With 22 Group 1 winners among a current total of 119 blacktype scorers, dual Derby and dual Breeders’ Cup hero High Chaparral is among the most successful stallion sons of the great Sadler’s Wells (by Northern Dancer). Sadly, like Montjeu, he died in his teens.
It is early yet for his handful of stallion sons, although So You Think has done well ‘down under’ and both Dundeel and Toronado have made a promising start with their initial runners, whereas Irish National Stud-based Free Eagle has his first yearlings on offer now. Such was the impression that this Dermot Weld-trained colt made when thrashing Orchestra by five and a half lengths in a mile maiden in August of his juvenile year that he was a 2/5 favourite to beat Australia in a Group 3 contest over the same course and distance the following month, and widely regarded as a major Derby contender for 2014. As is widely known, Australia beat him by six lengths that day, and while that chestnut went on to add the Derby, Irish Derby and Juddmonte International Stakes the following year, Free Eagle missed a full 12 months off the track before returning to action with a pair of efforts that saw him earn a Timeform rating of 128p. First he beat Elleval by seven lengths in the Group 3 Kilternan Stakes over 10 furlongs on fast ground at Leopardstown and then he chased home Noble Mission and Al Kazeem, on heavy ground, in the Group 1 Champion Stakes at Ascot. His final two outings at four were disappointing, but he’d started that year by short-heading The Grey Gatsby in the Group 1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Ascot and taking third to Golden Horn and Found in the Group 1 Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown, beaten by a length and half a length. Timeform kept him on a mark of 128.
Free Eagle is a half-brother to multiple Group 2 winner Custom Cut (by Notnowcato) – who is effective at around a mile – and also to Sapphire (by Medicean), who won the Group 2 Qipco British Champions Fillies and Mares Stakes and filled the runners-up spot in the Group 1 Pretty Polly Stakes.
Their dam, Polished Gem (by Danehill), is a winning full-sister to Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes heroine Dress To Thrill and so a daughter of Group 1 Irish 1000 Guineas winner Trusted Partner (by Affirmed). That classic scorer – whose descendants also include Group 1 Criterium International scorer Vert De Grece (by Verglas) – is a full-sister to three stakes winners and she is out of US juvenile filly champion Talking Picture (by Speak John). Those siblings include Group 2 scorer Easy To Copy, whose descendants include Group 1 Grand Prix de Paris and Group 1 Sydney Cup winner Gallante (by Montjeu) and dual US Grade 2 winner Amira’s Prince (by Teofilo), who is a young stallion in the USA. They also include pattern-placed stakes winner Epicure’s Garden who became the dam of Group 2 Blandford Stakes and dual US Grade 2 heroine Lisieux Rose (by Generous) and grandam of Group 1-placed, Group 2-winning stayer Forgotton Rules (by Nayef). This is a top-class racehorse pedigree and it makes Free Eagle an interesting stallion prospect. There were 80 foals in his first crop, and although some will win as two-year-olds, that is likely to be in the second half of the season. In the long term, he looks likely to get his best winners in the broad seven to 14-furlong range, with the chance that a few will become Cup horses. FREE EAGLE (IRE) - b.2011 - High Chaparral - Polished Gem, 3 wins inc Prince of Wales’s Stakes (Gr1), Kilternan Stakes (Gr3), Juvenile Turf Trial Golden Fleece Stakes (Gr3), 3rd Irish Champion Stakes (Gr1), Champion Stakes (Gr1). Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2017.
YEARLINGS CATALOGUED
Brf - Acquifer (by Oasis Dream) Tattersalls October not sold Bf - Afilla (by Dansili) Goffs October €5,000 Bf - Alayna (by Cape Cross) Tattersalls October 1,000gns Chc - America Alone (by Dalakhani) Goffs February withdrawn Chc - Badr Al Badoor (by Acclamation) Goffs October €90,000 Chc - Best Be Careful (by Exceed And Excel) Tatts IRE September not sold Bc - Bryanstown (by Galileo) Tattersalls November 72,000gns Bf - Burma Star (by Shamardal) Goffs November €10,000 Bf - Calico Moon (by Seeking The Gold) Tatts IRE Ascot September not sold Bc - Capsaicin (by Invincible Spirit) Goffs November not sold Bc - Carmens Fate (by Cape Cross) Tattersalls October 32,000gns Bc - Champagne Mistress (by Kyllachy) Goffs October €7,000 Bf - Chanter (by Lomitas) Goffs October €16,000 Bc - Cland Di San Jore (by Lando) Tatts IRE September €21,000 Bc - Classic Remark (by Dr Fong) Goffs October €25,000 (p/s) Bc - Crimphill (by Sadler’s Wells) Tatts IRE September €7,500 Bf - Curious Lashes (by Footstepsinthesand) Tatts IRE September not sold Bc - Dulcian (by Shamardal) Goffs October €25,000 Bf - Dundel's Spirit (by Invincible Spirit) Tattersalls November 20,000gns Chf - Fafinta (by Indian Ridge) SGA September not sold Bf - Gelenschik (by Dalakhani) Tatts IRE September €9,500 Grf - Glassathura (by Verglas) Tatts IRE September €4,000 Bf - Indian Maiden (by Indian Ridge) Tattersalls October 30,000gns Bf - Ispa Loquitur (by Unfuwain) Goffs October €140,000 Bc - Jolie Etoile (by Diesis) Goffs October €6,000 Bf - Keilogue (by Invincible Spirit) Arqana August €15,000 Bf - La Hermana (by Hernando) Baden-Baden August withdrawn Bf - Legs Lawlor (by Unbridled) Tatts IRE September €9,000 Bc - Little Live Wire (by Dubawi) Tatts IRE September withdrawn Chf - Little Miss Diva (by Diktat) Goffs November withdrawn Bf - Malaspina (by Whipper) Tattersalls October 250,000gns Bc - Marque Royale (by Royal Academy) Tatts IRE September €13,000 Bc - Meet Marhaba (by Marju) Tattersalls October not sold Bc - Nebraas (by Green Desert) Goffs October €400,000 Bf - Nitya (by Indian Ridge) Tatts IRE September not sold Bc - Ohio (by Teofilo) Goffs February €11,000 Bc - Ohio (by Teofilo) Tatts IRE September €40,000 B/brc - Orafinitis (by Oratorio) Tattersalls October 60,000gns Bc - Paisley (by Pivotal) Tattersalls October not sold Chc - Pale Orchid (by Invincible Spirit) Goffs October €60,000 Bf - Pavlopetri (by Danehill Dancer) Goffs November €1,000 Bc - Peace Signal (by Time For A Change) Tatts IRE September €21,000 Bf - Penny Rose (by Danehill Dancer) Tattersalls October 8,000gns (p/s) Chf - Perivale (by Street Cry) Goffs February €5,000 Chf - Perivale (by Street Cry) Goffs November €6,500 (p/s) Bf - Pesse (by Eagle Eyed) Tattersalls October not sold Bc - Pious (by Bishop Of Cashel) Tattersalls October 36,000gns Bf - Poplar Close (by Canford Cliffs) Goffs October not sold Bc - Princess Savoie (by Tamayuz) Tatts IRE September €30,000 Bc - Quixotic (by Pivotal) Goffs October not sold Bc - Regalline (by Green Desert) Tattersalls October 150,000gns Bf - Reveal The Star (by Aptitude) Goffs October not sold Bc - Rosa’s Cantina (by Paco Boy) Goffs October €75,000 Bf - Serisia (by Exit To Nowhere) Arqana August €200,000 Bc - Shauna’s Princess (by Soviet Star) Tattersalls October 50,000gns Bc - Sleeping Beauty (by Oasis Dream) Tattersalls October 70,000gns Bc - Spinamix (by Linamix) Goffs October €40,000 Chf - Super Saturday (by Pivotal) Tattersalls October 40,000gns Bc - Thermopylae (by Tenby) Goffs October €40,000 Bf - Traveller’s Tales (by Cape Cross) Tatts IRE September not sold Chc - Uvinza (by Bertolini) Tattersalls October not sold Bf - Velvet Star (by Galileo) Tattersalls October not sold Bf - Wandering Star (by Verglas) Baden-Baden August not sold Bc - Weekend Lady (by Bahamian Bounty) Goffs October €60,000 Brf - Wild Step (by Footstepsinthesand) Goffs October €4,000 Comments are closed.
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