GALILEO, the greatest sire of the modern era, and one of the greatest stallions in the history of the thoroughbred, is dead. The sire of a staggering 92 Group or Grade 1 winners had just completed his 20th season at Coolmore.

“Regretfully our world-renowned champion sire Galileo was put to sleep earlier today on humane grounds owing to a chronic, non-responsive, debilitating injury to the left fore foot” was the comment from Coolmore on the passing of the 23-year-old.