Galileo’s Circus Maximus Gets Ballydoyle Off the Mark At Royal Ascot

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The Ryan Moore-Frankie Dettori week-long Royal Ascot battle got underway in style in the G1 Queen Anne S., with the former prevailing in a thrilling tussle on Circus Maximus (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Always prominent, the G1 St James’s Palace S. and G1 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp hero of 2019 was passed by Terebellum (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) 1 1/2 furlongs out but rallied to get the better of the filly in the shade of the post. Just a head separated the pair at the line, with Marie’s Diamond (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}) three lengths away in third.

Tuesday, Royal Ascot, Britain
QUEEN ANNE S.-G1, £250,000, Ascot, 6-16, 4yo/up, 8fT, 1:40.05, g/s.
1–CIRCUS MAXIMUS (IRE), 126, c, 4, by Galileo (Ire)
1st Dam: Duntle (Ire) (MGSW & G1SP-Ire, GSW & G1SP-Eng & G1SP-Fr, $458,532), by Danehill Dancer (Ire)
2nd Dam: Lady Angola, by Lord At War (Arg)
3rd Dam: Benguela, by Little Current
O-Flaxman Stables, Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Flaxman Stables Ireland Ltd (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien; J-Ryan Moore. £148,000. Lifetime Record: Hwt. 3yo-Fr at 7-9.5f & G1SW-Fr, 12-5-1-1, $1,347,364. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Diamond*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Terebellum (Ire), 123, f, 4, Sea the Stars (Ire)–Marvada (Ire), by Elusive City. (€400,000 Ylg ’17 ARAUG). O-Godolphin; B-Alan O’Flynn (IRE); T-John Gosden. £55,975.
3–Marie’s Diamond (Ire), 126, c, 4, Footstepsinthesand (GB)–Sindiyma (Ire), by Kalanisi (Ire). (€35,000 Ylg ’17 TIRSEP; £675,000 RNA 2yo ’18 GOFGW). O-Middleham Park Racing LXXXVI; B-Tony Ashley (IRE); T-Mark Johnston. £27,975.
Margins: HD, 3, HD. Odds: 4.00, 5.00, 40.00.
Also Ran: Roseman (Ire), Accidental Agent (GB), Space Traveller (GB), Mohaather (GB), Skardu (GB), Billesdon Brook (GB), Fox Chairman (Ire), Mustashry (GB), Escobar (Ire), Duke of Hazzard (Fr), Plumatic (GB), Turjomaan. Scratched: Bless Him (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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