Race report
Stallion statistics: Giant's Causeway

CORONATION S.-G1

£250,000, Ascot, 6-19, 3yo, f, 1mT, 1:38.32 (NTR), gd/fm.

1--GHANAATI, 126, f, 3
Giant's Causeway--Sarayir (MSW-Eng), by Mr. Prospector
O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Shadwell Farm LLC; T-Barry Hills; J-Richard Hills; £154,698.

2--Reggane (GB), 126, f, 3
Red Ransom--Reine Zao (Fr), by Alzao.
O/B-Haras de la Perelle; T-Alain de Royer-Dupre; £58,642.

3--Rainbow View, 126, f, 3
Dynaformer--No Matter What, by Nureyev.
O-George Strawbridge; B-Augustin Stable; T-John Gosden; £29,348.

Margins: 2, 2 1/4, 2. Odds: 2-1, 9-1, 13-2.
Also Ran: Elusive Wave (Ire), Lahaleeb (Ire), Heart Shaped, Again (Ire), Nashmiah (Ire), Chintz (Ire), Baliyana (Ire).

Ghanaati is bred in the purple, being a granddaughter of Height of Fashion, purchased from the Queen by Sheikh Hamdan. As well as producing Ghanaati's dam Sarayir, a Listed winner, she has produced Nashwan, Nayef and Unfuwain.

Giant's Causeway has three stakes winners and 23 individual winners in Europe this year, with his two-year-olds fetching up to $600,000 this spring. His son Footstepsinthesand heads the first crop sires' list.

Pedigree of GHANAATI (USA), 2006