Galileo’s Son of Christmas Kid On Top In the Caravaggio

[Wandering Eyes]

Off the mark by 3 1/2 lengths over this trip at Roscommon July 9, Christmas responded to positive tactics to open his black-type account and win a third consecutive renewal for Ballydoyle. In front from the outset, the bay was tackled and briefly headed by Highland Fortune a furlong out but rallied gamely to regain the advantage soon after and edge it in the dying strides. The dam, who took the GI Ashland S. and GII Davona Dale S. and was placed in the GI Acorn S., has now produced four black-type performers for this stable headed by this winner’s Listed Leopardstown 2000 Guineas Trial-winning full-brother Black Sea (Ire). With another yearling son of Galileo to follow, she is a daughter of the MGSW Christmas Gift (Green Desert) from the family of the GI Champagne S. and GI Futurity S.-winning sire Grand Slam (Gone West).

COOLMORE IVAWOOD S.-Listed, €52,500, Tipperary, 8-10, 2yo, 7f 100yT, 1:36.03, g/f.
1–CHRISTMAS (IRE), 129, c, 2, by Galileo (Ire)
     1st Dam: Christmas Kid (GISW-US, $596,877), by Lemon Drop Kid
     2nd Dam: Christmas Gift, by Green Desert
     3rd Dam: Christmas Bonus, by Key to the Mint
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith & Mrs John Magnier; B-Christmas Kid Syndicate (IRE); T-Aidan O’Brien; J-Donnacha O’Brien. €30,975. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-0, $50,227. *Full to Black Sea (Ire), SW & GSP-Ire, & 1/2 to Michaelmas (Elusive Quality), GSP-Ire, & Father Christmas (Ire) (Bernardini), GSP-Eng, $138,749.
2–Highland Fortune, 129, c, 2, Declaration of War–Pan Dulce, by Candy Ride (Arg). ($62,000 Ylg ’17 KEESEP). O-Peter K L Chu. €9,975.
3–Wargrave (Ire), 129, c, 2, Galileo (Ire)–Scream Blue Murder (Ire), by Oratorio (Ire). O-Cayton Park Stud & Mrs John Magnier. €4,725.
Margins: NK, 1HF, 1 3/4. Odds: 2.50, 2.50, 7.00.
Also Ran: Vallambrosa (Ire), Syrena (Ire), Chicago May (Ire), Mona Lisa’s Smile. Click for the Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.

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