WITH half of his eight winners getting blacktype, there could hardly have been a better start at stud for Galileo Gold (Paco Boy).

As this column has mentioned previously, his fee has dropped at Tally-Ho Stud from €15,000 in his first season to a third of that figure in 2021, but that will be the last time it falls surely. His three stakes winners are Oscula, Ebro River and System, while his daughter Hellomydarlin was placed in the Group 2 Prix Robert Papin.