to start looking for highlights among those 125? First stop, the exclusive club of progeny of those very special mares who notched Group 1 victories in their own racing careers and have produced Group 1 winners at stud. They include:
Of that trio, only Sharp Lisa's son is currently recorded by Weatherbys as in training with Aidan O'Brien but the other two, fellow Coolmore homebreds, will surely follow suit. Galileo two-year-olds with 'just' a Group/Grade 1 winner as dam include the following (names and trainers listed where known):
There are, of course, numerous siblings to high-class horses including those whose dams have already clicked with Galileo to produce top-level winners. Among them are:
Then there are the half-siblings to Group/Grade 1 winners by other stallions, listed below. Look out for the one or two cases where the dams have managed to throw an exceptional athlete when matched with lesser sires than Galileo – it tempts you to wonder what those mares might achieve with an upgraded mating.
Godolphin join the fan club In a marked shift in policy, Sheikh Mohammed's racing operation last year purchased yearlings by Galileo for the first time in more than a decade; and so in 2018 we might be greeted by the unusual sight of two-year-olds by the sire carrying the Godolphin silks. Those horses who could create that spectacle are:
Rabbah Bloodstock, comprised of friends, family members and business associates of Sheikh Mohammed, signed for a further four Galileo yearlings last year:
Adding speed the recipe for success More and more Galileo two-year-olds are now having the wraps taken off of them earlier in the season. Indeed, Aidan O'Brien sent out 12 before Royal Ascot last year and although none returned to the winner's enclosure, the number included subsequent champion juvenile filly Clemmie and Group winners Gustav Klimt, Happily and The Pentagon. The trend has been accelerated by Coolmore and other breeders increasing the volume of mares with pace and precocity sent to Galileo to repeat a recipe whose success has been advertised by Frankel as well as last year's Newmarket Guineas winners Churchill and Winter, and Gleneagles and his fellow Group 1-winning siblings Happily and Marvellous. Galileo two-year-olds of 2018 out of such mares, who we might perhaps see sooner rather than later in the season, include:
The Australasian connection The brilliant Highland Reel and his high-class brother Idaho have vindicated Coolmore's international search for mares to send to Galileo as he is out of the Australasian Oaks third Hveger, an Australian-bred daughter of Danehill – the ace shuttler who has clicked so well with the champion sire. The mare had already produced Group 1 performer Valdemoro at stud in Australia before being flown to County Tipperary. Hveger has been mated with Galileo every year since she arrived in Ireland in 2010 and she has a two-year-old colt by the sire, a brother to Highland Reel and Idaho named Cape Of Good Hope, in training with Aidan O'Brien again. She is not the only southern-hemisphere bred mare who has been imported to Ireland to be covered by Galileo and has a juvenile by the sire. There is also:
Cross-code curiosities Finally, two juveniles who we should not expect to see on the racecourse for a good few years yet. Thanks to his close association with Coolmore, JP McManus has been able to do what any other jumps breeder could only dream of doing: send National Hunt mares to Galileo, whose Flat cast-offs include Celestial Halo, Supasundae and Windsor Park. Hi Native, a daughter of Be My Native who is the dam of Grade 1-winning chaser Gilgamboa, has a filly bred in the name of McManus's son Kieran, while Cross The Flags, a Flemensfirth half-sister to the family's homebred Cheltenham Gold Cup hero Synchronised – who was by Galileo's sire Sadler's Wells – has a colt bred by McManus's wife Noreen. Those jumps-breds were rarities in Galileo's book of mares in 2015, which was dominated by mares descended in the male line from Danehill – Galileo over Danehill being the cross responsible for Frankel and 11 other Group/Grade 1 winners. In fact, just under half of all the two-year-olds Galileo has to run for him this year – 60 out of 125 – are out of mares who hail from that sire-line. Nineteen are out of mares by Danehill, while 14 and eight are out of mares by Danehill's sons Danehill Dancer and Dansili. |
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Tlazolteotl
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"In 2015, when this year's juveniles were conceived, Galileo was sent 181
mares, 147 of whom (81 per cent) were winners, with 92 (51 per cent)
Pattern winners. That covering season resulted in 125 foals."
Does he mean sent 181 mares or 181 live foals? The old fella presumably is not batting 1.00. |
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djebel
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He means Galileo covered 181 mares, That resulted in 125 live foals.
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Wow- 125 live foals 147 winners. |
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djebel
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I see what you are getting at
He served 181 mares of which 147 of which won races of any sort.
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These are his 2018 crop so very few would of raced yet if any. But he class of mare shows why our stallions can't get to figures like that. Galileo (Sadler's Wells)/Danehill - the challenge is then the next cross. We've found two in Australia for all those Redoute's Choice mares in Pierro and So You Think. Wonder which stallion will jump up to take over these type of mares in England.
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There've been plucking his lovely forelock.
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It almost looks like a dumber and dumber hair cut.
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Hello, A filly out of Grosser Preis von Bayern winner Temida, bought for 390,000gns and in training with Charlie ApplebyThe Galileo filly was named "Tenger". She raced already as 2 year old with 2 starts and 1 placing (won 4.100 Euros). regards, Ticino
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Tenger is now a 3yo with a bloke named Mintchev.
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