(Pivotal - Obsessive (Seeking The Gold))
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- 2004 foal, 15.3hh. Cost 76,000gns as a yearling having been bred by the Cheveley Park Stud. Owned by M. Green and trained by Neville Callaghan in Newmarket as a 2yo before transferring to Aiden O'Brien in Ireland for his 3yo season and changing ownership to Coolmore. Won three of his five runs as a juvenile beginning with a pair of 5f successes in a maiden race on April 20th and a Listed event in late May. Three later runs at 6f that season brought places in the Group 2 Railway Stakes in Ireland & the Group 1 Prix Morny. Successful in the Group 2 Mill Reef Stakes in his last run at 2yo.
- Ran six times at 3yo, all at 8f and in Group 1 races. Sole success in the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot when beating his stablemates Duke Of Marmalade & Astonomer Royal. Started at 8/1 for that race but the shortest price of the O'Brien runners. Placed second three times in the Sussex & Queen Elizabeth II and the Breeders' Cup Turf Mile.
- Retired to Coolmore Stud in 2008 for a fee of €25,000. Still there in 2011 with his fee decreasing each year as €17,500 in 2009 then €12,500 and finally €10,000. 46 yearlings sold in Europe in 2010, of 78 catalogued, for an average of 45,581gns and a Median at 31,500gns. First 2yo runners in 2011.
- 2005 to 2014 Wins List.