Wednesday’s Gr3 Hampton Court Stakes winner Russian Emperor is SW316 for Galileo. Bred in Ireland by a partnership including Coolmore and Laurie Macri, he is the best winner to date for Australian champion Atlantic Jewel (Fastnet Rock), whose four Gr1 wins included the 1000 Gns, Caulfield and Memsie Stakes. Atlantic Jewel is a half-sister to
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Circus Maximus edged out Terebellum to take the Gr1 Queen Anne Stakes (1 mile) in a driving finish at Royal Ascot on Tuesday. The runner-up looked the winner when getting a neck in front inside the final furlong but Circus Maximus rallied strongly under Ryan Moore and had his nose back in front in on
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The victory of Peaceful in the Irish 1000 Guineas was not only her first stakes victory but also a significant one for her sire Galileo. The win edged Galileo past his former barnmate Danehill as the leading sire of Group or Grade 1 winners in the world on 85 and, ironically, Galileo’s first Group 1
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At just her fourth race start, Peaceful ran out the convincing winner of Saturday’s Irish 1000 Guineasd at the Curragh. Pressing on into a clear lead two furlongs out, Peaceful galloped on strongly and, truthe be told, never looked likely to be caught, going on to defeat Fancy Blue by two lengths with So Wonderful
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Love gave Aidan O’Brien his fourth winner of the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket in the last five years with a clear win in the Classic on Sunday. Allowed to find her stride early by Ryan Moore, Love chimed in with her challenge two furlongs out and then quickened away to win comfortably, defeating Cloak Of
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Inbreeding in the thoroughbred population is “akin to global warming” according to a new research paper published by University College Dublin. Professor Emmeline Hill (pictured) analysed the DNA of more than 10,000 thoroughbreds, the largest set of horses examined to date, and established that there has been a highly significant rise in inbreeding over the
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Leading European sire by Stakes winners: Galileo (34) Leading European sire by Group winners: Galileo (21) Leading European sire by Stakes horses: Galileo (61) Leading European 1st crop sire by Stakes winners: Night Of Thunder (7) Leading European 1st crop sire by Group winners: Night Of Thunder (3) Leading European 1st crop sire by Stakes
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