BIG INTERNATIONAL DOUBLE FOR GALILEO
Just hours after the likely European juvenile champion of 2016 – Churchill (by Galileo) – won the Group 1 Dubai Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket, Photo Call made all to spring a 30/1 shock in the Grade 1 First Lady Stakes over a mile at Keeneland, beating Tepin.
Churchill, who is trained by Aidan O'Brien, was bred by Liberty Bloodstock and the dual Group 1 star has won five of his six starts. He is out of Meow (by Storm Cat), who is a five-furlong listed winner out of Airwave (by Air Express).
That mare is often first remembered as having won the Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes and Group 2 Temple Stakes, but she was also a pattern winner over a mile – the Group 2 Ridgewood Pearl Stakes at the Curragh.
Airwave is a half-sister to the ill-fated Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes heroine Jwala (by Oasis Dream), and her progeny include the Group 3 Denny Cordell Lavarack & Lanwades Stud Fillies' Stakes winner Aloof (by Galileo) and the mile listed scorer Orator (by Galileo), who also stayed 10 furlongs.
Dual Grade 1 star Photo Call was also produced in Ireland and she was bred by Evie Stockwell, as were the US-born Group/Grade 1 stars Hit It A Bomb (by War Front) and Brave Anna (by War Front).
The five-year-old is out of the six-furlong pattern winner Theann (by Rock Of Gibraltar), who is a half-sister to the classic and multiple Group 1 star Halfway To Heaven (by Pivotal).
Theann is also a half-sister to the pattern-winning sprinter Tickled Pink (by Invincible Spirit) and she is out of the high-class sprinter Cassandra Go (by Indian Ridge), a Group 2-winning half-sister to the classic-placed pattern scorer and successful sire Verglas (by Highest Honor).
Halfway To Heaven is, of course, the dam of the impressive Group 1 Dubai Fillies' Mile heroine Rhododendron (by Galileo) and that rising star's pattern-winning full-brother Flying The Flag.
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BALLYLINCH STUD-BRED WINS GROUP 3 FOR FRANKEL
The Mark Johnston-trained Frankuus, a mile listed scorer on soft ground at Haydock last month, became the fourth pattern winner from the first crop of Frankel (by Galileo) when adding the Group 3 Prix de Conde over nine furlongs on good ground at Chantilly on Saturday.
Ballylinch Stud bred the grey out of Dookus (by Linamix), a half-sister to Pharmacist (by Machiavellian), the stakes-winning dam of Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Turf hero Red Rocks (by Galileo).
His grandam is Pharaoh's Delight (by Fairy King), who won the Group 3 Princess Margaret Stakes at Ascot before going on to add the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes at Phoenix Park. Her later form included third place finishes behind the great Dayjur in each of the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes, Group 1 Sprint Cup, and Group 1 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp.
Frankuus is a half-brother to the Group 1-placed juvenile Group 3 scorer Us Law (by Lawman), who was renamed Kitaya when he went to Hong Kong. He made €130,000 when sold at the 2015 Goffs Orby Sale and his yearling Dream Ahead (by Diktat) half-sister made 170,000gns in Newmarket on Monday, bought by Cheveley Park Stud.
Undefeated Timeform 147-rated superstar Frankel stands at Banstead Manor Stud and his 16 individual winners include the pattern scorers Fair Eva, Queen Kindly and Toulifaut.
Other notable recent performers bred by Ballylinch Stud include Laws Of Spin (by Lawman), who won the Tote Irish Cesarewitch over two miles at the Curragh on Sunday.
It was a third consecutive success for the gelded three-year-old, and the Willie Mullins-trained bay is out of Spinning Well (by Pivotal), a winning half-sister to Australian 12-furlong Group 1 winner Opinion (by Oasis Dream) and to European pattern race scorers Anam Allta (by Invincible Spirit) and Fox Hunt (by Dubawi).
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INTERNATIONAL BLACKTYPE DOUBLE FOR RIP VAN WINKLE
Coolmore Stud's multiple Group 1 star Rip Van Winkle (by Galileo), whose pattern-winning sons Dick Whittington and The Happy Prince and high-class daughter Creggs Pipes have been doing him proud this season, added to his blacktype tally with an international blacktype double on Wednesday.
Euro Angel, who was bred in New Zealand by Windsor Park Stud Ltd, won the Group 3 Nick Johnstone Real Estate Ladies' Day Vase over a mile at Caulfield several hours before Brave Zolo justified favouritism in the Listed Prix du Ranelagh over the same trip at Chantilly.
Euro Angel is trained by the partnership of Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes, she is out of the Group 1-placed Polish Princess (by Polish Precedent) and so is a half-sister to the Group 2 scorers Leebaz (by Zabeel) and Polish Knight (by Encosta De Lago). The latter came within a head of taking the Group 1 Australian Derby at Randwick.
Polish Princess is a half-sister to the listed scorer and Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes runner-up Suez (by Green Desert), she is a grand-daughter of the outstanding broodmare Reprocolor (by Jimmy Reppin), and so is related to Group 1 stars such as Opera House (by Sadler's Wells), Kayf Tara (by Sadler's Wells), Zee Zee Top (by Zafonic), Izzi Top (by Pivotal), Colorspin (by High Top), Cezanne (by Ajdal) and Necklace (by Darshaan).
Brave Zolo was bred by Tipper House Stud and he is trained by Jeremy Noseda. He was unplaced in the Cambridgeshire on his previous start, runner-up in the Lincoln Handicap the time before that, and his overall tally stands at five wins from a dozen starts.
The €68,000 Goffs Sportsman's Sale graduate is the second foal out of Set Fire (by Bertolini), a winning half-sister to Group 2 Diadem Stakes and Group 3 Norfolk Stakes winner Baron's Pit (by Night Shift).
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ACCLAMATION REACHES ANOTHER LANDMARK
Rathbarry Stud stallion Acclamation (by Royal Applause) reached another career landmark recently when Kassia won the Listed visionsport.com EBF Stallions Boadicea Fillies' Stakes over six furlongs at Newmarket, as he is now the sire of 40 individual stakes winners.
Previously responsible for the Group 1 stars Equiano and Dark Angel – now both leading sires – his notable performers of 2016 include the Group 1-placed, Group 2-winning juvenile Mehmas, Group 2 Challenge Stakes scorer Aclaim, and the Group 1 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp heroine Marsha.
Kassia is trained by Mick Channon, she was bred by Old Carhue Stud, and the three-year-old has now won six of her dozen starts.
She is a €140,000 Goffs Orby Sale graduate, a half-sister to the Group 2-placed multiple sprint winner Rufford (by Invincible Spirit), and her stakes-placed dam Speedy Sonata (by Stravinsky) comes from a branch of the family of the Group 1 stars Lady In Silver (by Silver Hawk), Riverqueen (by Luthier), Altieri (by Selkirk), Stormy River (by Verglas) and Silverwave (by Silver Frost).
She is inbred 4x4 to Lorenzaccio (by Klairon).
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GRADE 1 WIN FOR GALILEO STALLION
The list of sons of Galileo (by Sadler's Wells) who have at least one Group/Grade 1 winner to their names as stallions now includes Heliostatic, sire of Saturday's 10-furlong Grade 1 Gran Premio Jockey Club winner He Runs Away.
A former Oak Lodge Stud stallion whose first crop included the Group 3 Somerville Tattersall Stakes winner Crius, Heliostatic is a 10-furlong Group 3-winning full-brother to runaway Group 1 Irish Derby hero Soldier Of Fortune, sire of two flat Grade 1 winners and now standing at Beeches Stud.
Heliostatic's Argentine-born son was bred by Santa Maria De Araras, he is trained by Gustavo Romero, and the three-year-old is out of Heaven To Sally (by Honour And Glory), who comes from the immediate family of Argentine Grade 1 star Sally Girl (by Fain).
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ANOTHER FOR OWENSTOWN STUD
Leading breeders Owenstown Stud added to their tally of blacktype wins when Shanghai Glory (by Exceed And Excel) sprang a 14/1 surprise in the Listed Elmer Hannon Travel Waterford Testimonial Stakes over six furlongs at the Curragh on Sunday.
The Charles Hills-trained three-year-old, who Owenstown Stud sold for €115,000 at the 2014 Goffs Orby Sale, has won four of his dozen starts.
He is a half-brother to the Group 2-placed stakes winner Choose Me (by Choisir) and his dam, Hecuba (by Hector Protector), is a grand-daughter of the Champion Stakes, Irish 1000 Guineas, and Coronation Stakes heroine Cairn Rouge (by Pitcairn).
This makes Shanghai Glory related to a plethora of high-class performers, including US Grade 1 star Ventura (by Chester House) and pattern scorers such as Bad Bertrich Again (by Dowsing), Prolix (by Kris), Vortex (by Danehill), Prove (by Danehill), Tested (by Selkirk), Danefair (by Danehill), Trade Fair (by Zafonic), Silver Touch (by Dansili), and Daros (by Damister).
Darley stallion Exceed And Excel (by Danehill), a champion sire in Australia, has spent his northern hemisphere seasons at Dalham Hall Stud and, more recently, at Kildangan Stud, and his string of Group 1 stars includes Excelebration, the top-class miler and now successful freshman sire bred by Owenstown Stud.
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FRESHMAN UPDATE
The victory of Frankuus in the Group 3 Prix de Conde at Chantilly on Saturday made him the fourth individual pattern winner for Frankel (by Galileo) and the colt he beat by a neck that day was Prinz Hlodowig, a son of Haras de la Cauviniere's freshman Rajsaman (by Linamix).
That stallion was also represented by Brametot, who took his record to three wins from four starts with mile listed success at Bordeaux le Bouscat on Tuesday.
Frankel's son Cunco stayed on strongly but failed narrowly to take the Listed Godolphin Flying Start Zetland Stakes over 10 furlongs at Newmarket, which was run in juvenile course record time, and the stallion was also represented this past week by the maiden winners Monarchs Glen and Icespire.
The large first crop of Tally-Ho Stud's Sir Prancealot (by Tamayuz) yielded its second stakes winner when Sir Dancealot took the Listed coral.co.uk Rockingham Stakes over six furlongs at York.
Megan Lily (by Dragon Pulse) was third in the Listed Criterium de Vitesse over five furlongs at Chantilly, Stamp Collecting (by Casamento) was third in the Group 3 Premio Dormello over a mile at San Siro, and dual scorer Harbour Master (by Harbour Watch) missed out on blacktype by a nose when fourth in a mile listed contest at Santa Anita.
WinStar Farm's Grade 1 winner Gemologist (by Tiznow) became the third US freshman of 2016 to get a winner at the highest level when Yellow Agate narrowly won the Grade 1 Frizette Stakes over a mile at Belmont Park.
Broadhaven Honey (by Harbour Watch) took her record to two wins from seven starts when winning the five-furlong nursery at Windsor on Monday, and Snookered (by Born To Sea) got off the mark with victory in the eight and a half furlong maiden at Leicester on Tuesday.
Gulliver (by Sayif) opened his winning account over seven furlongs at York, Ekhtiyaar (by Bated Breath) was an easy odds-on maiden scorer at Yarmouth, and Desperados Destiny (by Delegator) made it third time lucky when scoring over six furlongs at Wolverhampton.
Only placed once in seven previous starts from six furlongs to an extended mile, a drop to five furlongs was key for At The Beach, who won the nursery at Kempton on Wednesday. Dolokhov, on the other hand, was placed six times before scoring over seven furlongs at Chantilly that same day. Both are by leading juvenile Harbour Watch (by Acclamation).
The Tom Dascombe-trained gelding White Chin (by Mayson) made it two wins from six starts when winning the six-furlong nursery at Chelmsford on Thursday, and Four Dragons (by Dragon Pulse) got her third win when taking the opener at Haydock on Friday.