BELARDO (IRE) - 2012 bay horse
A juvenile champion whom Timeform rated 119 at two, 123 at three and 125 at four, Belardo did not win in his second season but chased home Solow in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on his final start, which gave hope that he could return to top form as an older horse.
He kicked off that third campaign with victory in Doncaster Mile in early April, disappointed when only fourth to Toormore in the Group 2 bet365 Mile at Sandown, but then bounced back to beat Euro Charline by a length in the Group 1 Lockinge Stakes at Newbury. He then failed by just half a length to beat the US champion Tepin in the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes at Ascot, on what turned out to be his final start. It was one of the best performances of his career and he lost nothing in defeat.
A first-crop son of the classic star and now well-established leading international sire Lope De Vega (by Shamardal), Belardo is a half-brother to the multiple pattern winner Berling (by Montjeu) and his dam, Danaskaya (by Danehill), was placed in both the Group 2 Lowther Stakes and Group 1 Cheveley Park Stakes as a juvenile.
Her half-sister Modeeroch (by Mozart) was a Group 2-placed triple stakes winner in Ireland, half-brother Chinese Whisper (by Montjeu) was third in the Group 1 Gran Criterium, and her siblings also include Maskaya (by Machiavellian), the dam of Group 3 Lillie Langtry Stakes winner and Group 2 Park Hill Stakes third California (by Azamour). Majinskaya (by Marignan), the pattern-placed stakes-winning grandam of Belardo, is a half-sister to the dam of Group 1 Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp heroine Kistena (by Miswaki) and she is out of Makarova (by Nijinsky), a blacktype-placed half-sister to the dam of Fruits Of Love (by Hansel) and Mujadil (by Storm Bird). The former won the Group 2 Princess of Wales's Stakes and two editions of the Group 2 Hardwicke Stakes and he was multiple Group 1-placed. Mujadil, on the other hand, won the Group 3 Cornwallis Stakes, he was runner-up in the Group 2 Flying Childers Stakes and became a notably successful stallion, mostly of horses in the five to seven-furlong range. Belardo's fifth dam is Midget (by Djebe), who won the Coronation Stakes, Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, Prix de la Foret, Prix Maurice de Gheest, and Cheveley Park Stakes, was runner-up in the 1000 Guineas and finished third in the Prix de Diane (French Oaks). Timeform rated her 130 at two and 125 at three, her progeny included the Cheveley Park Stakes winner Mige (by Saint Crespin) and her descendants include 1000 Guineas scorer Ma Biche (by Key To The Kingdom). Belardo was a top juvenile who became a leading miler, he is an early stallion son for a well-bred classic star and he comes from the family of Mujadil. He has 80 foals in his first crop and he looks a likely prospect to get his best winners in the six to 12-furlong range, with some showing talent in the latter half of their juvenile year. BELARDO (IRE) – b.2012 – Lope De Vega – Danaskaya, 5 wins inc Lockinge Stakes (Gr1), Dewhurst Stakes (Gr1), Doncaster Mile Stakes (L), Washington Singer Stakes (L), 2nd Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (Gr1), Queen Anne Stakes (Gr1), 3rd Challenge Stakes (Gr2). Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2018.
FOALS CATALOGUED:
Chf - Acts Of Folly (by King’s Best) Tattersalls November not sold Bf - Adroit (by Oasis Dream) Goffs November not sold Bf - Almatlaie (by Elusive Quality) Goffs November not sold B/brc - Art Story (by Galileo) Goffs November €13,000 Bc - Bonne (by Namid) Tattersalls November not sold Bc - Brazilian Spirit (by Invincible Spirit) Goffs November €15,000 Bf - Chanter (by Lomitas) Goffs November €14,000 Bf - China In My Hands (by Dark Angel) Goffs November not sold Chc - Crossanza (by Cape Cross) Goffs November withdrawn Bc - Doregan (by Bahhare) Goffs November €5,000 Bf - Elite (by Invincible Spirit) Tattersalls November 6,000gns Bc - Emperors Pearl (by Holy Roman Emperor) Tattersalls November 44,000gns Bc - Frabjous (by Pivotal) Tattersalls November 58,000gns Bf - Gallice (by Fuisse) Tattersalls November 20,000gns Bf - Livius Lady (by Titus Livius) Goffs November €16,000 Chf - Ludynosa (by Cadeaux Genereux) Goffs November not sold Bc - Media Day (by Footstepsinthesand) Arqana December €57,000 Bc - Mixora (by Mizzen Mast) Goffs November €42,000 Bc - No Such Zone (by Oasis Dream) Goffs November €5,000 Bf - Shanghai Lily (by King’s Best) Tattersalls November 4,500gns (p/s) Br/grc - Somewhere (by Dalakhani) Goffs November withdrawn Bf - Sonning Rose (by Hawk Wing) Goffs November not sold Bc - Taleteller (by Bernardini) Tattersalls November 34,000gns Bc - Teide Lady (by Nashwan) Goffs November €77,000 Br/grc - Tina’s Spirit (by Invincible Spirit) Tattersalls November not sold Bf - Toolentidhaar (by Swain) Goffs November €10,000 (p/s) Bc - Tropical Mist (by Marju) Goffs November not sold Chf - Twiggy’s Girl (by Manduro) Goffs November not sold Bc - Vandergirl (by Dutch Art) Tattersalls December 65,000gns Bc - West Of Saturn (by Gone West) Goffs November not sold Comments are closed.
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