Where Did They Come From: G1 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby

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Not for the first time, Galileo (Ire) has the deck stacked in his favour as the sire of four of the 12-strong field and grandsire of another three. At 1.1 million gns, Rostropovich (Ire) tops the bill of those to have passed through a sales ring, while Carlo Biraghi (Ire) was bought as an unraced juvenile for €52,000.

BANDUA (The Factor)
A rare runner for Calumet Farm in an Irish Classic, the unbeaten Bandua was bought by the Kentucky Farm for $150,000 as a foal at Keeneland. B-Judy Hicks & Kathryn Nikkel.

CARLO BIRAGHI (IRE) (Galileo {Ire})
Unsold as a yearling at €145,000 when offered by his co-breeder’s Marlhill House Stud and then picked up unraced at last autumn’s Goffs Horses-in-Training Sale by his trainer Fozzy Stack for €52,000. B-Rockhart Trading Ltd & China Horse Club.

DEE EX BEE (GB) (Farhh {GB})
The Derby runner-up is a Godolphin homebred out of a sister to Dubai Millennium (GB) and thus a great grandson of Fall Aspen. B-Godolphin.

DELANO ROOSEVELT (IRE) (Galileo {Ire})
Homebred by the Coolmore team from the Danehill Dancer (Ire) mare Again (Ire), a half-sister to the dam of Aclaim (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) and out of a half-sister to Montjeu (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells). B-Orpendale & Chelston.

KNIGHT TO BEHOLD (IRE) (Sea The Stars {Ire})
Bred by his owner Neil Jones’s Abergwaun Farms from the homebred Angel Of The Gwaun (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells) whose dam Ballerina (Ire) (Dancing Brave) was bought from Ballymacoll Stud for 130,000gns in 1994. B-Abergwaun Farms.

LATROBE (IRE) (Camelot {GB})
Pinhooked by Lynn Lodge Stud for €88,000 as a foal, he dropped to 65,000gns when offered as a yearling in Tattersalls October Book 1. His dam Question Times (GB) (Shamardal) has already produced the G3 Gladness S. winner Diamond Fields (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}). B-Sweetmans Bloodstock.

OLD PERSIAN (GB) (Dubawi {Ire})
The first surviving foal of Indian Petal (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}), a sister to Group 2 winner Silkwood (GB). Godolphin has had the family for three generations since buying great grandam Massaraat, a full-sister to Miesque, from the Niarchos family. B-Godolphin.

PLATINUM WARRIOR (IRE) (Galileo {Ire})
Bred by Christopher Hanbury at Triermore Stud, he was sold at the Goffs Orby Sale to BBA Ireland on behalf of Yulong Investments for €200,000. B-Triermore Stud.

ROSTROPOVICH (IRE) (Frankel {GB})
Bred by Denis Brosnan’s Croom House Stud under the Epona Bloodstock banner, this half-brother to Zoffany (Ire) was sold to MV Magnier and the Mayfair Speculators for 1.1 million gns from Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Sale. Brosnan bought his dam Tyranny (GB) (Machiavellian) from Philippa Cooper’s Normandie Stud while she was carrying Zoffany for 230,000gns. B-Epona Bloodstock.

SAXON WARRIOR (JPN) (Deep Impact {Jpn})
Bidding to add another Classic to his resume after the G1 2000 Guineas at Newmarket in May, he would make it three European Classic victories for his sire this season following Study Of Man (Ire)’s score in France, he was bred by the Coolmore partners from the Group 1 winner Maybe (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Grandam Sumora (Ire) (Danehill) was bought by MV Magnier for 2.4 million gns at Tattersalls in 2004. Family includes the Epsom Classic winners Dr Devious (Ire) and Dancing Rain (Ire). B-Orpendale, Chelston & Wyatt.

THE PENTAGON (IRE) (Galileo {Ire})
Bred by David Nagle out of the G1 Prix Saint-Alary winner Vadawina (Ire) (Unfuwain), bought from the Aga Khan for €600,000 in 2013. Her progeny include G2 Prix du Conseil de Paris winner Vadamar (Fr) (Dalakhani {Ire}). B-Barronstown Stud.

THEOBALD (IRE) (Teofilo {Ire})
A Jim Bolger homebred out of the unraced Sanaara (Anabaa), who was bought as a yearling at Keeneland by Tom Gentry for $105,000. Great grandam Dispute (Danzig) was a multiple Grade I winner for owner-breeder Ogden Mills Phipps. B-J S Bolger.

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