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NORTHERN HEMISPHERE-BRED GR.1 AND GR.2 WINNERS BY
AUSTRALIA’S SIRE GALILEO,
See Galileo.
MATING SUGGESTIONS:
One of the first questions asked about any stallion son of Galileo is whether his pedigree allows him a chance to
replicate his sire’s exceptional results with the
DANZIG
male line. With Australia the answer is “Yes,” as the great
stallion will be back in the fifth generation of his foals’ pedigrees.
DANEHILL
mares surely have a lot to offer Australia. Galileo’s 27 northern hemisphere Group winners out of
DANEHILL
mares feature the brilliant Frankel, the champion two-year-old Teofilo, the Breeders’ Cup and King George
winner Highland Reel and the classic winners Intello, Golden Lilac, Cima de Triomphe and Roderic O’Connor. Four
sons of Galileo already have stakes winners out of
DANEHILL
mares, including the Gr.1 Phoenix Stakes winner
Dick Whittington. This success story now extends to mares by sons of
DANEHILL
. Galileo’s achievements with mares
by
DANEHILL DANCER
are rivalling his record with
DANEHILL
mares, siring nine Group winners headed by the
classic winners Minding and The Gurkha and Gr.1 winner Alice Springs. There are also Gr.1 winners out of mares by
ROCK OF GIBRALTAR
,
HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR
and
MOZART.
Galileo has an excellent record with
ANABAA
mares, which have also made a promising start with Teofilo.
Although Australia is out of a brilliant daughter of Cape Cross, this doesn’t rule out mares by the other high-class
stallion sons of
GREEN DESERT
. For example, daughters of
INVINCIBLE SPIRIT
and
OASIS DREAM
create just 4x3 to
GREEN DESERT
. Daughters of
GREEN DESERT
have produced 13% Group winners to Galileo, including the Oaks
winner Was. Teofilo has already sired Group winners from a daughter and a grand-daughter of
GREEN DESERT
.
The
CHIEF’S CROWN
branch of the
DANZIG
male line also comes into the picture. Teofilo sired the Irish St Leger
winner Voleuse de Coeurs and the Irish Derby winner Trading Leather from mares by
GRAND LODGE
and his son
SINNDAR
respectively.
A branch of the Northern Dancer line which has enjoyed repeated classic success with Galileo is the one represented
by
STORM CAT
. Galileo now has eight Group/Graded winners from 49 foals out of daughters of
STORM CAT
(20 per cent) and five of them – Churchill, Gleneagles, Ballydoyle, Misty For Me and Marvellous – are Gr.1 winners.
As Marvellous and Gleneagles are out of a sister to
GIANT’S CAUSEWAY
, this is an avenue well worth exploring.
The Dewhurst Stakes victory by Teofilo’s son Parish Hall opened the door to close inbreeding to
SADLER’S WELLS
,
as he is out of a
MONTJEU
mare. Another son of Galileo has Gr.2 and Gr.3 2yo winners inbred 3x4 and 3x3 to
SADLER’S WELLS
, the dams being by
TOBOUGG
and
REFUSE TO BEND
.
Galileo has also had good results with the
NUREYEV
line, including five Group winners headed by Gr.1 winner
Rhododendron from 26 foals out of
PIVOTAL
mares (19 per cent). His son New Approach sired the Oaks winner Talent
from a
PEINTRE CELEBRE
mare. Galileo also has Gr.1 winners out of daughters of
THEATRICAL
and
STRAVINSKY
.
Australia should be a natural for the
MILL REEF
line. Galileo has sired Gr.1 winners from three generations of
descendants from Mill Reef. Altogether Galileo has ten Group winners out of
DARSHAAN
mares. He also has 23%
stakes winners with Darshaan’s son
MARK OF ESTEEM
, including the Irish Derby winner Treasure Beach.
DARSHAAN
mares produced the Gr.3 winner Toulifaut to Frankel, plus the Derby second Libertarian to New Approach.
Galileo is excelling with the
ROBERTO
line, notably siring the King George and Eclipse winner Nathaniel, the Irish
Oaks heroine Great Heavens and the Gr.1 winner Seville from daughters of
SILVER HAWK
. He has 45% stakes winners
from 11 foals out of
SILVER HAWK
mares. He has also sired Group winners from daughters of
DYNAFORMER
,
KRIS S.
LEAR FAN
,
RED RANSOM
,
DR FONG
,
SRI PEKAN
and
INTIKHAB
(Arc winner Found).
Galileo sired the Gr.1 winner Galikova from a
BLUSHING GROOM
mare, while
RAINBOW QUEST
sired the dam
of Teofilo’s Gr.1 winner Quest For More and the second dams of Frankel, Noble Mission and Curvy;
ARAZI
sired
the second dam of Lush Lashes and
RAHY
sired the second dams of Marvellous, Gleneagles and Deauville.
New Approach’s Oaks winner Talent also has a second dam by
RAINBOW QUEST
. Frankel and Teofilo have both sired
Gr.2 winners from daughters of
RAHY.