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Olympic Glory has sired his first stakeswinner in Europe with his 2YO filly Watch Me recording a strong Listed victory at Toulouse in France.

Trained by Francis-Henri Graffard, Watch Me (Olympic Glory x Watchful by Galileo) coped admirably with the jump in class from her debut third at Saint-Cloud to score by 1.25 lengths.

It was the Graffard stable’s third win in the race after the colt Cornwallville in 2014 and his subsequent G1-placed filly Heuristique in 2016.

Watch Me and the Simon Brogi-trained colt Karaktair (Olympic Glory x Feelin Foxy by Foxhound) completed a double for the sire at Toulouse, taking his tally of 2YO winners from his first European crop to 18.

Olympic Glory’s first 62 Australian-bred yearlings were offered at the 2018 sales and averaged more than $85,000 with a top price of $600,000 for the colt out of Dowtown Manhattan.

He will race in Japan for Northern Farm.

Olympic Glory’s Australian-based 2YOs will race from the stables of several leading trainers including Peter and Paul Snowden, Darren Weir, Mick Price, Paul Perry, John O’Shea, Gerald Ryan, Ron Quinton, Tony Gollan, Mathew Ellerton and Simon Zahra and Trent Busuttin and Natalie Young.