MONTJEU

Please don't anyone be so cruel as to ring Windsor Park and tell them Montjeu has sired yet another G1 winner ... Scorpion being the latest 3yo to assume G1 status (the sire's fourth from his first crop). Scorpion won the Juddmonte Grand Prix De Paris over 2400m on the weekend (and in doing so toppled Peintre Celebre's course record set in the 1997 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe) winning in a time of 2.24.30.)

The question now is whether two sons of Montjeu - Scorpion and Epsom Derby winner Motivator - will line up to contest the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in October.

SINNDAR

Sinndar's first crop of 3 yo's has also produced a classic winner - the Aga Kan owned Shawanda securing victory by a facile 5 lengths (eased up before the post by jockey Soumillon) in yesterday's G1 Irish Oaks at the Curragh.

GALILEO

Crikey, you'll want to duck to avoid the superlatives when the Coolmore news hits the in-tray later this week. Galileo notched the all important "sire" title when Heliostatic became the stallion's first winner overnight - a seven furlong maiden at the Curragh the prize. One small maiden victory for a horse ... one huge PR step for Coolmore. Please don't tell me I didn't warn you!

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UPDATE 20 July 2005

The Coolmore newsletter arrived today...

"It’s written in the stars, make no mistake about it. First – that Sadler’s Wells, most accomplished sire in thoroughbred breeding history, will leave a number of champion sire sons. Second, that one son in particular — his best bred, best-looking and arguably most talented — stands poised to streak across the breeding firmament... GALILEO is that ‘best-bred, best looking and arguably most talented’ son of Sadler’s Wells to whom we referred earlier..."

(grinning!)