Millionaire Colt From Final Crop Of Galileo Tops Craven Sale

A colt from the final crop of Galileo lit up the Tattersalls sales ring when selling to Stroud Coleman for one million guineas, the third highest price ever paid at a European breeze-up sale.

Roderick Kavanagh’s Glending Stables consigned the Craven Sale top lot for the second year running, having sold the top-class Vandeek 12 months prior. “It's beyond our dreams,” said Kavanagh, who purchased the Galileo colt as a yearling with Cormac O’Flynn. “But you do dream occasionally that something like that could happen when you have one of the last Galileos in your yard. He's just a natural athlete. The last month has been tense because we knew we had something special. It's incredible.”

Anthony Stroud outbid Amo Racing to secure the son of Galileo, who he revealed had been purchased on behalf of Godolphin. On the colt’s appeal, the agent said, “We all thought he is a very nice horse and is the last horse by Galileo to go through public auction. The colt deserved to do well and he did well. When two people really want a horse then it can make any price.”

The Glending Stables draft also featured a colt from the second crop of Calyx, which was knocked down to Hurworth Bloodstock for 100,000gns.