Andrew Caulfield, November 20, 2012-Lea PEDIGREE INSIGHTS B Y A N D R E W C A U L F I E L D Saturday, Churchill Downs COMMONWEALTH TURF S.-GIII, $117,100, CDX, 11-17, 3yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:42 1/5, fm. 1--#@LEA, 118, c, 3, by First Samurai 1st Dam: Greenery (MSP, $109,140), by (Ire) 2nd Dam: High Savannah (GB), by Rousillon 3rd Dam: Stinging Nettle (GB), by (GB) O-Claiborne Farm & Adele B Dilschneider (KY); T-Albert M Stall Jr; J-Brian Joseph Hernandez Jr. $66,068. Lifetime Record: 5-3-1-1, $200,728. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.

When Sadler=s Wells clocked up the unique total of 14 sires= championships in the years between 1992 and 2004, it seemed highly unlikely that any modern-day stallion would ever come close to matching his extraordinary achievements. There are already signs, though, that his son Galileo has his sights set on doing exactly that. At the age of 14, he is guaranteed to end this year as Britain and Ireland=s champion sire by a huge margin, in the process recording his fourth championship in the last five years. I=m pleased to say that there are other ways in which Galileo promises to follow the immaculate example set by his sire. We already know that he has made a great start as a sire of sires. Last week saw represented by the 11th stakes winner from his first two crops, thanks to Paene Magnus, a colt who is intriguingly inbred 3x2 to . Teofilo=s stakes winners feature six Group winners, headed by the Group 1 juvenile scorers and Loch Garman. We have also seen take this year=s freshman sires= title by a substantial margin, thanks largely to his unbeaten son Dawn Approach, who looks likely to take the title of champion 2-year-old. The owners of the 220 mares which made Galileo=s son Cape Blanco the busiest stallion in the U.S. earlier this year must be feeling pleased with themselves. Considering the scope of the achievements by Sadler=s Wells=s sons, it is easy enough to overlook the tremendous work done by his broodmare daughters. Although he has been dislodged from top place on the broodmare sires= list by Danehill this year, he had been champion sire in this division in each of the previous seven years. It is still very early days to be judging Galileo in this role, as his eldest daughters are still only nine years old. Galileo mares have just over 200 foals of racing age in the Northern Hemisphere, of which 90 are 2-year-olds, so many of them are still either unraced or lightly tried. Several of them have done sufficiently well, though, to suggest that breeders should take a look at Galileo=s daughters at the upcoming breeding stock sales.

Click here to access TDN Progeny PPs They will have plenty to choose from, as there are Executiveprivilege, together with the dual stakes 11 scheduled to sell at Goffs later this week, including winner Get Happy Mister and the GSP Sonofasamurai, a winning sister to Teofilo, in foal to Lawman, and an come from a crop of only 43 2-year-olds by the unraced sister to the Irish Derby winner Soldier of Claiborne stallion. Indeed, First Samurai has had only Fortune, in foal to Fastnet Rock. Then there are 26 120 runners this year, which places him at a serious catalogued at Tattersalls, plus another three at Arqana. numerical disadvantage against many of the leading Galileo=s daughters increased their total of stallions. Coincidentally, the stallion with the most Group/Graded winners to six when the progressive Lea runners is none other than Giant=s Causeway, with 324. came out on top in the GIII Commonwealth Turf S. First Samurai is one of three stallion sons of Giant=s three days ago. Each of the six is by a different stallion. Causeway to have enjoyed success at the highest level Not surprisingly, in view of Galileo=s huge success with this year, the others being the Irish-based horses Danehill mares, it has been Danehill=s stallion sons Footstepsinthesand and (who has three which have so far exerted the biggest influence. 2012 Group 1 winners). By the way, another of Giant=s Danehill Dancer and Holy Roman Emperor have each Causeway=s stallion sons, the New York-based Frost sired a Group 3 winner and it was Strategic Prince, a Giant, has been having a rewarding time with his son of , who sired , the first Group 1 first-crop 2-year-olds. From 30 juveniles, he has had winner out of a Galileo mare. The Group 2 winner Hard nine winners, including two stakes winners, and ranks Dream is by , another member of the fifth among the first-crop sires. Heatseeker, another male line. A grandson of Danehill also figures first-crop son, also has a stakes winner among his first among the sires of the first two stakes winners out of runners. Galileo=s Australian daughters. To get back to Lea, his second dam High Savannah Before anyone leaps to the conclusion that this is the has enjoyed a very fruitful broodmare career, thanks to only route to success for a Galileo mare, I should point various sons of Sadler=s Wells. Starting out at the out that Danzig line stallions have many more foals out cheaper end of the market, she visited the unraced of Galileo mares than stallions from other lines. For Kylian to produce Lady In Waiting, winner of the example, the stallions with the largest representatives G2 Sun Chariot S. Lady In Waiting=s exploits saw High (in both hemispheres) are Danehill Dancer (with Savannah move upmarket and she produced the 11 foals), Invincible Spirit (10), Fastnet Rock (9), Duke Group 3-winning stayer Savannah Bay to In The Wings, of Marmalade (8), Dylan Thomas (8), Oratorio (7), Oasis the stakes-placed Greenery (dam of Lea) to Galileo and Dream (6) and Cape Cross (6). The only interloper is the American Grade II turf winner Grassy to El Prado. Kingmambo=s son Dubai Destination, with seven. Greenery was bred by the partnership of Claiborne American breeders should note that Saamidd, the Farm and Adele Dilschneider. Claiborne had enjoyed first Group winner out of a Galileo mare, is by Street previous success with this family. The farm paid Cry and that Solemn, a recent winner of the Geelong 210,000gns in 1996 for High Savannah=s speedy Classic in Australia, is by Bernardini. Over in England, half-sister Maid For Walking and this mare repaid her Galileo mares had high-priced 2012 yearlings by Elusive buyers by producing Stroll, winner of the GI Turf Quality=s son Raven=s Pass and by , which Classic. underlines the fact that breeders needn=t follow one An interesting fact regarding the further reaches of narrow path. Greenery=s pedigree is that this daughter of Galileo has I find it interesting that Lea is by Giant=s Causeway=s Samovar as her fifth dam, as does Juddmonte=s son First Samurai. It was a daughter of Giant=s Rainbow Lake. Of course, it was Rainbow Lake=s Causeway who recently provided Teofilo with his daughter Kind who visited Galileo to produce the second Group 1 winner, when Loch Garman won the magnificent Frankel. Criterium International. Jim Bolger, who has enjoyed a lot of success with the progeny of Galileo and his sons, LEA, c, 2009 has been sending plenty of Galileo mares to Giant=s Storm Bird Storm Cat Causeway=s -winning son Intense Terlingua Giant’s Causeway Focus. Shamardal, another Giant=s Causeway stallion, Rahy Mariah’s Storm has several yearlings out of Galileo mares, so this is a Immense First Samurai cross that we could be hearing a good deal more of Dixieland Band over the next few years. Mississippi Mud Freddie Frisson Lea=s sire First Samurai will be available next year at a Fappiano Frisson fee of only $10,000. Bearing in mind that he started his Mavera career with two years at $40,000 followed by two at Northern Dancer Sadler’s Wells $30,000, he clearly hasn=t fulfilled the high hopes Fairy Bridge Galileo (Ire) originally held of him. However, the current season has seen him represented by his first Grade I winner in that Greenery Allegretta (GB) MSP, $109,140 tough filly Executiveprivilege, an earner of more than Riverman 1 Fls, 1 GSW High Savannah (GB) Rousillon $1.3 million. Race Record Belle Dorine 15 Fls, 8 Wnrs, Stinging Nettle (GB) Sharpen Up (GB) " " " 3 GSWs 10 Fls, 1 SW Nettlebed (GB)