Churchill
Bay201416.2 hh (1.67 m)
Distance won over: 7f. to 8f.
Galileo - Meow
Fee for 2025: €25,000
Stands at Coolmore
European Champion 2YO & Dual Guineas winner
Winner of 7 straight races at 2 and 3 years including 4 Group Ones
A Stallion's Pedigree...
- By GALILEO, 12-time Champion sire with 103 Gr.1 winners.
- 26 sons of GALILEO have sired Gr.1 winners worldwide.
A Seriously Fast Damline…
- Out of MEOW - runner-up (beaten a neck) in the 5f. Queen Mary Stakes-Gr.2.
- Second dam AIRWAVE won the 6f. Cheveley Park Stakes-Gr.1 and her half-sister JWALA won the 5f. Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes-Gr.1.
- His own-sister CLEMMIE won the Cheveley Park Stakes-Gr.1 becoming Galileo’s only Group 1 winner over 6 furlongs.
Yearlings in 2024 sold for up to 750,000gns while foals have made up to €140,000!
Top performers include...
- Vadeni - European Champion 3YO, winner of the Gr.1 Prix du Jockey Club, Gr.1 Eclipse Stakes, Gr.3 Prix de Guiche & Listed Criterium du Fonds Europeen de l'Elevage. Second in the Gr.1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe
- Blue Rose Cen - Champion 2YO in France, winner of the Gr.1 French 1,000 Guineas, Gr.1 Prix Marcel Boussac, Gr.1 Prix de Diane, Gr.1 Prix de L'Opera, Gr.3 Prix de la Grotte & Gr.3 Prix d'Aumale
- Attrition - winner of the Gr.1 Toorak Handicap & AU$2millionGr.2 Hill Stakes, close runner-up in the Gr.1 Australian Guineas
- Survie - winner of the Gr.2 Prix de Malleret, runner-up in the Gr.1 Prix de Diane, third in the Gr.2 Prix Saint-Alary and the Gr.3 Prix Vanteaux
- Ladies Church - winner of the Gr.2 Sapphire Stakes, Listed Sole Power Sprint Stakes & Listed Marwell Stakes
- The Foxes - winner of the Gr.2 Dante Stakes, Gr.2 Royal Lodge Stakes & Listed Churchill Stakes. Runner-up in the Gr.1 Belmont Derby
- Poolside with Slim - Winner of the Gr.2 Valley View Stakes & the $150,000 Listed Penn Oaks
- Heavens Gate - winner of the Gr.3 Weld Park Stakes and placed in the Gr.2 Duchess of Cambridge Stakes & Gr.3 Albany Stakes
- Queroyal - winner of the Gr.3 German Derby Trial at Baden-Baden
- Grand Alliance - winner of the Gr.3 John Porter Stakes at Newbury. Runner-up in the Gr.2 King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot & Gr.2 Prix Kergorlay at Deauville
- Trustyourinstinct - winner of the Gr.3 We're Here To Play Stakes. Placed in the Gr.2 Premio Roma Italian Champion, Gr.3 Royal Whip Stakes & Gr.3 International Stakes
- Sprewell - winner of the Gr.3 Derby Trial Stakes at Leopardstown
- Encountered - winning of the Gr.3 Sa Sa Ladies' Purse in Hong Kong
- Yashin - winner of the Gr.3 Saval Beg Levmoss Stakes at Leopardstown
- Prime Art - winner of the Gr.3 Firth Of Clyde Stakes for Johnny Murtagh
- Snaffles - winner of the Listed Star Appeal Stakes
- Fast Tracker - winner of the Listed Prix de Suresnes & Listed Prix le Fabuleux at Chantilly for Henri Pantall
- Pandora's Gift - winner of the Listed Chelmer Fillies Stakes & placed in the Gr.2 Masters Stakes, Gr.2 Franklin Stakes & Gr.3 Ballyogan Stakes for Stuart Williams
- Some Skye - winner of the Listed Grand Prix de Fontainebleau and placed in the Listed Prix de la Seine
- Il Grande Gatsby - winner of the Listed Premio Pisa, runner-up in the Gr.3 Italian 2000 Guineas
- Perotan - winner of the Listed Her Majesty's Plate at Down Royal
- Imperialist - winner of the Listed BRC Phoenix Stakes at 2 years old for Chris Waller
Other stakes performers include The Acropolis, Unconquerable, Zain Sarinda, La Estrellita, Apache Outlaw, Teutates, Scriptwriter, Zweig, Madame Ambassador, Hamaki, Letherfly, Chartwell, Take Me To Church, Ka Ying Generation, Robusto etc.