(Val Royal - Factice (Known Fact))
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- 2004 foal, 16.1hh. Cost 15,000gns as a foal and 30,000gns as a yearling. Won one from three as a 2yo in a 6f maiden on his debut at Newmarket in July. Second in the 6f Doncaster St Leger Sales race in August, dividing Doctor Brown (aka Helene Brilliant in Hong Kong) & Prime Defender. Third in the 7f Group 2 Champagne Stakes on his final run at 2yo, behind Vital Equine & Eagle Mountain.
- Ran three times at 3yo winning the 8f Group 1 pair of the 2,000 Guineas and its Irish equivalent in May and his final run was unplaced in the 8f Group 1 St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.
- Retired to The National Stud in 2008 at a fee of £10,000. Still there in 2011 with his fee down to £4,500 as it had been in 2010. Stood at a fee of £8,000 in 2009. 24 yearlings sold in Europe in 2010 for an average of 24,341gns. First 2yo runners in 2011.
- 2005 to 2014 Wins List.