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'He'll be very hard to replace' - how Galileo became a Book 1 goldmine to the tune of £ million
Good Morning Bloodstock is Martin Stevens' daily morning email and presented here online as a sample.
Here he presents the second half of a two-parter dedicated to the late great Galileo focusing on his history at Book 1, which is drawing to a close – subscribers can get more great insight from Martin every Monday to Friday.
All you need do is click on the link above, sign up and then read at your leisure each weekday morning from 7am.
Galileo was a three-time champion sire in Britain and Ireland and on his way to a fourth title, his roll of honour headed by the exceptionally gifted Frankel, by the time the yearling sales rolled around.
He was already established as an outstanding sire, who might match or even exceed his own sire Sadler’s Wells' extraordinary feats, and yet his offspring hadn’t thus far consistently raised the roof at auction.
Only tw
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Galileo (horse)
Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
| Galileo | |
|---|---|
Racing colours of Susan Magnier | |
| Sire | Sadler's Wells |
| Grandsire | Northern Dancer |
| Dam | Urban Sea |
| Damsire | Miswaki |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 30 March |
| Died | 10 July () (aged&#;23) |
| Country | Ireland |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | David Tsui and Orpendale |
| Owner | Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor |
| Trainer | Aidan O'Brien |
| Record | 8: |
| Earnings | £1,, |
| Ballysax Stakes () Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial () Epsom Derby () Irish Derby () King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes () | |
| European Champion Three-Year-Old Colt () Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland (, , , , , , , , , , , ) Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland (, ) British Champions Series Hall of Fame () Timeform rating: | |
| Last updated on 21 July | |
Galileo (30 March – 10 July ) was an Irish Thoroughbredracehorse and sire. In a racing career which lasted from October until October , he ran eight times and won six race
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The man whose bloodlines left an indelible mark on the thoroughbred
Published in the Racing Post on May 25,
Never mind its greatest breeder, full stop – by no means every reader would necessarily credit the 17th in the line even as the turf's most significant Earl of Derby. There have been plenty of others, after all, since the creation of a first one for his artful vacillations at the Battle of Bosworth.
The 12th Earl, for instance, won immortality through the inauguration of a race for three-year-olds on Epsom Downs, if merely by dint – so it has long been said – of a coin tossed with Sir Charles Bunbury. He owned the eighth winner, Sir Peter Teazle, in , later sire of four others.
His grandson, the 14th Earl, was three times prime minister and won fyra Classics, albeit not even the great John Scott could win him a Derby. And the present Earl, the 19th, gave the black and white silks renewed distinction through Ouija Board, herself since dam of a Derby winner.
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