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38 minutes ago, jeepers said:

Read today that He's Eminent will likely stand at stud in NZ at the conclusion of his racing career,if so will be the first by Frankel.

A previous post on race cafe compared Galileo to Frankel and listed the sire ability of each. Frankel is now behind his sire in his ability to produce top class racehorses.

Berri produced a list of all the 100+ mares sent to Frankel and the results.

Doesn't mean Eminent can't be a good sire especially on heavy tracks. His highest Timeform rating is 120. 

 

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On 3/25/2019 at 11:23 AM, Nasrullah said:

Doesn't mean Eminent can't be a good sire especially on heavy tracks. His highest Timeform rating is 120. 

Before the Ranvet the talk was that he didn't handle wet tracks at all and was best on top of the ground.

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1 hour ago, chiknsmack said:

Before the Ranvet the talk was that he didn't handle wet tracks at all and was best on top of the ground.

Quite possibly. Worthwhile remembering that firm tracks in the UK are not as fast as firm tracks in Australia.

Also the UK staying races tend to have faster earlier sectionals while in Australia there is a tendency to have faster end sectionals and hence more turn of foot required.

Unless you go to the front to try and replicate the faster earlier sectionals!

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https://www.thoroughbredracing.com/articles/unravelling-mystery-galileos-failure-southern-hemisphere/

Unravelling the mystery of Galileo’s ‘failure’ in the Southern Hemisphere

Linton, winner of the G1 Stradbroke Handicap over seven furlongs at Eagle Farm in 2013, is the highest ranking among Galileo’s offspring bred in Australia. Photo: maluaracing.com.au

The Galileo enigma. A Southern Hemisphere disappointment or not? Galileo’s reputation in the Northern Hemisphere is well earned. His achievements there have made him perhaps the outstanding stallion on the planet, a longtime world #1 in the TRC Global Rankings (#2 in September 2018).

He has been champion British and Irish sire eight times (a ninth title has been added since this article was written). In Europe this year, his progeny have won more prize money than the next five stallions on the list put together. Worldwide he tops the G1 earnings earnings list, his total even bettering that of Deep Impact in Japan.

His stakes winner strike rate in the Northern Hemisphere hovers at around 14 percent. With his 57 G1 winners up north, there is no doubt he is one of the all-time greats.

But not in Australia, where he stood at Coolmore Stud’s Hunter Valley base for five seasons. Here he is generally considered a disappointment.

And the figures seem to back that up. While Galileo’s Southern Hemisphere stakes winners-to-runners ratio of around five percent is by no means the statistic of a poorly performed stallion, it is not in the realm of his success elsewhere.

Galileo has had 24 stakes winners in Australasia; of those six were bred in the Northern Hemisphere. The gap between his best European-bred horse - the unbeaten superstar Frankel - and his best performing Australian-bred horse - the sprinter Linton - is a sizeable one (with no disrespect to the latter).

Though among Galileo’s best is the Australian-bred Igugu (see YouTube video above), a four-time G1 winner who earned among several titles that of South African Horse Of The Year. Another to have raced with distinction in that country is the champion 2-year-old filly Mahbooba, out of an Australian Red Ransom mare.

Sydney Cup winner Niwot and Spring Champion Stakes winner Sousa are Galileo’s other local G1 winners.

A nice group of horses, but there is no doubt that Galileo’s record in the Northern Hemisphere far surpasses his in Australasia.

Why?

PEDIGREE

“In the Northern Hemisphere, Galileo was supported by quality mares from day one. Here he at best got the second-tier mares.”
- Nick Williams, of Macedon Lodge, home to several talented imported Galileos

“It has to be the mares he got down here compared to the Northern Hemisphere. There is no other way to explain it.”
 -Troy Corstens, co-trainer of Galileo’s Stradbroke Handicap winner Linton

“The genetic make-up of our broodmare band - there is so much speed tracing back for generations.”
William Inglis’ Jonathan D’Arcy

 

So let’s take a look at the broodmare sires out of whose daughters Galileo has sired multiple stakes winners. They are:

Air Express, Alysheba, Anabaa, Danehill, Danehill Dancer, Darshaan, Diesis, Dr Fong, Erins Isle, Grand Lodge, Green Desert, Indian Ridge, Intikhab, Kaldoun, Kingmambo, Kris, Kris S, Last Tycoon, Machiavellian, Mark Of Esteem, Mozart, Nashwan, Nureyev, Pennekamp, Pivotal, Rainbow Quest, Red Ransom, Shirley Heights, Silver Hawk, Spectrum, Ri Pekan, Storm Cat, Stravinsky

Of this list, only Danehill had significant numbers of daughters visit Galileo in both hemispheres, not surprising since he was his stud mate at Coolmore.

Frankel is the headliner for the Galileo/Danehill cross in Europe, one that has produced another 39 black-type runners with an outstanding stakes winner ratio of 21.5 percent. Of those 40 stakes winners, three were Australian-bred, the only one successful on Australian soil being the listed winner Banc de Fortune. Galileo served mares by Danehill on around 50 occasions in Australia.

While this cross has been disappointing in this part of the world, it can be said in Galileo’s defence that much of his success in the Northern Hemisphere has been with mares from lines that have had much more influence there than here.

For example, his strike rates with mares by Air Express, Alysheba, Darshaan, Dr Fong, Erins Isle, Indian Ridge, Kingmambo, Kris, Kris S, Mark Of Esteem, Mozart, Nashwan, Pennekamp, Pivotal and Silver Hawk are impressive - but these are not names commonly seen in Australia or New Zealand.

The only broodmare sire to have produced multiple Galileo stakes winners in Australasia is Last Tycoon (Sousa, Saint Minerva, Jacquinot Bay) while mares by Diesis (Sixties Icon/Gallant Tess), Grand Lodge (Sword Fighter/Lightinthenite), Intikhab (Found, Best In The World, Magical Dream/Igugu), Red Ransom (Ard Na Greine/Mahbooba), Stravinsky (Rip Van Winkle, Easter/Sea Galleon) have produced Galileo stakes winners bred in Europe and Australasia.

 

So did Galileo get more of a chance from his Irish base than from his Australian one? There is no doubt that an Epsom Derby winner - or any winner of a staying race for that matter - garners more respect in Europe. However, Galileo was well supported, serving 720 mares during his five years in Australia, an average of 144 per season.

He served mares by a wide variety of stallions, both sprinting- and staying-bred, though there is no doubt he did better with the latter. He served, for example, mares by sprinting influence Rory’s Jester on around 20 occasions. This cross yielded ten runners, none of whom were stakes-performed.

It’s a similar story with mares by other winners of the Golden Slipper; Galileo was visited by mares by Marscay, Luskin Star, Canny Lad, Catbird, Flying Spur, Danzero, Star Watch, Marauding and Vain. In total, 40 runners and just the one stakes winner, the 2400m listed winner Luvuleo, out of the Marscay mare Luvscay.

When mated with mares by stallions bred for a bit more stamina, Galileo did sire the Australian stakes winners Tanby (dam by Danewin), Sertorius (Encosta de Lago) Niwot (Noble Bijou), Spacecraft (Octagonal), Galizani (Zabeel), Personify (Jade Hunter) and Sea Galleon (Stravinsky).

Meanwhile Linton, ReprisalDiscorsi (from mainly a sprinting family but has the Melbourne Cup winner Silver Knight as his third dam sire), Dance To The Stars and Galizani have staying influence.

The latter, a dual listed winner over 1900m and 2400m, is out of a mare by Zabeel, who you would think, all things being equal, was made for Galileo. Not only is he also a classic stallion, he is out of a mare by Nureyev, 3/4 brother to Galileo’s sire Sadler’s Wells.

However, of the 16 Galileo runners out of Zabeel mares, Galizani is the sole stakes winner.

So, while Galileo was supported by a fair whack of mares by sprinting sires, he did also have a chance with those with some stamina as well. Again he underperformed compared to the stellar job he has done in the Northern Hemisphere.

Of course, looking at broodmare sires is only part of the story and Galileo did stand in the Hunter Valley where breeders have for generations been fine tuning their families for precocious speed.

Success can of course also be about perception. If we don’t compare the Australian Galileo to the European one, he fared well. As Nick Williams noted: “His statistics are pretty similar to a stallion like Northern Meteor, who served a similar number of mares.”

As noted, Galileo served 720 mares in five years. Northern Meteor (who ranks world #118 in TRC Global Rankings) in four seasons served 622. Galileo’s Australian stakes winner ratio sits at 5.8 percent, Northern Meteor’s is 4.02 percent. The latter, however, did have six G1 winners. Galileo, as already discussed, had three.

TRAINING

“In the Northern Hemisphere, Galileo had success with 2-year-olds and trainers in Australian probably believed they were more precocious than they really were. Interestingly it was a similar story with Zabeel early but people persisted and worked out that they needed time. Our training style probably contributed to physically and mentally breaking them.”
- Nick Williams

“The training regimes that most Australian trainers use may not be suitable for the type of horses that Galileo sires.”
- Jonathan D’Arcy

“Trainers here are more inclined to push young horses and maybe they just needed time to mature.”
- David Payne, trainer of Galileo’s dual G2 winner Gallant Tess

“I think they were pushed too soon down under and, when the first crop of 3-year-olds didn’t perform up to expectation, the Australian market went off them.”
- Paul Moroney, international bloodstock agent

“The progeny of Galileo have proven more than capable under Australian conditions in recent years, as the likes of Adelaide and The United States (see YouTube videos below) have shown. I have no doubt in my mind that, if Australian breeders and trainers had the understanding of Galileo and his progeny when he first came to Australia that they do now, we’d be looking at a completely different proposition.”
- Michael Kirwan, Coolmore Australia

“I would think that, as a general rule, the Galileos don’t cope well with being pushed too hard too early. In Australia, we often don’t nurture the animals who need the time to grow up physically and mentally.

“Of course, Galileo has had some exceptional 2-year-olds, but perhaps with Europe’s more relaxed and endurance-based training methods, they are able to keep them from going over the top at a young age.  

“It’s so lovely how they prepare a nice young horse here [at Newmarket]. They’re doing plenty of evens - every day up a hill - but it’s relaxed and they’re not being competitive. Then, towards the end of their 2-year-old year, they will have four to five gallops in pairs or groups on the bridle before going to the races in October/November.

“Trainers will tell the jockeys to flop out of the gates and let them run home on his own steam, no whips. In Australia, on the other hand, we give them two to three trials over unsuitable distances with the sticks up!”
- Michael Kent Jnr, who has worked in stables and ridden in Australia and the UK

THE RACES/THE TRACKS

“Our 2-year-old racing is much more jump-and-run than in Europe, where most of the horses are bred to run over a mile plus. As a consequence the races are run at a different tempo, which aids horses by stallions like Galileo.”
- Nick Williams

And, as regards to longer contests, Australian races can be sit-and-sprint affairs, as opposed to European races in which the services of a pacemaker can be utilized to ensure a fast race, something that plays into the hands of the stronger, staying-bred horse.

“I think that Galileo’s progeny are better suited to a testing gallop on Europe’s big, undulating courses as opposed to the sit-and-sprint nature of Australia’s tight, turning tracks. To win a race in Europe requires totally different attributes and training. You need to be able to sustain a sprint and often finish the race uphill. At home, a quick burst of speed once you get into the home straight is enough to win the race.”
- Michael Kent Jnr

“My assumption is that his [Galileo’s] progeny are more effective on a soft surface and, as you know, the going gets very hard and firm most of the time here.”
- David Payne

“He is by Galileo, so a wet track won’t bother him,” said Nick Williams in the lead-up to this year’s Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick, a race in which Macedon Lodge’s Galileo entire The United States finished second on rain affected going. He would go onto G2 success in the Crystal Mile at Moonee Valley in October, the track on that occasion rated slow.

There is not a huge variation in Galileo’s European statistics on dry tracks versus rain-affected tracks, but of course Australian tracks tend to be firmer overall.

Representing his father Dermot with Galileo’s Choice in the 2012 Melbourne Cup, Mark Weld told the press: “What you would call a good track would be too quick for all the European horses.”

THE FUTURE

“Luckily he has sons and daughters with the credentials to help him enhance his legacy in Australasia over time.”
- Michael Kirwan

W.S Cox Plate winner Adelaide served 98 mares in his debut season last spring, while Teofilo was back this year due to demand and his son Kermadec is another popular member of the Darley roster.

Meanwhile, the Australian stud book has 128 of Galileo’s daughters registered as active broodmares.

 

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Mate of mine in the UK tells me that there's been some activity in that department. Certain representatives have been seen around the traps. I know there was an offer of $50m for the horse from Japan last year.

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I would like to see well performed sons of He’s Invincible, Loup de Vega (in addition to Belardo) and Frankel in New Zealand

Group performed sons of Zabeel, and Scat Daddy should also be considered 

They don’t all have to be Group 1 winners- look at He’s invincible and Voksraad who both started off low stud fees but had genetics which worked with our broodmare pool.

I’m also concerned about the quality NZ race areas being sold offshore particularly at The Magic Millions broodmare sales as racehorse owners don’t have the confidence to breed in NZ

Well done To Luigi with his purchase of a very good son of Deep Impact for Novara Park. I hope that he receives great support from NZ’s reducing pool of broodmares

 

 

 

 

 

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8 hours ago, Berri said:

Roaring Lion by Kittens Joy to stand at Cambridge Stud??

Can't see Tweenhills shuttling him in the near future as I'm not sure too many would pay that sort of price down here until they've seen some of his progeny on the ground - but would be pretty exciting if they did, just to get a look at him :)   I like Lightning Spear, Pivotal does leave some lookers, that is standing along side him and not a bad price either around the 8,000 pound mark.     Be interesting to see how Zoustar goes for them too, hope he does well up there :)

 

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The Lion confirmed Berri.

Outstanding opportunity from a branch of the Sadlers Wells line that works everywhere.

Well done Cambridge Stud.

On 4/1/2019 at 10:29 AM, Berri said:

Mate of mine in the UK tells me that there's been some activity in that department. Certain representatives have been seen around the traps. I know there was an offer of $50m for the horse from Japan last year.

Cheers

John

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To my mind Roaring Lion would be one of the best credentialed stallion prospects we have seen go to stud in NZ in the last 40 years. Tremendous value at $35k given some of the overpriced sires over the ditch.

If Berri is watching is his race form as good as it first looks ?

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When Roaring Lion won the Royal Lodge (Gp2) at two, he beat Nelson. Nelson was beaten three times by Kew Gardens (St Ledger and Grand Prix de Paris winner) before running mid field in the Arc. Roaring Lion finished 2nd to Saxon Warrior in the Racing Post Trophy (Gp1) in his final start at 2. Behind him on that day was Pentagon who ran 5th to Latrobe in the Irish Derby. Latrobe now racing in Australia

As a 3yo ran first up third in Gp3 to Masar who went on the win the Derby. Ran 5th To Saxon Warrior in the 2000 Gns (beaten 2 1/2) , then won Dante Gp3 (2300m) by 4, then beaten into 3rd  by Masar in Derby by 2l. Then rolled Saxon Warrior in Coral Eclipse Gp1, rolled Poets Word (winner of Champion Stakes and King George - beating Cracksman (rated equal to Winx) in the King George, then beat Saxon Warrior again in the Queen Elizabeth (in third was Deauville who's best run was to finish 3rd to Ribchester in the Queen Anne (Gp1), then beat I Can Fly in the Queen Elizabeth who's best form was the Queen Elizabeth . Prior to that I Can Fly's best win was in a group 2 Boomerang Stakes beating Kenya who's best win was a 50,000 handicap.

In his last race he flopped badly in the Breeders Cup Classic on the dirt.

Almansor was a much superior race horse. His win the the Irish Champion Stakes (Gp1) was breath taking with all the big guns present.

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While I agree with Berri that Almazor's win in the Irish Champion Stakes was outstanding a would like add a couple comments.

I Can Fly might have raced out of his skin that day but there were some very smart Group One winners in behind that day.

Deauville was third in the Queen Elizabeth but he was 3.15 lengths behind.

Nothing wrong with flopping on dirt if you are a turf horse.

One must also compare pedigrees rather than just race record.  I Am Invincible as an example was only a Group Three winner and 2nd at Group one but win a great pedigree!

A quick sire comparison-

KITTEN'S JOY (USA)
Ch. 2001
GW 9 wins
f:1185 r:1028 w:735 SW:90

WOOTTON BASSETT (GB)
B. 2008
GW 5 wins
f:165 r:99 w:52 SW:5

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Kitten's Joy  was born Caesar section because his dam had hip problems. They tried to sell him for $100,000 but were only bid $95,000 so he went home. His sire El Prado was the first son of Sadler's Wells to stand in the US. He had two starts on dirt at 2 then switched to turf where he won his next start as a later 2yo. 

At three he beat Artie Schiller in the Virginia Derby (Gp3). Then won the Secretariat (Gp1) 2000m in 1.59.65, still a record. Was voted Eclipse champion racehorse.

Stood first season a $25,000 and got heaps of mares

Wotten's Basset by Iffraaj. Became champion 2yo winner of Mornay after winning 5 from 5. Hurt himself and failed to fire at three. Retired to stud at 4000 euros

Different starts to stud but interesting to see Wootton Basset from this point on

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12 hours ago, flockofewes2 said:
  • you can have all the permutations you like..sure the top sires with the best 'opportunity ' will do well but at the EOD take a look at the breeding of the real champions of thoroughbred racing and the answer is a …??

And the answer is there are no rules!  

Does the stallion have to be a Champion on the race track? No- a very good racehorse a ''serious level is good enough. Example -I Am Invincible.

Does the stallions sire have to be a Champion sire at stud? A clear majority of the sires on the leading Australian sires list are by stallions that have sired in excess 100 SW. Of the top 15 sires in Australia 12 are by sires who have sires in excess of 100 SW. 

Rank Stallion Rnrs Wnrs Earnings
1 Snitzel (AUS) 2002 318 156 $21,616,020
2 I Am Invincible (AUS) 2004 310 156 $14,566,878
3 Street Cry (IRE) 1998 117 59 $13,655,563
4 Fastnet Rock (AUS) 2001 248 90 $10,106,580
5 Not a Single Doubt (AUS) 2001 206 81 $9,168,573
6 Sebring (AUS) 2005 294 119 $8,640,715
7 Redoute's Choice (AUS) 1996 157 75 $8,575,428
8 High Chaparral (IRE) 1999 225 100 $8,291,293
9 Lonhro (AUS) 1998 169 77 $7,903,632
10 Pierro (AUS) 2009 192 91 $7,838,465
11 Written Tycoon (AUS) 2002 265 124 $7,560,512
12 Lope de Vega (IRE) 2007 148 66 $7,460,647
13 Teofilo (IRE) 2004 58 27 $7,431,690
14 Exceed and Excel (AUS) 2000 196 85 $6,822,480
15 Smart Missile (AUS) 2008 231 112 $6,388,933

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2017/2018 Leading sires list

Leading Australia General Sires for 2017-18 Season 
Monetary figures shown are Australian dollars.

Rank Stallion Ccode Yof - To Stud Breeding Rnrs Wnrs Wins SW(SWins) Earnings Best Performer
1 Snitzel (AUS) 2002 - 2006 Redoute's Choice - Snippets' Lass 328 173 307 26(43) $29,243,613 Redzel - 7,532,300
2 I Am Invincible (AUS) 2004 - 2010 Invincible Spirit - Cannarelle 275 158 273 19(26) $15,908,940 Viddora - 1,372,700
3 Fastnet Rock (AUS) 2001 - 2005 Danehill - Piccadilly Circus 253 136 220 18(31) $15,550,518 Shoals - 1,437,620
4 High Chaparral (IRE) 1999 - 2004 Sadler's Wells - Kasora 271 122 197 8(11) $14,735,494 Rekindling - 3,850,000
5 Street Cry (IRE) 1998 - 2003 Machiavellian - Helen Street 191 103 187 7(14) $12,849,160 Winx - 6,105,000
6 Not a Single Doubt (AUS) 2001 - 2005 Redoute's Choice - Singles Bar 219 106 171 16(19) $11,056,022 Mighty Boss - 1,247,100
7 Sebring (AUS) 2005 - 2009 More Than Ready - Purespeed 325 147 232 13(14) $11,025,776 Sedanzer - 693,046
8 Written Tycoon (AUS) 2002 - 2007 Iglesia - Party Miss 287 153 255 8(13) $9,966,077 Written By - 1,409,000
9 Lonhro (AUS) 1998 - 2004 Octagonal - Shadea 208 103 174 5(8) $8,573,938 Kementari - 1,404,250
10 Pierro (AUS) 2009 - 2013 Lonhro - Miss Right Note 131 64 101 8(12) $8,529,586 Pierata - 2,182,200
11 Lope de Vega (IRE) 2007 - 2011 Shamardal - Lady Vettori 141 65 114 7(15) $8,187,915 Vega Magic - 2,245,250
12 Teofilo (IRE) 2004 - 2008 Galileo - Speirbhean 84 34 57 4(8) $7,604,011 Happy Clapper - 4,107,050
13 So You Think (NZ) 2006 - 2012 High Chaparral - Triassic 169 89 150 7(8) $6,894,203 Care to Think - 800,200
14 Exceed and Excel (AUS) 2000 - 2004 Danehill - Patrona 220 119 192 4(5) $6,715,713 Folkswood - 450,000
15 Smart Missile (AUS) 2008 - 2012 Fastnet Rock - Comical Smile 208 113 180 2(2) $6,675,663 I'll Have a Bit - 460,795

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5 hours ago, flockofewes2 said:

success breeds success...the Zeds of the world would have less opportunity these days I suspect.

Zed by Zabeel. Zabeel sire of 166 SW (as discussed above over 100 is very good.)

Zed didn't get the chance to show his full ability on the racetrack and only had four starts.

His biggest crop by far was served in 2013 and foaled in 2014. These horses are will be 5yo's in on 1 August 2019.

Commenced stud duties in New Zealand in 2007

 

Analysis by Crop

Crop Foals Rnrs Wnrs Wins SW (GW) SWs(GWs) NZ$
08/09 90 43 26 80 1 (1) 2 (1) 1,586,804
09/10 47 30 19 77 4 (2) 7 (5) 2,767,617
10/11 48 31 18 55 1 1 2,171,433
11/12 28 17 9 29 1 (1) 3 (2) 725,670
12/13 19 11 3 15 0 0 211,013
14/15 132 54 28 55 1 (1) 1 (1) 1,071,803
15/16 40 12 5 13 2 (1) 5 (4) 1,478,993
Totals 404 198 108 324 10 (6) 19 (13) 10,013,333

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