Coolmore Brochure 2016

A hugely talented racehorse, Rip Van Winkle is the second highest-rated horse by Galileo behind only the great Frankel. At stud he got off to the best possible start with his first two-year-old runners. First came a 1-2 in the Group 3 Grangecon Stud Stakes at the Curragh in June of 2014 followed by Group 1 and Group 2 successes for Dick Whittington in the six-furlong Phoenix Stakes and the Railway Stakes. And during the 2015 season he’s had five new Group/Stakes performers. He sires exceptionally good-looking and good-moving stock so it was no surprise to see his first yearlings sell for up to 400,000 Guineas (to David Redvers) and his second crop realise up to € 350,000 (to Juddmonte Farms) while at Tattersalls last December a colt foal sold to MV Magnier for 320,000 Guineas. already a proven Group 1 sire

10 Group 1’s including the Eclipse (fromWorkforce) and the Irish Champion Stakes (from Snow Fairy)

STROUD/COLEMAN BLOODSTOCK purchasers of a €140,000 colt at Tatts Book 1

JEAN CLAUDE-ROUGET purchased three of his yearlings at Arqana for

€120,000 €110,000 €100,000

RIP VAN WINKLE Galileo - Looking Back (Stravinsky)

SO YOU THINK High Chaparral - Triassic (Tights)

10 Group 1’s - five in Australia and five in europe - and ran RPR’s from 124-129 a total of 17 times. That’s quite amazing. BILL OPPENHEIM, TDN, 18/2/15

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