Royal Performances
Not for the first time in recent years, Derby winning half-brothers Galileo (Sadler’s Wells) and Sea The Stars (Cape Cross) dominated a major international race meeting
26th June 2019
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Not for the first time in recent years, Derby winning half-brothers Galileo (Sadler’s Wells) and Sea The Stars (Cape Cross) dominated a major international race meeting
Not for the first time, the descendants of the great broodmare and 1993 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Urban Sea dominated a major race day over the weekend
The 3yo son of Sea The Stars charged to victory under Oisin Murphy in the Gr2 Prix Guillaume D’Ornano Haras Du Logis Saint-Germain at Deauville on Wednesday
Quasillo is the first son of Sea The Stars to stand at stud in South Africa
The world’s number one sire, Galileo, was once again to the fore at last week’s Royal Ascot meeting
Plenty was expected of the Derby/Arc winning champion when Sea The Stars first retired to stud –and they were reinforced in no mean terms when a first crop weanling by the sire fetched €850 000 at the 2011 Goffs November Foal Sale
Cape Cross, the sire of outstanding performers Golden Horn, Ouija Board and Sea The Stars, has been retired from covering after suffering from fertility problems this season.
On the opening day of the 2014 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1, a total of 107 lots were sold for 20,185,000 guineas at an average of 188,645 guineas and a median of 140,000 guineas. The average represented the second highest opening day average for the sale, whilst the median, which was up 19% was a new opening day record for the sale.
Tattersalls’ flagship sale has attracted a truly outstanding collection of yearlings, including own or half brothers and sisters to 42 Group 1 and Classic winners and 232 Group/Listed winners.
I was always very confident that he would become an excellent sire with his pedigree, conformation, temperament, and incredible ability. But the results this year are more than anyone could ever have expected.
‘I called the owner and before I could even make the offer he excitedly told me that a certain South African bookmaker had just called 10 minutes earlier to make an offer of R5m’
