Andrew Caulfield, February 20, 2013-Amira’s Prince Four years later, Frankel was unbeaten in four PEDIGREE INSIGHTS outings, including the Dewhurst, before sharing top B Y A N D R E W C A U L F I E L D place on the rankings with a figure of 126. Of course, Frankel=s official figure at two was widely considered MAC DIARMIDA S.-GII, $150,000, GPX, 2-16, 4yo/up, miserly, with Timeform rating him 133p, compared to 1 3/8mT, 2:17, gd. Teofilo=s 126. 1--#@AMIRA'S PRINCE (IRE), 119, c, 4, by Teofilo (Ire) Teofilo=s Dewhurst victory earned him the position of 1st Dam: Twice the Ease (GB), by Green Desert winter favorite for the 2,000 Guineas and Derby, and 2nd Dam: Easy to Copy, by Affirmed there was even talk of his becoming a Triple Crown 3rd Dam: Talking Picture, by Speak John winner, even though the English Triple Crown had been (150,000gns yrl '10 TATOCT). O-Wachtel Stable, won only once since 1935, by Nijinsky in 1970. Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners & Gary Barber; B-Gigginstown House Stud (Ire); T-William I Mott; Teofilo=s colorful trainer Jim Bolger had first J-John R Velazquez. $90,000. Lifetime Record: mentioned the Triple Crown after his colt=s victory in 10-4-2-1, $189,907. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. the G1 National S. *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. AIf he wants to be the next Triple Crown horse,@ Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs Bolger ventured, Athen I=m not going to stand in his or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO. way!@ Did Saturday=s GII Mac Diarmida S. mark the start of Talk of the Triple Crown arose partly because something big? The breeders who made Galileo=s son Teofilo=s National S. success came only eight days after Cape Blanco (Ire) the busiest stallion in the U.S. in colts from Galileo=s first crop had filled the trifecta in 2012 will be fervently hoping so, as the victory by the Group 1 St. Leger. As Camelot (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}) Amira=s Prince provided Galileo=s stallion sons with their showed last year, the St. Leger is arguably the most first American graded stakes victory. difficult for a modern Thoroughbred, because of its Only a week ago, the TDN reported on the number of distance of more than a mile and three-quarters. American-based or American-raced mares in the first At 16.2 hands, Teofilo is a sizeable horse by book visiting the mighty Frankel (Galileo {Ire}). These European standards. When I reviewed his pedigree after feature the likes of Oatsee (Unbridled), In Lingerie the G1 Dewhurst, I commented that: (Empire Maker), Mi Sueno (Pulpit), Icon Project (Empire AThere is always a worry that high-class juveniles Maker), Balance (Thunder Gulch), Eden=s Moon (Malibu which enjoy a physical advantage over most of their Moon), Eden s Causeway (Giant s Causeway) and Rose = = rivals at two will not be as dominant at three, when of Summer (El Prado {Ire}), so there should be plenty to look forward to on American tracks from 2016. their less-mature rivals have had a chance to catch up. The relevant link between Frankel and Teofilo, the But that didn=t happen with Nijinsky and there is every sire of Amira=s Prince, is that they rank alongside reason to think that Teofilo will also stay a step ahead Golden Lilac, Roderic O=Connor, Maybe and Cima de of the opposition.@ Triomphe among the Group 1 winners that Galileo has Bolger had also fanned the speculative flames after sired from daughters of Danehill. the Dewhurst by insisting that Teofilo would be even The other similarities between the two extend to their better as a 3-year-old running over middle distances. 2-year-old careers. After winning all five of his juvenile AYou won=t see the true horse until he goes over a mile starts, including the Dewhurst S., Teofilo was and a half,@ he suggested. recognized as Europe=s champion 2-year-old, with a The colt=s pedigree supported the idea that he would World Thoroughbred Racehorse Ranking of 123. be even more effective at three. Back in 2006, I mentioned that Teofilo=s family has also generally done Amira’s Prince (Ire), c, 2009 better at three than two. I unearthed a quote Bolger Sadler’s Wells Northern Dancer gave after Teofilo=s dam Speirbhean had won the Galileo (Ire) Fairy Bridge Derrinstown Stud 1,000 Guineas Trial: Urban Sea Miswaki AThis filly is up there with Give Thanks, Flame of Tara Teofilo (Ire) Allegretta (GB) and the others,@ he claimed. AShe isn=t three yet [she Danehill Danzig was born as late as May 25] and still has a bit of Speirbhean (Ire) Razyana maturing to do. She deserves a chance at the 1,000 Saviour Majestic Light Guineas. The long-term plan is to bring her back here Victorian Queen for the Irish Champion S. in September. I think she'll Danzig Northern Dancer Pas De Nom stay up to a mile and a half.@ Twice the Ease Green Desert Of course, all this Triple Crown speculation was Foreign Courier Sir Ivor (GB) Courtly Dee rendered pointless when Teofilo suffered a knee injury 2-0-0-0 which initially forced him to miss the 2,000 Guineas Easy to Copy Exclusive Native 8Fls, 1GSW, Affirmed and then led to his retirement. 1SW 16-5-2-2 Won’t Tell You 14Fls, 1GSW Talking Picture Speak John 2SW 16Fls, 3GSW Poster Girl Cont. p2 There is, therefore, no evidence about how far he It is beginning to look as though Teofilo is also suited would have stayed, but subsequent years have to Green Desert, as his good son Havana Gold has a confirmed that Triple Crown ambitions weren=t too dam by Green Desert=s son Desert Style. Another of fanciful. Galileo=s‚ sum‚ as a stallion includes victories in Galileo=s sons, New Approach, owed Tha=ir (Ire), one of the G1 2,000 Guineas (thanks to Frankel), G1 Derby his trio of stakes winners at last year=s Royal Ascot, to (New Approach {Ire}) and St. Leger (Sixties Icon {GB}), yet another Green Desert mare. as well as the equivalent Classics in Ireland. Jim Bolger, in his successful role of breeder, isn=t Teofilo=s first crop, which features Amira=s Prince and frightened of close inbreeding. He bred Teofilo=s first three other group/graded winners, has also shown he Group 1 winner Parish Hall, who is inbred 3x3 to can transmit stamina. Among his better winners are Sadler=s Wells, and he also bred Teofilo=s listed winner Light Heavy (third in Paene Magnus (Ire), who is inbred 3x2 to Danehill. the G1 Irish Derby) Bolger=s smart Holy Roman Emperor colt Leitir Mor is and Black Arrow (a inbred 2x3 to Danehill and we can probably expect to creditable fifth in the see much more ADouble Danehill@ in years to come. G3 German Derby). Guelph, a recent Group 3 2-year-old winner in Australia, His best daughter, is another inbred 2x3. Voleuse de Coeurs, Amira=s Prince isn=t short of stamina, for which he won the Irish can thank Teofilo. The colt=s stakes-winning half-sister Cesarewitch over Hen Night (Ire)--another inbred to Danzig via Danehill two miles by 10 and Green Desert--was a miler and their dam Twice The Amira’s Prince lengths. Although his Ease was a sister to Desert Ease (Ire), a listed winner Leslie Martin progeny are winning over six furlongs at two. This is a distinguished over a variety of Moyglare family with previous form with Danehill blood. distances, plenty of them have won over a mile and a Trusted Partner, a sister to Amira=s Prince=s second dam half or more, and I was intrigued to note that, in Easy To Copy, visited Danehill to produce Dress To addition to Voleuse de Coeurs, he has at least three Thrill (Ire), a Classic winner in Ireland who also enjoyed other winners beyond two miles. Grade I success in the U.S. Although some of the Teofilos stay well, that hasn=t stopped some of them making their mark at two. His first crop contained a Dewhurst S. winner in Parish Hall (Ire), a Group 3 seven-furlong winner in Remember Alexander (GB) and the listed winners Black Arrow and Teolane (Ire). His second batch of 2-year-olds did even better, with the unbeaten Loch Garman (Ire) taking the G1 Criterium International, the very likeable Trading Leather (Ire) winning the G3 Autumn S. and the prolific winner Havana Gold (Ire) landing the G3 Somerville Tattersalls S. Roz (GB), another member of his second crop, was runner-up in the G1 Fillies= Mile, while another of his daughters, Upward Spiral (GB), was fast enough to finish fourth in both the G2 Queen Mary S. and G1 Cheveley Park S. With Group 1 winners in each of his first two crops, Teofilo is now priced at i35,000, having been available for i15,000 in his fourth season in 2011. Although 2013 is still in its infancy, members of Teofilo=s first crop, such as Royal Empire (Ire), have been performing well in Dubai and now Amira=s Prince is flourishing in the U.S. Amira=s Prince is inbred 4x3 to the exceptional Danzig, as is the Group 1-placed Roz. The GII Mac Diarmida S. winner=s dam Twice The Ease (GB) is by Green Desert, a broodmare sire who has also been excelling with Teofilo=s sire Galileo. From his first 12 foals out of daughters of Green Desert, Galileo has sired Was (Ire), winner of the G1 Oaks over a mile and a half, Lay Time (GB), a Group 3 10-furlong winner, and Battle of Marengo (Ire), a 2-year-old Group 2 winner over a mile in 2012.