Everything about Galileo Horse totally explained
| colour =
Bay
| breeder =
David Tsui and
Orpendale
| owner =
Sue Magnier,
Michael Tabor
| trainer =
Aidan O'Brien
| record = 8:6-1-0
| earnings = $2,245,373
| awards=
European Champion Three-Year-Old Colt (2001)
| race =
Ballysax Stakes (2001)
Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial (2001)
Epsom Derby (2001)
Irish Derby Stakes (2001)
King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes (2001)
| updated = 20 September 2006
}}
Galileo is a
thoroughbred racehorse foaled in
1998, who won the
Epsom Derby,
Irish Derby Stakes, and
King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 2001. He is a son of
Coolmore Stud's Sadler's Wells and
Arc heroine
Urban Sea.
Galileo, owned by
Sue Magnier and
Michael Tabor, raced only once as a two year old, winning an Irish maiden by an impressive 14 lengths. At three, he went to Epsom via the same route as the previous year's Derby winner
Sinndar, winning the
Ballysax Stakes and
Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial in Ireland. He went to Epsom joint favorite alongside the
2,000 Guineas winner Golan. The
2001 Epsom Derby field was generally high-class, with Tobougg, who had won the previous year's
Dewhurst Stakes, and the winners of most of the major Derby trials. Galileo won impressively by three and a half lengths from Golan. He was even more impressive when winning the
Irish Derby, scoring by four lengths despite being eased down.
His next test was against older horses in the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes, when chief among his rivals was
Godolphin's
Fantastic Light, winner of the previous year's
Dubai Sheema Classic. It was Galileo's first big test as a racehorse, but he battled on to win by two lengths. The two horses would meet again in the
Irish Champion Stakes over a mile and a quarter, and it was here that Galileo met with his first defeat, with Fantastic Light triumphant by a head in a thrilling contest.
Galileo ended his racing career disappointingly, well beaten in the
Breeders' Cup Classic - his first run on dirt. Nonetheless, he was voted
Cartier Racing Award for Three-Year-Old European Champion Colt.
As a sire
Galileo now stands as a stallion at
Killiney Heath, shuttling between Coolmore's main farm in Ireland (during the Northern Hemisphere breeding season) and its
Australia branch (during the Southern Hemisphere breeding season).
Galileo recently sired a colt with three-time
Melbourne Cup winner
Makybe Diva.
His 2008 fee for a live foal is 225,000 Euros.
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