Coolmore Handbook 2017

by QUEST FOR FAME . Frankel’s Gr.2 Lowther Stakes winner Queen Kindly is another with a dam by RAHY and his smart daughter Fair Eva has a QUEST FOR FAME second dam. A branch of the Northern Dancer line enjoying repeated classic success with Galileo is the one represented by STORM CAT . Galileo now has eight Group/Graded winners from daughters of STORM CAT (20 per cent) and five of them – Churchill, Gleneagles, Ballydoyle, Misty For Me and Marvellous – are Gr.1 winners. Teofilo sired a Gr.1 winner from a daughter of GIANT’S CAUSEWAY . As Marvellous and Gleneagles are out of a sister to GIANT’S CAUSEWAY , this is an avenue well worth exploring with The Gurkha. Inbreeding to SADLER’S WELLS cannot be ruled out, as two of Galileo’s sons with dams by Danehill have sired Group winners inbred 3x3. Roderic O’Connor also has a Group winner inbred 3x4. Galileo has also had very good results with the NUREYEV line, including five Group winners from PIVOTAL mares headed by Gr.1 winner Rhododendron. His son New Approach sired the Oaks winner Talent from a PEINTRE CELEBRE mare and Teofilo has a Gr.3 winner with a PEINTRE CELEBRE dam. Galileo also has Gr.1 winners out of daughters of THEATRICAL and STRAVINSKY . Although he is out of a Miswaki mare, Galileo has enjoyed widespread success with other MR PROSPECTOR line mares, notably siring Gr.1 winners from daughters of MACHIAVELLIAN , KINGMAMBO and GONE WEST . Other sons of Galileo have Group winners with dams by MACHIAVELLIAN , ZAFONIC , THUNDER GULCH and DUBAI DESTINATION . Daughters of KING’S BEST and ZAMINDAR also have stakes winners by Teofilo. Galileo is excelling with the ROBERTO line, notably siring the Gr.1 winners Nathaniel, Great Heavens and Seville from daughters of SILVER HAWK . He has also sired Group winners from daughters of DYNAFORMER , KRIS S. , LEAR FAN , RED RANSOM , DR FONG , SRI PEKAN and INTIKHAB . Frankel and Teofilo both have Gr.3 winners out of SHIRLEY HEIGHTS line mares. One has a dam by DARSHAAN , whose daughters have produced 19 stakes winners to Galileo. Galileo also has 23% stakes winners with MARK OF ESTEEM . The Gurkha is likely to suit mares with AHONOORA blood. Galileo’s classic winners New Approach and Was respectively have a dam and a second dam by this top sprinter. Galileo also has three Group winners, including a classic winner, from mares by INDIAN RIDGE . Galileo sired Gr.1 winner Curvy from an INCHINOR mare.

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