(Galileo - Laurel Delight (Presidium))
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- 2007, 16.1hh. Cost €330,000 as a yearling. Owned by Coolmore and trained by Aiden O'Brien. Successful in all three of his starts as a juvenile beginning with a 7f maiden on June 10th. Won an Irish 7f Group 3 in July and then the 7f Group 2 Futurity Stakes in August.
- Won 3 of his 6 outings as a 3yo in the 10.5f Group 2 Dante Stakes (beating Workforce), the Irish Derby and the 10f Group 1 Irish Champion Stakes.
- Ran 6 times as a 4yo beginning with a 4th of 14 in the 10f Grade 1 Dubai World Cup. Unplaced in two runs in Europe in April and June then finished the season with three wins in the US in Grade 1 Turf events. Successful in the 11f Man O'War Stakes (beating Gio Ponti), the 10f Arlington Million (Gio Ponti second again) and the 12f Classic International Stakes (from Dean's Kitten).
- Retired to Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Kentuck at a fee of $17,500 and there in 2014 at $15,000. Sold to stand at Stud in Japan for the 2015 season (fee at 2.5M Yen). 62 Yearlings sold in 2014 in the US, of 105 catalogued, for an Average of 38,606gns and a Median at 25,818gns. 11 Yearlings sold in Europe in 2014, of 17 catalogued, for an Average of 86,570gns and a Median at 45,113gns. First Season Sire in 2015.