Coolmore Ireland Brochure 2024

TIMEFORM’S 2 ND HIGHEST-RATED 2YO IN EUROPE 1 st Futurity Trophy Stakes-Gr.1 , 1m, Doncaster by 3½ lengths 1 st Champions Juvenile Stakes-Gr.2 , 1m, Leopardstown 1 st Maiden, 7f, Naas FOUR-TIME GROUP 1 WINNER AS A 3YO 1 st Derby-Gr.1 , 1m4f, Epsom defeating King Of Steel 1 st Irish Derby-Gr.1 , 1m4f, Curragh 1 st Irish Champion Stakes-Gr.1 , 1m2f, Leopardstown 1 st Breeders’ Cup Turf-Gr.1 , 1m4f, Santa Anita

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SECTIONAL SPOTLIGHT …there remains only one true Derby – the one at Epsom, with others mere imitations – and that is the place to start this week’s column, especially as something remarkable happened in the race... Auguste Rodin ran faster late on than any winner in the modern era, and that is quite something. Simon Rowlands, Attheraces.com

FASTEST DERBY WINNERS FINAL 2F, 1991 ONWARDS

Rank Year Horse

Going

Overall time

Final 2.00f

1 2

2023 AUGUSTE RODIN

Good/Firm

153.88s 153.27s

22.18s 22.35s

2001 GALILEO

Firm

FASTEST DERBY WINNERS FROM HOME TURN, 1965 ONWARDS Rank Year Horse Going Overall time Final 3.44f 1 2001 GALILEO Firm 153.27s 37.80s 2 1970 NIJINSKY Firm 154.68s 37.85s 3 2023 AUGUSTE RODIN Good/Firm 153.88s 38.25s

Five-time Group 1 winner by DEEP IMPACT

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