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MATING SUGGESTIONS: Gleneagles is now well established, thanks to 28 Group winners, headed by the top-class middle-distance performer Calandagan, Prix de Royallieu winner Loving Dream, July Cup winner Mill Stream, Deutsches Derby winner Palladium and American Gr.1 winner Highland Chief. Gleneagles already has ten Group winners out of grand-daughters of DANEHILL , the stallions involved being DANEHILL DANCER (4), DANSILI , CLODOVIL , DUKE OF MARMALADE , HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR , ORATORIO and FASTNET ROCK . Gleneagles has an impressive record with DANEHILL DANCER , with 5 black-type winners from 32 foals (16%), including Gr.1 winner Loving Dream and Gr.2 winners Insinuendo, Vero Atleta and Royal Dornoch. The similarly-bred Churchill has sired the dual classic winner Blue Rose Cen from a grand-daughter of DANEHILL DANCER . His dual classic-placed son Ambiente Friendly has a dam by FASTNET ROCK . Altogether Gleneagles has four BTWs from 18 starters out of FASTNET ROCK mares. Gleneagles has also sired the Gr.2 2YO winner Velocidad and the Group-placed Barina from DANSILI mares, as well as three black-type winners from only 10 foals out of ORATORIO mares. The GREEN DESERT branch also has plenty to offer, especially as Galileo sired an Oaks winner from a GREEN DESERT mare and the dual Derby winner Australia from a daughter of CAPE CROSS . Mares by INVINCIBLE SPIRIT are likely to reinforce Gleneagles’ 2YO ability, as was demonstrated when Southern Hills won the Windsor Castle Stakes at Royal Ascot. He also sired the French Gr.2 winner Baby Rider from a daughter of OASIS DREAM . Daughters of the champion sprinter ANABAA had a compelling record with Galileo and his sons. Gleneagles is one of five sons to sire a black-type winner from them, thanks to Gr.2 July Stakes winner Royal Lytham and Gr.1 Deutsches Derby hero Palladium. Now we have seen the emergence of Arrow Eagle, winner of the Gr.1 Prix Royal-Oak. He is out of a mare by ANABAA BLUE . The Gr.1 King George winner Calandagan has a dam by SINNDAR . Gleneagles, together with Nathaniel, Teofilo and Frankel, is one of a growing number of Galileo’s stallion sons with important winners closely inbred to SADLER’S WELLS . His Gr.1 winners Loving Dream and Highland Chief are both inbred 3x3. Highland Chief’s second line comes via MONTJEU . Gleneagles’ classic-placed Gr.2 winner Royal Scotsman and his 2025 Gr.3 winner Galen have dams by PIVOTAL and his French Gr.2 winner Melo Melo is out of a grand-daughter of PIVOTAL , by EXCELLENT ART . Galileo also enjoyed excellent results with the NUREYEV line, notably siring 14 BTWs winners from 48 foals out of PIVOTAL mares (29%). New Approach, another son of Galileo, sired the Oaks winner Talent from a PEINTRE CELEBRE mare. Galileo also had classic winners out of daughters of THEATRICAL and STRAVINSKY . The MILL REEF line is one of the leading options for breeders hoping to produce high-class middle-distance winners by Gleneagles. His Gr.1-winning son Highland Chief has a second dam by DARSHAAN . Galileo sired Gr.1 winners from three generations of descendants from Mill Reef, including 11 Group winners from DARSHAAN mares. Gleneagles should benefit from more MR PROSPECTOR . His very smart son Royal Scotsman has a 2nd dam by GONE WEST , while Gr.2 winner Novemba has a dam by Kingmambo’s son DUBAI DESTINATION . Two of Gleneagles’ Listed winners, Seisai and Southern Hills, have 2nd dams by KING’S BEST . DUBAWI mares are flourishing with sons of Galileo, producing 17 GWs to four different sons, including 11 winners at Gr.1 or Gr.2 levels. Gleneagles has three winners from four runners. Gleneagles’ speed could be reinforced by mares with AHONOORA blood, and his Gr.3-winning 2YO Shock Action has a second dam by INDIAN RIDGE . Galileo has three Group winners, including a classic winner, from mares by INDIAN RIDGE , and both Galileo and Frankel have Gr.1 winners from INCHINOR mares. Daughters of Acclamation have produced a total of three Gr.1 winners to sons of GALILEO , including 2025 scorers Cercene and Diego Velazquez. Gleneagles has two winners from two foals out of daughters of ACCLAMATION and his top-class son Calandagan has a 2nd dam by ACCLAMATION . 43

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