Magician – classic and Breeders' Cup star by Galileo

MAGICIAN (IRE) - 2010 bay horse

Magician stands at Coolmore's US farm, Ashford Stud, but he had several of his first foals offered in Europe last year and he will have yearlings at some of the European auctions.

Winner of just one of his four starts as a juvenile, which was a mile maiden in heavy ground at the Curragh in October, the Aidan O'Brien-trained colt improved considerably over the winter, made a winning reappearance in the Group 3 Dee Stakes at Chester, followed that with a three and a half length defeat of Gale Force Ten in the Group 1 Irish 2000 Guineas, and rounded off his season with a half-length win over The Fugue in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Turf at Santa Anita.
 
He won just once from six starts as a four-year-old, narrowly beating Parish Hall in the Group 3 Mooresbridge Stakes over 10 furlongs at the Curragh, but was runner-up to Noble Mission in the Group 1 Tattersalls Gold Cup, to The Fugue in the Group 1 Prince of Wales's Stakes, and to Hardest Core in the Grade 1 Arlington Million.

The son of Galileo (by Sadler's Wells) is out of the listed sprint winner Absolutelyfabulous (by Mozart), which makes him a full-brother to the Grade 1-placed stakes winner Outstandingly, and his grandam, Lady Windermere (by Lake Coniston) is out of the one-time scorer Brigid (by Irish River).

A full-sister to Or Vision, who is the stakes-winning dam of the Group/Grade 1 scorers Dolphin Street (by Bluebird), Insight (by Sadler's Wells) and Saffron Walden (by Sadler's Wells), Brigid is the dam of the Group 1 stars Listen (by Sadler's Wells) and Sequoyah (by Sadler's Wells).

The former is the dam of the Group 1-placed Japanese Group 2 winner Touching Speech (by Deep Impact), and Sequoyah's brightest star is the classic-winning miler and Coolmore stallion Henrythenavigator (by Kingmambo). His early Group/Grade 1-winning sons George Vancouver and Pedro The Great are off the mark as freshman sires in France, with the latter already responsible for his first stakes winner.

Sequoyah is also the dam of Queen Cleopatra (by Kingmambo), who won the Group 3 Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial Stakes and was placed in both the Group 1 Irish 1000 Guineas and Group 1 Prix de Diane (French Oaks) before going on to become a successful broodmare. That filly then became the dam of the Australian dual Group 3 scorer Francis Of Assisi (by Danehill Dancer), her pattern-placed stakes-winning daughter Look At Me (by Danehill Dancer) is the dam of juvenile listed scorer Kind Of Magic (by Galileo), and Queen Cleopatra is also the grandam of this year's Group 1 Derby runner-up Cliffs Of Moher (by Galileo).

There are many other stakes and pattern winners to be found in the various branches of this family, including the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes scorer Beethoven (by Oratorio), but they do not tell us anything more about Magician's potential as a stallion. He is a well-bred, classic-winning son of Galileo and there is no reason why he should not be capable of siring stakes and pattern winners.

MAGICIAN (IRE) – b.2010 – Galileo – Absolutelyfabulous, 5 wins inc Breeders' Cup Turf (Gr1), Irish 2000 Guineas (Gr1), Mooresbridge Stakes (Gr3), Dee Stakes (Gr3), 2nd Arlington Million (Gr1), Prince of Wales's Stakes (Gr1), Tattersalls Gold Cup (Gr1). Sire in USA. First foals in 2016.

YEARLINGS CATALOGUED:
c - Affluent (by Affirmed)     Keeneland     Sept     withdrawn
b/brc - Alyssa's Dream (by Wiseman's Ferry)     Fasig-Tipton KY     Sept     not sold
b/brc - Argentina (by Storm Cat)     Fasig-Tipton KY     Sept     ​not sold
bc - Bacheliere (by Include)     Goffs     Sept     ​€20,000
b/brc - Bambolina (by War Chant)     Keeneland     Sept     $37,000
f - Celtic Song (by Giant's Causeway)     Keeneland     Sept     $8,000
bf - Crystal Minuet (by Theatrical)     Keeneland     Sept     $40,000
bc - Davanti (by Danehill Dancer)     Tattersalls     Oct     ​withdrawn
f - Debit Or Credit (by Cat Thief)     Keeneland     Sept     $11,500
bf - Delmarva (by Unbridled's Song)     Fasig-Tipton KY     Sept     not sold
bc - Desideria (by Desert Party)     Arqana     Oct     €28,000
bf - Exhilaration (by Storm Cat)     Keeneland     Sept     not sold
bf - Fierce Fawn (by Latent Heat)     Tattersalls     Nov     11,000gns
f - Helluva Hunch (by Tapit)     Keeneland     Sept     $3,000
c - Hookah Lady (by Smoke Glacken)     Keeneland     Sept     $17,000
bf - Ingrid Louisiana (by Lemon Drop Kid)     BBAG     Sept     €4,500
bf - Inspeight Of Her (by Speightstown)     Goffs     Oct     ​not sold
bc - Ivory Meadow (by Meadowlake)     Fasig-Tipton KY     July     withdrawn
bc - Ivory Meadow (by Meadowlake)     Fasig-Tipton KY     Sept     $25,000
c - Knotty Pine (by Pivotal)     Keeneland     Sept     $5,000
bc - Looks Like Rain (by Medicean)     Goffs     Sept     €60,000 (p/s)
b/brf - Loving Embrace (by Golden Missile)     Barretts     Aug     $33,000
bc - Lucifer's Stone (by Horse Chestnut)     Tattersalls     Oct     28,000gns
c - Margaret Lilian (by Political Force)     Fasig-Tipton Midlantic     Oct     not sold
f - Measure (by Seeking The Gold)     Keeneland     Sept     $55,000
bc - Penny Sixpence (by Kheleyf)     Tattersalls     Nov     70,000gns
bc - Perfect Step (by Iffraaj)     Tattersalls     Oct     210,000gns
b/brc - Prevention (by Aptitude)     Fasig-Tipton KY     Sept     withdrawn
f - Reflect And Dream (by Grand Lodge)     Keeneland     Sept     $3,000
f - Ristretta (by War Front)     Keeneland     Sept     $3,000
f - Roman Invader (by Roman Ruler)     Keeneland     Sept     $8,000
c - Scorned (by Holy Bull)     Keeneland     Sept     withdrawn
c - Sing Like A Bird (by Lawyer Ron)     Keeneland     Sept     withdrawn
b/brf - Sisheba (by Silent Name)     Fasig-Tipton KY     Sept     $35,000
f - Slamin' Dixie (by Grand Slam)     Keeneland     Sept     $1,000
​f - True N Time (by Yes It's True)     Keeneland     Sept     not sold
bc - Tweedy (by Oasis Dream)     Fasig-Tipton KY     Sept     not sold