CHURCHILL made an eye-catching start to his stallion career, featuring among the leading freshmen sires of 2021 and supplying a double-digit tally of winners that included six blacktype earners; three won listed races.

Since then his reputation has grown, and his first two crops include a pair of classic winners. His brilliant Aga Khan-bred son Vadeni, who has just commenced stallion duties, was the European champion three-year-old. His wins included the Group 1 Prix du Jockey Club-French Derby, Group 1 Eclipse Stakes, and he was runner-up in the Group 1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. He was a member of Churchill’s first European crop.

A second crop member, Blue Rose Cen was a champion juvenile in France and a classic winner last season. Her eight victories include the Group 1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches-French 1000 Guineas, Group 1 Prix Marcel Boussac, Group 1 Prix de Diane-French Oaks and the Group 1 Prix de l’Opera.

Down under, Churchill’s first Australian crop is headed by Attrition, successful in the Group 1 Toorak Handicap at Caulfield, and a close runner-up in the Group 1 Australian Guineas at Flemington.

With some 18 stakes winners already under his belt, Churchill is also sire of The Foxes. That winner of the Group 2 Dante Stakes and Group 2 Royal Lodge Stakes travelled to the USA and was runner-up in the Grade 1 Belmont Derby.

Churchill is a son of the phenomenal Galileo (Sadler’s Wells), whose stallion sons feature many who have themselves gone on to become Group 1 sires, and notable among them are Frankel, Teofilo, New Approach, Australia and Nathaniel. There is a double-digit number of Galileo stallions with at least one top-level winner.

Churchill is a full-brother to champion two-year-old filly Clemmie (Galileo) and Group 3 winner Blenheim Palace (Galileo). Clemmie won the Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes and last year she produced her first stakes winner, Unless (Justify).

Clemmie and Churchill are out of the juvenile Group 2 Queen Mary Stakes-placed stakes winner Meow (Storm Cat), and she is a daughter of Airwave (Air Express).

That champion juvenile filly in England was by a leading miler, but excelled as a sprinter, winning the Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes and Group 2 Temple Stakes, and was placed in the Group 1 Golden Jubilee Stakes, Group 1 July Cup and Group 1 Sprint Cup. Among Airwave’s seven winning offspring were the pattern winner Aloof (Galileo) and the stakes winner and Group 2-placed Keats (Galileo).

Airwave’s ill-fated half-sister Jwala (Oasis Dream) won the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes, whereas another half-sister, Vasilia (Dansili), is the dam of the dual Group 1 sprint star Dream Of Dreams (Dream Ahead).

Churchill was champion at two and three, a Group 1 National Stakes (beating Mehmas) and Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes (beating Blue Point) victor who went on to take both the Group 1 2000 Guineas from Barney Roy and Group 1 Irish 2000 Guineas beating Thunder Snow, before chasing home Ulysses in the Group 1 Juddmonte International.

CHURCHILL (IRE), Bay 2014. Champion 2yr old colt in Europe in 2016. Champion 3yr old miler in Europe & Champion 3yr old in Ireland in 2017. Won 7 races, value £1,392,477, at 2 and 3, from 7 furlongs to 1 mile, viz 2000 Guineas, Newmarket, Gr.1, Dewhurst Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.1, National Stakes, Curragh, Gr.1, Irish 2000 Guineas, Curragh, Gr.1, Futurity Stakes, Curragh, Gr.2, Tyros Stakes, Leopardstown, Gr.3, Chesham Stakes, Ascot, L., also placed second in Juddmonte International Stakes, York, Gr.1 and third in Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, Ascot, Gr.1.

Retired to stud in 2018, and sire of 222 winners, of 440 races, and £13,769,391, including ATTRITION (AUS), BLUE ROSE CEN (IRE), VADENI (FR), THE FOXES (IRE), SCRIPTWRITER (IRE), LADIES CHURCH (GB), CHURCHILLIAN (NZ), ENCOUNTERED (IRE), PRIME ART (IRE), YASHIN (IRE), SPREWELL (IRE), GRAND ALLIANCE (IRE), QUEROYAL (GER), THE PANTHER (IND), UNCONQUERABLE (IRE), PEROTAN (IRE), IL GRANDE GATSBY (IRE), SNAFFLES (IRE), Cigar Flick (AUS), Apache Outlaw (IRE), and The Acropolis (IRE).

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