ONE of the 190 blacktype winners sired by champion Giant’s Causeway, Palavicini won the Group 3 Strensall Stakes at York as a three-year-old, but most of his best performances were at Newmarket, where he scored in the Listed Fairway Stakes and was twice placed in group races there.

He won three times at two and three years of age, from a mile to 10 furlongs, finishing out of the first four only three times in 14 starts.

Bred in the USA by Windflower Overseas Holdings and trained by John Dunlop, Palavicini is sire of winners including Palavicini Run, who has earned £30,787 from three wins at Fairyhouse and Dundalk, and Palariva, also successful at Dundalk.

Palavicini was second to Delegator first time out at Newmarket, then third at Newbury, before returning to win over a mile in October. Next season he was beaten only a head in the Listed Newmarket Stakes, then won the Listed Fairway Stakes over 10 furlongs at Newmarket. Soon afterwards Palavicini added the Group 3 Strensall Stakes over nine furlongs at York’s Ebor Meeting, winning comfortably by a length, before ending that season with third in the Group 3 Darley Stakes at Newmarket.

As a four-year-old Palavicini was third first time out in the Group 3 Earl of Sefton Stakes at Newmarket, finishing his racing career with a fourth at Doncaster before retiring to stud.

Palavicini is a half-brother by Shamardal’s sire Giant’s Causeway to Elusive Pimpernel, a top two-year-old of 2009 when he won the Group 3 Acomb Stakes at York and was second to St Nicholas Abbey in the Group 1 Racing Post Trophy at Doncaster, training on to win the Group 3 Craven Stakes at Newmarket. Elusive Pimpernel is also one of the stallions at the Irish National Stud, with winners of nearly 100 races. Another half-brother, the Dubawi colt Prince Gagarin, won the Listed Silver Tankard at two.

Their dam Cara Fantasy has bred seven winners and this daughter of Sadler’s Wells won two races and is a half-sister Persian Fantasy, the grandam of yet another Irish National Stud stallion, the very successful Big Bad Bob, and the third dam of the champion filly Snow Fairy, who completed the double of the Epsom Oaks and Irish Oaks. Appropriately, this female line traces back to the excellent broodmare Tillywhim, a daughter of the 1909 Epsom Derby hero Minoru, who was bred at the Irish National Stud.

PALAVICINI (USA), Bay 2006. Won three races, £118,930, from 1 mile to 1 mile 2 furlongs, at 2 and 3 years including, Sky Bet Strensall Stakes, York, Gr.3, Spillers Horse Feeds Fairway Stakes, Newmarket, L, also placed second in stanjames.com Newmarket Stakes, Newmarket, L, and third in Thurlow Nunn Standen Darley Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.3, Weatherbys Earl of Sefton Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.3.

Retired to Stud in 2012, and sire of the winners of 4 races, and £44,315.

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