BRED by Normandie Stud, Gregory is from a family that is notable for having horses with a single word in their name, and it is always the name of a boy or girl. A son of Golden Horn (Cape Cross), and what a year he is having, Gregory won the Group 2 Queen’s Vase, and joins Lionel (Lope De Vega) as a second stakes winner out of the Group 2 Park Hill Stakes winner Gretchen (Galileo).

As a matter of interest, they are followed by the yearling colt, Kenneth (Kingman), and a colt foal, already named Humphrey (Pinatubo). Gretchen was trained by John Gosden, as was her dam Dolores (Danehill), another Normandie Stud homebred. John and his son Thady are shaping the career of Gregory, and breeder Philippa Cooper has, almost singlehandedly, upgraded this family.

She bought Gregory’s third dam Agnus (In The Wings) after winning a pair of races in Belgium. Agnus was a half-sister to Wavy Run (Commanche Run), a champion in Spain who travelled to France and won the Group 3 Prix Edmond Blanc, and later was successful at Grade 2 level in the USA. Agnus bred three winners, and her second foal was Gregory’s grandam.

Listed win

Dolores won once in seven starts, a listed race at Goodwood, and was never out of the money, being runner-up in the Group 2 Sun Chariot Stakes and third in the Group 1 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot. As a broodmare, Dolores is the dam of seven winners, three of them group winners.

Best of that trio is Duncan (Dalakhani), and this leading stayer included the Group 1 The Irish Field St Leger among his six victories. He was born a year after Samuel (Sakhee) who won the Group 2 Doncaster Cup on his final start.