MATING SUGGESTIONS: For good reason, Deep Impact was considered the Japanese equivalent of Galileo. The 2005 Japanese Triple Crown winner landed his 11th straight sires’ championship in 2022, whereas Galileo achieved 12 championships. The combination of Deep Impact and Galileo resulted in classic winners Saxon Warrior, Snowfall and Auguste Rodin. Saxon Warrior’s dam Maybe represents the exceptional Galileo-Danehill cross responsible for champion sire Frankel. Unbeaten as a 2YO, Saxon Warrior landed the Gr.2 Beresford Stakes before his victory over Roaring Lion in the Gr.1 Racing Post Trophy. Saxon Warrior extended his winning sequence to four when he defeated the likes of Masar and Roaring Lion in the 2,000 Guineas. Deep Impact enjoyed tremendous success with daughters of STORM CAT , with this partnership producing nine Gr.1 winners, including the Prix du Jockey-Club winner Study of Man and Japanese Derby winner Kizuna. He also sired the French classic winner Beauty Parlour from a mare by GIANT’S CAUSEWAY . Saxon Warrior has five winners from his first seven runners out of STORM CAT mares including 119-rated King’s Gambit. He also has five winners from six starters out of LOPE DE VEGA mares, including three with Racing Post ratings of 108, 108 and 105. Significantly, another LOPE DE VEGA mare produced Gr.2 winner Birthe to Study of Man, another son of Deep Impact. Saxon Warrior’s first four starters out of GIANT’S CAUSEWAY mares include Gr.3 2YO winner Moon Ray and Gr.1-placed Australian filly Aethelflaed. This suggests that Saxon Warrior will also shine with mares by SHAMARDAL and FOOTSTEPSINTHESAND . LOPE DE VEGA is closely inbred to MACHIAVELLIAN , broodmare sire of two Gr.1 winners by Deep Impact. Daughters of SCAT DADDY , CARAVAGGIO and NO NAY NEVER should be ideal for Saxon Warrior. Deep Impact had Gr.1 winners out of several DANZIG line mares and he had a Gr.3 French winner with a dam by ANABAA . Saxon Warrior already has a Gr.2 winner with a 2nd dam by ANABAA . The GREEN DESERT branch merits serious consideration seeing that Saxon Warrior sired the Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf winner Victoria Road and the Group-placed 2YO Andab from a daughter of INVINCIBLE SPIRIT . He has also sired dual 2YO Gr.3 winner Gostam from an OASIS DREAM mare. This also opens the door to daughters of KINGMAN , SHOWCASING and SEA THE STARS . Daughters of SEA THE STARS create 4x3 to Urban Sea. Danehill and Sadler’s Wells are back in the fourth generation of Saxon Warrior’s progeny, so he has plenty of scope with both these dominant sire lines. Mares by the many successful stallion sons of DANEHILL create only 4x3 to Danehill and daughters of such as CHOISIR , MASTERCRAFTSMAN and ZOFFANY produce only 4x4. Saxon Warrior had two yearlings sold for €260,000 in 2025, one out of a daughter of DANEHILL DANCER , the other out of a daughter of DUKE OF MARMALADE . Mares by STARSPANGLEDBANNER are a likeable option. DEEP IMPACT had Gr.1 winners out of daughters of FASTNET ROCK , REDOUTE’S CHOICE and ROCK OF GIBRALTAR , as well as a Gr.2 winner with a dam by DANSILI and a Gr.3 winner out of a DANEHILL DANCER mare. Saxon Warrior has Group performers with dams by KODIAC (Gr.2 Ribblesdale Stakes winner Garden of Eden), DANEHILL DANCER and EXCEED AND EXCEL . He should also work with daughters of DANSILI . His Gr.1-placed son Sardinian Warrior’s dam is by a son of DANSILI and Study of Man sired the very smart Kalpana from a daughter of DANSILI . Daughters of Sadler’s Wells’s noted stallion sons, such as MONTJEU , HIGH CHAPARRAL and BARATHEA , create 4x3. Grandsons of Sadler’s Wells, such as CAMELOT , MOTIVATOR and AUTHORIZED , create 4x4. The broodmares sires of Deep Impact’s Gr.1 winners included SADLER’S WELLS (2020 Prix de Diane winner Fancy Blue) and two sons of Sadler’s Wells’s brother FAIRY KING . SADLER’S WELLS and his three-parts- brother NUREYEV jointly sired the second dams of 7 of Deep Impact’s Gr.1 scorers. The PIVOTAL branch of the Nureyev line offers speed and Saxon Warrior has already sired the Gr.2-winning Lumiere Rock from a mare by NUREYEV ’s grandson GOLD AWAY and a 2YO Listed winner from a mare by PEINTRE CELEBRE . Deep Impact owed quite a lot of his success to mares from the MR PROSPECTOR line, including siring Gr.1 winners from daughters of LYCIUS (2), MACHIAVELLIAN (2), KING KAMEHAMEHA (2), EL CONDOR PASA , ELUSIVE QUALITY , SMARTY JONES (2) and UNBRIDLED’S SONG (2), including the Triple Crown winner Contrail). Saxon Warrior’s Gr.2 winner Borna has a dam by KING’S BEST , while his Lincoln Handicap winner Godwinson has a dam by RAVEN’S PASS . His other options include daughters of DUBAWI , ZAMINDAR , IFFRAAJ , NAYEF , STREET CRY , MEDICEAN and DUTCH ART . 71
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