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Son of Galileo to have swansong in Hong Kong
Three-time Group 1 winner Circus Maximus (Galileo) will take up stud duties at Coolmore in 2021, but will most likely have one more engagement in Hong Kong in December, before joining the powerhouse roster in Ireland.
The Aidan O’Brien-trained four-year-old was last seen running second to stablemate Order Of Australia (Australia) in the Breeders' Cup Mile (Gr 1, 8f) at Keeneland on Saturday.
The colt has been a model of consistency throughout his career, in which his five victories are headed by wins in the 2019 St James's Palace Stakes (Gr 1, 1m), Prix du Moulin de Longchamp (Gr 1, 1600m) and this season’s Queen Anne Stakes (Gr 1, 1m) and he has so far accrued £1,494,375 in career prize-money.
Bred by the Niarchos Family’s Flaxman Stables, who also race the colt with Coolmore, Circus Maximus, the first foal out of the Flaxman Stables-owned mare Duntle (Danehill Dancer), who won twice at Royal Ascot for David Wachman, with her first victory coming in the Sandringham Handicap (Listed, 1m) in 2012 and she took out the Duke of Cambridge Stakes (Gr 2, 1m) the following year.
Duntle herself is out of the regally-bred Lady Angola (Lord At War), who is in turn a sister to Listed winner Lovat’s Lady - the dam of fellow Listed winner Chetten County (Giant’s Causeway).
Meanwhile, Lady Angola is a three-quarter sister to Grade 1 winners Honor In War and La Gueriere - the latter producing the Grade 2 winner Last Approval (With Approval) and Grade 1 winner Icon Project (Empire Maker), herself the dam of Fashion Business (Frankel).
Lady Angola’s other three-quarter siblings include Listed winner Lord Of Warriors and Lady Lochinvar - the dam of Grade 2 winner Master Command (A.P. Indy), Grade 3 winner Aurora Lights (Pulpit) and Listed scorer Street Lad (Street Cry).
Furthermore, the colt’s fourth dam is Lady Winborne (Secretariat), the dam of Grade 1 winner Al Mamoon (Believe It), Group 3 winner Lost Soldier (Danzig) and Born Wild (Wild Again), while the page also features Grade 2 winner Munnings (Speightstown).
