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Delacroix

Fee for 2026 €40,000

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Fee for 2026
€40,000
Bay/Brown 2022
16.0hh (1.62 m)
Pedigree
Dubawi - Tepin (Bernstein)
Distance won over
7f. to 1m2f.
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Delacroix winning the Coral Eclipse 1200 x 800
Delacroix after the Irish Champion Stakes 1200 x 800
Delacroix Head Shot 1200 x 800
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An important outcross: Free of all Sadler's Wells, Galileo, Danehill, and Green Desert blood!


Dual Group 1 winner, by Champion Sire DUBAWI, out of the 6-time Grade 1-winning, dual American Champion Female Turf Horse, HALL OF FAMER, and $8million purchase TEPIN!

 

A half-brother to Gr.1 Prix de Royallieu winner GRATEFUL!

 

Won a thrilling renewal of the Gr.1 Coral Eclipse, defeating OMBUDSMAN! Sensational in the Gr.1 Irish Champion Stakes!

 

Earned a Timeform Rating of 129, superior to Dubawi’s successful sire-sons NIGHT OF THUNDER, TOO DARN HOT, ZARAK, NEW BAY etc.

 

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Christophe Soumillon
Jockey

“his turn of foot is something unbelievable, and I’ve never seen a horse be able to catch a superstar like Ombudsman on the line like he did”

Pedigree

DelacroixDUBAWI (IRE)TEPIN (USA)DUBAI MILLENNIUM (GB)ZOMARADAH (GB)BERNSTEIN (USA)LIFE HAPPENED (USA)SEEKING THE GOLD (USA)COLORADO DANCER (GB)DEPLOY (GB)JAWAHER (IRE)STORM CAT (USA)LA AFFIRMED (USA)STRAVINSKY (USA)ROUND IT OFF (USA)

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PRINCIPAL PERFORMANCES

High-Class Group Winner at 2

1st Autumn Stakes-Gr.3, Newmarket, 1m., by a neck, from Stanhope Gardens and Nightwalker

1st Maiden, The Curragh, 7f., by 1¾ lengths, from Acapulco Bay and Dante’s Lad, earning a TDN Rising Star

2nd Futurity Trophy Stakes-Gr.1, 1m., beaten a nose by Hotazhell

 

 

Dual Gr.1 Winner at 3

1st Coral-Eclipse-Gr.1, Sandown, 1m2f., by a neck, from Ombudsman and Ruling Court

1st Irish Champion Stakes-Gr.1, Leopardstown, 1m2f., by ¾ lengths, from Anmaat and Royal Champion

1st Ballysax Stakes-Gr.3, Leopardstown, 1m2f., by 2¼ lengths, from Lambourn and Tiberius Thunder

1st Derby Trial Stakes-Gr.3, Leopardstown, 1m2f., by 2¾ lengths, from Purview and Tennessee Stud

2nd Juddmonte International-Gr.1, York, 1m2½f., beaten 3½ lengths by Ombudsman

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