Galileo line, led by Frankel, has big Royal Ascot meet

Unbeaten two-time European Horse of the Year Frankel was among the leading sires at last week’s Royal Ascot meeting, leading the charge for his own sire, Galileo, who continued to expand his legacy.

Frankel, who stands at owner-breeder Juddmonte’s Banstead Manor Farm in Newmarket, was represented by three winners at the five-day Royal Ascot meeting. He notched victories with Mohaafeth in the Group 3 Hampton Court, Juan Elcano in the Wolferton Stakes, and Amtiyaz in the Copper Horse.

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Coolmore’s international titan Galileo sired one winner on the week with Love, brilliant winner of the Group 1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes. However, Frankel was one of five sons of Galileo with at least one winner at the meeting. Teofilo sired Group 1 Ascot Gold Cup winner Subjectivist; Gleneagles sired Group 2 Ribblesdale winner Loving Dream; Nathaniel sired Duke of Edinburgh winner Quickthorn; and Australia sired Chesham winner Point Lonsdale. Teofilo’s son Havana Gold sired Windsor Castle winner Chipotle. Another grandson of Galileo, Dawn Approach, by New Approach, sired Group 1 St. James’s Palace winner Poetic Flare.

Matching Frankel among all sires with three individual winners on the week was Dark Angel. The Yeomanstown Stud resident was represented by Group 2 Coventry winner Berkshire Shadow, Group 2 Duke of Cambridge winner Indie Angel, and Royal Hunt Cup winner Real World.