TUESDAY, 1 JANUARY 2019 Perhaps Galileo=s dominance in Europe is best articulated in GALILEO TRIUMPHS the fact that he is by far the continent=s leading lifetime active sire, his total progeny earnings of over ,98-million more than AGAIN IN SIRES= RACE double those of Pivotal (GB)=s progeny. His 75 worldwide Group 1 winnersB70 in the Northern Hemisphere and five in the Southern--is more than double the next best, Dubawi (Ire), at 38. Galileo=s influence as a broodmare sire this year has also been substantial. His daughters produced 10 Group 1 winners worldwide, including GI Breeders= Cup Filly & Mare Turf winner Sistercharlie (Ire) (Myboycharlie {Ire}), G1 2000 Guineas winner Saxon Warrior (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and G1 July Cup winner US Navy Flag (War Front); three Classic winners in Australia and one in South Africa, and Group 1-winning 2-year-olds Magna Grecia (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and Fog Of War (War Front). He was third behind Pivotal (GB) and his own sire Sadler=s Wells on the 2018 broodmare sires= table. Cont. p2 Galileo is Europe=s champion sire of 2018 | Coolmore IN TDN AMERICA TODAY By Kelsey Riley He=s done it again. KEN RAMSEY ON CHAMPION SIRE KITTEN’S JOY For the eighth consecutive year, Galileo (Ire) wrapped up 2018 Lucas Marquardt chats with Ken Ramsey about his pride and as the leading general sire by European earnings. joy–two-time U.S. Champion Sire Kitten’s Joy (El Prado {Ire}). The dual Derby and King George winnerBwho had his first Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. runners in 2005Bearned his first sire championship in 2008. His then Coolmore barnmate Danehill Dancer (Ire) took the title the following year, but Galileo redeemed himself in 2010 and has not relinquished his crown since. According to the TDN=s year-to-date general sire list (which includes worldwide black-type stats but earnings restricted to Europe), Galileo=s 244 starters in 2018 amassed ,8,639,420. Those include 104 winners of 151 races. His 38 stakes winners (an excellent 12.5% of starters), 59 stakes horses, 28 group stakes winners (9.2% of starters), 49 group horses, seven Group 1 winners and 20 Group 1 horses lead each of their respective categories. Those Group 1 winners were St Leger and Grand Prix de Paris victor Kew Gardens (Ire) (also his leading earner by money earned in Europe with ,872,983), Grand Prix de Saint- Cloud winner Waldgeist (GB), G1 Irish St Leger winner Flag of Honour (Ire), G1 British Champions Fillies & Mares S. victress Magical (Ire) (his leading worldwide earner of the year), GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile Turf scorer Line of Duty (Ire), G1 Epsom Oaks winner Forever Together (Ire) and G1 Lockinge S. winner Rhododendron (Ire). TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 6 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 1 JANUARY 2019 Galileo Triumphs Again in Sires= Race Cont. from p1 Prix Vermeille winner Kitesurf (GB), G1 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 3 victor North America (Ire) and top-rated 2-year-old Galileo=s legacy looks set to carry on through both his colts Too Darn Hot (GB) and Quorto (GB), winner of the daughters and sons. His best son on the racecourse, Frankel Dewhurst and National S., respectively. In July, Dubawi reached (GB), wound up fourth on the general sires= list; an excellent a major milestone when becoming the first-ever British-based achievement considering his oldest crop are just four. Galileo sire to reach 100 group winners worldwide. was second on the sires= list at the same stage and earned his The already enormous stature of Galileo=s dam Urban Sea first title the following year. Nathaniel (Ire), from the same sire continues to grow, and her Sea The Stars (Ire) (Cape Cross {Ire}), crop, was fifth on the 2018 general sires= list and is the sire of eight years younger than Galileo, continues to establish himself superstar Enable (Ire), while New Approach (Ire) sired this year=s as an elite sire. He wound up third on the general sires= list and Derby winner Masar (Ire) and Teofilo (Ire) provided the G1 was represented by two high-class Group 1 winners: the Irish Melbourne Cup winner Cross Counter (Ire). Australia (GB) was and Yorkshire Oaks winner and Arc runner-up Sea Of Class (Ire), third on the first-season sires= list and sired Group 2 winner and the champion stayer Stradivarius (Ire). Beyond Reason (Ire), while fellow first-crop Coolmore sire and Galileo=s influence has been so massive that it has created a Derby winner Ruler Of The World (Ire) provided G1 Fillies= Mile unique >problem= for Coolmore: with so many members of its winner Iridessa (Ire). top-class broodmare band--and even its young stallions--being Darley=s Dubawi (Ire) was second to Galileo by European by the great sire himself, Coolmore must find worthy outcrosses earnings (,6,061,403), but he was Europe=s leading sire by for Galileo. It has done well with War Front, and Deep Impact worldwide earnings in 2018 ($19,159,292 to Galileo=s worldwide has been successful too, but Coolmore now has a potential tally of $16,058,499). His leading earner was Benbatl (GB), superstar outcross sire right in its own barn with No Nay Never winner of a remarkable three Group 1s in three different (Scat Daddy), Europe=s dominant champion first-season sire. No countries: the Dubai Turf, the Munich Bayerisches Zuchtrennen, Nay Never led by earnings (,986,254) and winners (28), with and the Caulfield S. Dubawi=s five other Group 1 winners in 2018 Charm Spirit (Ire) (,494,259) barely edging out Australia were Nassau S. and Prix de l=Opera winner Wild Illusion (GB), G1 (,494,243) for second. Cont. p3 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 6 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 1 JANUARY 2019 Galileo Triumphs Again in Sires= Race Cont. Kingman wound up fourth after a very promising season where he tied with No Nay Never and Sea The Moon (Ger) for group winners (two): >TDN Rising Stars= Calyx (GB) and Persian King (Ire). He had five total TDN Rising Stars from his first cropBthat=s more than some very respected sires have had in their careers. Returning to No Nay Never, the G2 Norfolk S. and G1 Prix Morny winner led also by black-type winners (six, 10% of Vice President, International Operations starters), black-type horses (14) and group horses (five). He and Gary King Ruler Of The World were the only two newcomers last year to Twitter: @garykingTDN sire a Group 1 winner: his was the Middle Park winner Ten [email protected] Sovereigns (Ire), while he also provided G2 Richmond S. winner + 1.732.320.0975 Land Force (Ire) and four listed winners. International Editor Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] European Editor Emma Berry Twitter: @collingsberry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Marketing Manager Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen Champion first-season sire No Nay Never | Coolmore [email protected] Contributing Editor Siyouni Leads French Sires Alan Carasso Among French sires, Haras de Bonneval=s Siyouni (Fr) was the Twitter: @EquinealTDN leading sire by European earnings. His total European progeny earnings were ,3,684,803, with ,1.08 million of that amassed Cafe Racing by Laurens (Fr), winner of four Group 1s last year. He sired 11 Sean Cronin Tom Frary stakes winners in 2018 and five group winners. [email protected] Whipper, sire of the 2018 dual Group 1 winner Recoletos (Fr) (and four total stakes winners), was second among French Irish Correspondent general sires with earnings of ,1,886,093, while Montfort & Daithi Harvey Preaux=s Le Havre (Ire) was third with six black-type winners, two group winners and ,1,763,060 in earnings. Regular Columnists The first-season sires= table holds some very exciting clues for Chris McGrath the French stallion ranks. Haras du Quesnay=s Anodin (Ire) Andrew Caulfield John Berry (Anabaa) was the country=s leading first-season sire, and he was Kevin Blake fifth among European first-crop sires. Tom Peacock Cont. p4 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 4 OF 6 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • 1 JANUARY 2019 Galileo Triumphs Again in Sires= Race Cont. Haras de Bouquetot=s Group 1 winners Toronado (Ire) (High Chaparral {Ire}) and Olympic Glory (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}) both showed plenty of late-season promise and wound up sixth and eighth, respectively. Charm Spirit has alternated between Tweenhills Stud in Britain and Haras de Bonneval in France through his first four seasons, and his second crop of 2-year-olds this year are French-conceived. WITH JOANNE LAVERY After its popularity earlier this year, Young Guns returns with Epsom Derby Winners (2009 - 2018) all new questions and young professionals. Today we speak with Year Winner Sire Joanne Lavery, a young pinhooker completing an internship with 2018 Masar (Ire) New Approach (Ire) BBA Ireland 2017 Wings Of Eagles (Fr) Pour Moi (Ire) 2016 Harzand (Ire) Sea The Stars (Ire) TDN: Tell us about your career to date? 2015 Golden Horn (GB) Cape Cross (Ire) 2014 Australia (GB) Galileo (Ire) Joanne Lavery: I have been a work rider and worked full-time in 2013 Ruler of the World (Ire) Galileo (Ire) a racing yard. In 2015, I bought three foals to sell as yearlings. 2012 Camelot (GB) Montjeu (Ire) One died from colic on the first day of prep and the other two 2011 Pour Moi (Ire) Montjeu (Ire) didn't sell as yearlings so went into training with my aunt, Sheila 2010 Workforce (GB) King's Best Lavery.