Battle Of Marengo a Group 2-winning Galileo son

BATTLE OF MARENGO (IRE) - 2010 bay horse

The Group 2 Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Stakes, run over 10 furlongs at Leopardstown, has an outstanding record of producing top-class horses since the turn of the century, and although Battle Of Marengo did not go on to win at the highest level afterwards, he was Group 2-placed at Royal Ascot, and was beaten by less than two lengths when finishing fourth to Ruler Of The World in the Derby at Epsom. Timeform rated him 117.
 
The Ballyhane Stud stallion, who covered 117 mares in his first season, was also a leading juvenile (Timeform 116p). He was third over seven furlongs at Leopardstown on his debut in August, followed that with an 11-length score over the same trip at Gowran Park and then beat subsequent Irish Derby star Trading Leather by one and three-quarter lengths in a mile listed contest at Leopardstown before easily winning the Group 2 Beresford Stakes over the same trip in heavy ground at the Curragh.

Battle Of Marengo is by the dual Derby hero and great stallion Galileo (by Sadler's Wells) and so he is by the sire of the classic stallions Teofilo and New Approach. Other Galileo sons who have got at least one top-level winner to their name, so far, are Cima De Triomphe, Heliostatic, Rip Van Winkle, Roderic O'Connor and Soldier Of Fortune.
 
He is a full-brother to the Group 2 Debutante Stakes runner-up Perhaps, he is out of the Listed Victor McCalmont Stakes winner Anna Karenina (by Green Desert), and his dam's blacktype siblings include Windsor Palace (by Danehill Dancer), the Group 3 Mooresbridge Stakes winner who picked up third place in the Group 1 Tattersalls Gold Cup. The mare's siblings also include the dam of Group 3 Round Tower Stakes scorer Rabatash (by Johannesburg).
 
Simaat (by Mr Prospector), the winning grandam of Battle Of Marengo, is out of the listed-placed six-times US scorer Satiety (by Our Native) and that mare was a full-sister to 1979's US juvenile champion Rockhill Native. The triple Grade 1 star's three-year-old form included a win in the Grade 1 Blue Grass Stakes and third place in the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes.
 
There are other blacktype winners to be found under these first four generations of the family, but nothing that gives us any clues as to Battle Of Marengo's stallion potential. Being a high-class son of Galileo, and out of a stakes-winning Green Desert (by Danzig) mare, has attracted plenty of support for him, and although some of his first crop will win as two-year-olds, it is likely that his best results will come with three-year-olds and older horses, from a mile and upwards.
 
BATTLE OF MARENGO (IRE) – b.2010 – Galileo – Anna Karenina, 5 wins inc Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Stakes (Gr2), Beresford Stakes (Gr2), Ballysax Stakes (Gr3), Golden Fleece Stakes (L), 2nd King Edward VII Stakes (Gr2). Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2016.

​FOALS CATALOGUED (updated)
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bc – Biasca (by Erhaab)     Goffs     Nov    not sold
bc – Boschendal (by Zamindar)     Goffs     Nov    not sold
bc – Compassion (by Tiger Hill)     Goffs     Nov    €18,000
bc – Danvilla (by Dansili)     Goffs     Nov    not sold
bf – Edmondstown Lass (by Imperial Ballet)     Goffs     Nov    €1,000
bc – Effige (by Oratorio)     Tattersalls     Nov    2,500gns
bc – Flying Fantasy (by Monsun)     Goffs     Nov    not sold
bf – Foot Perfect (by Footstepsinthesand)     Goffs     Nov    withdrawn
bc – Gospellianne (by Machiavellian)     Goffs     Nov    €7,200
bc – Green Chorus (by Oratorio)     Tattersalls     Nov    55,000gns
bf – Happy Flight (by Titus Livius)     Goffs     Nov    not sold
bc – How Sweet It Is (by Kodiac)     Tattersalls     Nov    10,000gns
bc – Infinity (by Bering)     Goffs     Nov    €17,000
bc – Intricate Dance (by Aptitude)     Goffs     Nov    €14,500
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b/brf – Macnas (by Orientate)     Goffs     Nov    not sold
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bc – Misrepresent (by Distorted Humor)     Goffs     Nov    €24,000
bf – Musical Peace     Tattersalls IRE     Nov    not sold
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bf – Passaggio (by Pivotal)     Goffs     Nov    €16,500
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roc – Pitullie (by Rockport Harbor)     Goffs     Nov    not sold
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bc – Quail Landing (by Mark of Esteem)     Tattersalls     Nov    16,000gns
bc – Saffa Garden (by King's Best)     Goffs     Nov    withdrawn
bf – Setting Forth (by Daggers Drawn)     Goffs     Nov    not sold
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bf – Silken Waters (by Halling)     Goffs     Nov    €5,000
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bc – Wildcrafting (by Exceed And Excel)     Goffs     Nov    not sold