GALILEO Chrome went through his three-year-old season undefeated, rounding off the campaign with a classic victory at Doncaster.

His first of four wins in 2020 came in a 10-furlong maiden on fast ground at the Curragh, which he won by a head, but it was his next start that advertised his star potential.

That was at Leopardstown at the end of July, also over 10 furlongs, and he trounced Masteroffoxhounds and three others by six lengths and more. A step up into blacktype company was inevitable.

The Listed Yeats Stakes at Navan was his next start, and he was travelling like a winner with over a quarter of a mile to go. Shane Crosse sent him to the front soon afterwards and the pair stormed clear, winning the 13-furlong race easily by five lengths.

The ground was soft that day, but good at Doncaster in September when Galileo Chrome beat Berkshire Rocco and Pyledriver by a neck and a length in the Group 1 St Leger, with Irish Derby winner Santiago another short head behind in fourth and a gap to the talented Hukum in fifth.

Now rated 117 and a breakthrough first top-level winner for his Derby-winning sire Australia (Galileo) – his second one, Order Of Australia, came at the Breeders’ Cup – the Joseph O’Brien-trained bay looked like a potential cup star of 2021. However, the lure of breeding to a regally related classic winner proved too strong and he is now in his first season at stud.

Galileo Chrome is out of the twice-raced mile winner Curious Mind (Dansili), and that mare has several eye-catching siblings, headed by the lightly-raced stakes winner Michelangelo (Galileo), a very close relation to her classic star and who was not seen in action again after finishing third to Encke and Camelot in the 2012 edition of the St Leger. His full-brother No Heretic won three times over 12 furlongs in England before landing the Chester Cup over an extended two and a quarter miles, full-brother Mr Smith won three times over hurdles for the Charles Byrnes stable, and half-brother Private Secretary (Kingman) beat Spanish Mission in an 11-furlong listed race at Goodwood two years ago.

They are all out of Intrigued (Darshaan), a dual stakes-placed grey who missed out on a Group 1 placing when fourth in the Prix Marcel Boussac at two, and that half-sister to the mile classic winner and Group 1 sire Aussie Rules (Danehill) is a daughter of Last Second (Alzao).

This is the famous Group 1-producing family of Alborada (Alzao), Albanova (Alzao), Coronet (Dubawi), Diamondsandrubies (Fastnet Rock), Quarter Moon (Sadler’s Wells), Yesterday (Sadler’s Wells) and others of note.

Galileo Chrome looks sure to prove very popular.

GALILEO CHROME (IRE), Bay 2017. Champion 3yr old stayer in Europe in 2020. Won four races, £241,066, from 1 mile 2 furlongs to 1 mile 6½ furlongs, at 3 years including, St Leger Stakes, Doncaster, Gr.1, Irish Stallion Farms EBF Yeats Stakes, Navan, L.

Retired to Stud in 2021.

Stands at: Starfield Stud, Ballynagall, Mullingar, Co Westmeath, N91 K8Y9, Ireland.

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