Bolshoi Ballet
Bay2018
Distance won over: 8f. to 12f.
Galileo - Alta Anna
Fee for 2024: €3,000
Stands at The Beeches Stud
Gr.1 Belmont Derby & Gr.1 Sword Dancer winner
Beyer Speed Figure of 107 – the highest of any horse on turf in North America in 2023!
Recorded the Derrinstown/Ballysax double just like Champion NH Sire of 2021/22 and 2022/23 YEATS along with Epsom Derby winners GALILEO and HIGH CHAPARRAL (sire of Altior) and top sire FAME AND GLORY
"completed the Ballysax-Derrinstown double in deeply-impressive fashion" Timeform
The sole representative from Ballydoyle in the 2021 Epsom Derby and sent off the 11/8 favourite but was struck into in the early stages of the race.
Rated 120 by Timeform at 3 years and 105p at 2 years
“Bolshoi Ballet is an exceptional looker and walker, extremely genuine and clean-winded. He had the class to win a Group 1 over a mile and a quarter and also stayed a mile and a half well.” Aidan O’Brien