Stallion statistics: Observatory

EMIRATES AIRLINE CHAMPION S.-G1

£350,000, Newmarket, 10-17, 3yo/up, 1 1/4mT, 2:01.31, gd.

1--TWICE OVER (GB), 129, c, 4
Observatory--Double Crossed (GB), by Caerleon
O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms; T-Henry Cecil; J-Tom Queally; £213,739.

2--Mawatheeq, 129, c, 4
Danzig--Sarayir, by Mr. Prospector.
O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Shadwell Farm LLC; T-Marcus Tregoning; £81,023.

3--Sariska (GB), 121, f, 3
Pivotal (GB)--Maycocks Bay (GB), by Muhtarram.
O/B-Lady Bamford; T-Michael Bell; £40,549.

Margins: HF, 1, HF. Odds: 14-1, 7-1, 8-1.
Also Ran: Pipedreamer (GB), City Leader (Ire), Fame and Glory (GB), Barshiba (Ire), Virtual (GB), Campanologist, Never On Sunday (Fr), Doctor Fremantle (GB), Forgotten Voice (Ire), Alpine Rose (Fr), Set Sail (Ire).

A Juddmonte homebred, Twice Over is out of Double Crossed, the winner of the Listed Lingfield Oaks Trial and a half sister to Group One winner Passage Of Time's dam Clepsydra. The second dam, Quandary, is a Listed-winning half sister to Group One Prix du Moulin winner All At Sea and Group Three winner Over The Ocean.

Observatory had a banner year last year with five stakes winners headed by Group One Sprint Cup winner African Rose and Twice Over. This is his second stakes win and first Group win of 2009, when he has 29 winners at a 38% strike rate.

Pedigree of TWICE OVER (GB), 2005