Stallion statistics: Galileo

BGC SUSSEX S.-G1

£300,000, Goodwood, 7-29, 3yo/up, 1mT, 1:37.16, gd.

1--RIP VAN WINKLE (IRE), 125, c, 3
Galileo (Ire)--Looking Back (Ire), by Stravinsky
O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Roberto Brogi; T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Johnny Murtagh; £170,310.

2--Paco Boy (Ire), 133, c, 4
Desert Style (Ire)--Tappen Zee (Ire), by Sandhurst Prince (Ire).
O-The Calvera Partnership No 2; B-Joan Browne; T-Richard Hannon; £64,560.

3--Ghanaati, 122, f, 3
Giant's Causeway--Sarayir, by Mr. Prospector.
O-Sheikh Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum; B-Shadwell Farm LLC; T-Barry Hills; £32,310.

Margins: 2HF, 4, 1 1/4. Odds: 6-4, 7-2, 2-1.
Also Ran: Forgotten Voice (Ire), Lord Shanakill, Beacon Lodge (Ire), Mia's Boy (GB), Malibu Bay.

A €170,000 SGA yearling, Rip Van Winkle is the first foal out of the Listed placed winner Looking Back, a half sister to two winners. The third dam Jamaican Punch is a half sister to Listed winner Tea House, the dam of Group winners Ace, Hawkeye and Danish.

Champion European sire in 2008 when his winners were headed by New Approach, Galileo perhaps doesn't have the firepower to match Danehill Dancer and Cape Cross on the general sires' list this year; nonetheless he has 15 stakes winners, 9% of his 155 runners and 27% of his 55 winners.

Pedigree of RIP VAN WINKLE, 2006