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Now, more than ever before, there is a genuine scarcity factor around yearlings by Galileo. Prospective purchasers will have 14 lots by the 12-time champion sire to choose from Oct. 5 at Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, including a particularly well-credentialed youngster from the Cumani family's Fittocks Stud.
The colt is the third foal out of Koora, a homebred daughter of Pivotal whose performances on the track included winning the Worthingtons Victoria Club St. Simon Stakes and running second to Beautiful Romance in the Betfred Middleton Stakes.
As well as being a talented runner on the track, Koora has got her breeding career off to a hugely promising start as her first foal is Kemari, winner of this year's Queen's Vase at Royal Ascot. The Godolphin-owned son of Dubawi was also a fast-finishing second to Manobo in the Qatar Prix Chaudenay at ParisLongchamp under Frankie Dettori on Saturday.
Koora boasts pedigree as well as performance, as she is a half-sister to Milan, who was bred by the Cumans before landing the Rothmans Royals St. Leger and finishing second to Fantastic Light in the Breeders' Cup Turf (G1T) for Aidan O'Brien and the Coolmore partners.
Moreover, this lineage means the colt is bred on the hugely successful Galileo-Pivotal cross, a nick that has produced no fewer than six Gr.1 winners, namely Hermosa, Hydrangea, Love, Magical, Rhododendron, and The United States. Some 26 winners have been bred on this cross and 12 of those went on to strike at stakes level.