CLASSIC star and phenomenal stallion Sadler’s Wells (Northern Dancer) had a profound influence at stud, and the late Coolmore colossus has several branches of varying strength.

Many of his sons excelled as National Hunt sires, in addition to plenty who achieved fame on the flat, while some of his lines have fared best abroad – the El Prado one in North America is a notable example. Galileo has rewritten records as a flat sire, has supplied us with sons such as Teofilo, New Approach and newly crowned champion sire Frankel, among others.