Colt becomes Australia’s 14th stakes winner
The Joseph O’Brien-trained Galileo Chrome (3 c ex Curious Mind by Dansili) continued on his steep upward trajectory as he snared his first race at stakes level when taking out the Yeats Stakes (Listed, 1m5f) at Navan on Saturday and in the process became stakes winner number 14 for Coolmore Stud-based sire Australia (Galileo).
Unbeaten in two starts this season, the three-year-old pulled clear in the closing stages to beat Emperor Of The Sun (Galileo) - who is a half-brother to Widden Stud sire Zoustar (Northern Meteor) - by an impressive five lengths, while Red Kelly (Manduro) finished another length and a quarter away in third.
Galileo Chrome - who holds an entry for the Irish St Leger Stakes (Gr 1, 1m6f) - is one of two winners out of the winning Dansili (Danehill) mare Curious Mind and he is a three-quarter brother to Listed winner and Group 1-placed Michelangelo.
Curious Mind herself is a half-sister to Listed winner Private Secretary (Kingman).
Meanwhile further back, the colt’s third dam is Group 2 winner and Group 1-placed Last Second (Alzao), the dam of dual elite level winner Aussie Rules (Danehill) and Listed winner Approach (Darshaan), who in turn produced dual Group 1-winning Coronet (Dubawi) and Group 2 winner and Irish Derby (Gr 1, 1m4f) and St Leger (Gr 1, 1m6.5f) runner-up Midas Touch (Galileo).
Australia stood at Coolmore Stud’s Irish base for a fee of €27,500 in 2020.
Three from three this season!
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 29, 2020
Galileo Chrome (Australia) looks set for bigger things after this impressive success in the Listed @IrishEBF_ Yeats Stakes at @NavanRacecourse @JosephOBrien2 @ShaneCrosse
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