Stallion statistics: Pivotal

DARLEY IRISH OAKS-G1

€500,000, Curragh, 7-12, 3yo, f, 1 1/2mT, 2:45.84, hy.

1--SARISKA (GB), 126, f, 3
Pivotal (GB)--Maycocks Bay (GB), by Muhtarram
O/B-Lady Bamford; T-Michael Bell; J-Jamie Spencer; €280,500.

2--Roses for the Lady (Ire), 126, f, 3
Sadler's Wells--Head in the Clouds (Ire), by Rainbow Quest. O-Neil Jones; B-Abergwaun Farms; T-John Oxx; €100,000.

3--Midday (GB), 126, f, 3
Oasis Dream (GB)--Midsummer (GB), by Kingmambo.
O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms; T-Henry Cecil; €50,000.

Margins: 3, 4HF, 4. Odds: 1-1, 25-1, 9-2.
Also Ran: Grace O’Malley (Ire), Oh Goodness Me (GB), Roman Empress (Ire), Rory Anna (Ire), Chirkova, Belle Chose (Ire), Beauty O’ Gwaun (Ire).
Non runner: Destined for Fame (Ire).

Sariska is Lady Bamford's homebred half-sister to 14f Listed winner Gull Wing out of Maycocks Bay, winner of the Silver Cup at York, a 14f Listed Handicap, herself a grandaughter of the Irish St Leger and Cesarewitch winner Mountain Lodge.

This is the third Group One win of the season for Pivotal, who has seven stakes winners and 56 individual winners in Europe so far in 2009. He consolidates his position as leading British-based sire over Oasis Dream and Dansili. Only 5% of Pivotal's wins come over middle distances, with 53% being over a mile.

Pedigree of SARISKA (GB), 2006