Coolmore Ireland Handbook 2020

GR.1 WINNERS BY CHURCHILL’S SIRE GALILEO: See Galileo. LEADING PERFORMERS FROM THE FIRST 2YO CROP OF GLENEAGLES, WHO LIKE CHURCHILL, IS BRED ON THE GALILEO/STORM CAT CROSS: NAME SIRE OF DAM SIRE OF 2ND DAM GRADE ROYAL DORNOCH Danehill Dancer Groom Dancer Gr.2 ROYAL LYTHAM Anabaa Bering Gr.2 SOUTHERN HILLS Invincible Spirit King's Best LW PRECIOUS MOMENTS Grand Lodge Dominion Gr.2-pl TABERA Oratorio Red Ransom Gr.3-pl HIGHLAND CHIEF Montjeu Darshaan St-pl LIPS EAGLE Big Shuffle Ashkalani St-pl AGIDEL Broken Vow Danzig Wnr ALPHA WAVE Exceed and Excel Wolfhound Wnr AUCHTERARDER Cape Cross What a Pleasure Wnr BOUND FOR HEAVEN Oasis Dream Elusive Quality Wnr CURLEW Aragorn Saint Ballado Wnr DAILY TIMES Holy Roman Emperor So Factual Wnr L'AIGLE Arch El Gran Senor Wnr FREYJA Danehill Roberto Wnr TARANTA Dansili Inchinor Wnr OSLO Danehil Kahyasi Wnr NORDIC Diktat Green Desert Wnr ROYAL COUNTY DOWN Gone West Night Shift Wnr SAN PEDRO Lawman Titus Livius Wnr SILENCE PLEASE Machiavellian Green Desert Wnr SMART RAG Invincible Spirit Generous Wnr SO I TOLD YOU Rock of Gibraltar Peintre Celebre Wnr ULTRA VIOLET Fastnet Rock Alzao Wnr WHATABIRD Seeking the Gold Nijinsky Wnr MATING SUGGESTIONS: Churchill embarked on a seven-race winning streak which established him as his generation’s champion two-year-old and as a dual Guineas winner at three. His winning sequence featured four consecutive Gr.1 victories, including the National Stakes (by more than 4 lengths), the Dewhurst, the 2,000 Guineas (by a length from Barney Roy and Al Wukair) and the Irish 2,000 Guineas (by 2½ lengths from Thunder Snow). He was also second in the Juddmonte International over an extended mile and a quarter. Churchill’s racing record showed that he had inherited a degree of stamina from his sire Galileo, balanced by plenty of speed from his very fast female line. This speed was also apparent when his year-younger sister Clemmie won the Gr.1 Cheveley Park Stakes over six furlongs on her way to becoming a champion 2YO. Their dam, the Storm Cat mare Meow, was a fast and precocious daughter of the top-class sprinter Airwave (Gr.1 Cheveley Park Stakes). Airwave’s half sister Jwala won the Gr.1 Nunthorpe Stakes over five furlongs. Churchill also represents one of the world’s most potent nicks. From Galileo’s 62 foals out of daughters of Storm Cat, 12 have become GSWs, with a sensational total of eight becoming Gr.1 winners - that’s virtually 13%. Four have become classic winners, which underlines the power of Churchill’s bloodlines. Churchill enjoys the advantage of being free of the DANZIG blood which has been one of the other biggest contributors to Galileo’s success. Churchill will surely suit daughters and granddaughters of DANEHILL such as DANEHILL DANCER (who is excelling with Galileo), EXCEED AND EXCEL , ROCK OF GIBRALTAR , HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR , FASTNET ROCK , DANSILI , KODIAC , MOZART , CHOISIR and MASTERCRAFTSMAN . 26