NOBLE MISSION (GB) - 2009 bay horse
The presence or absence of successful sires in the family is one of the things that we look for when trying to assess the potential of any young stallion, and in the case of Noble Mission, this is a test that he passes with flying colours. The triple Group 1 star is the year-younger full-brother to Frankel.
That Timeform 147-rated great has already come up with 10 pattern winners from his first crop, which is a very promising start, and although the tally includes the Japanese champion and classic heroine Soul Stirring, it does not include the dual Derby-placed colt Cracksman. The support that Frankel received made it odds-on that he would get a long list of stakes winners from his first crop, and it is to be hoped that his first European Group 1 stars will be crowned soon.
His full-brother 'only' won three times at the highest level and although that Timeform 128-rated bay stands at the famous Lane's End Farm in Kentucky, it would not be fair to expect him to come up with similar first-crop results.
There is, however, every reason to hope that Noble Mission, like a growing number of son of prolific champion sire Galileo (by Sadler's Wells), will become a source of stakes winners, at all levels, and it will be fascinating to see how his career turns out, especially as he is a middle-distance turf horse standing in the USA. He covered 146 mares in his first season, he will have some runners in Europe and it seems likely that his two-year-old winners here will come over seven furlongs and farther, with his three-year-olds and older horses needing at least a mile. NOBLE MISSION (GB) - b.2009 - Galileo - Kind, 9 wins inc Champion Stakes (Gr1), Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, Tattersalls Gold Cup (Gr1), Huxley Stakes (Gr3), Gordon Richards Stakes (Gr3), Gordon Stakes (Gr3), Newmarket Stakes (L), Tapster Stakes (L), 2nd Grosser Dallmayr Preis - Bayerisches Zuchtrennen (Gr1), King Edward VII Stakes (Gr2), St Simon Stakes (Gr3), John Porter Stakes (Gr3), Fairway Stakes (L), 3rd Rose of Lancaster Stakes (Gr3), John Porter Stakes (Gr3). Sire in USA. First foals in 2016.
YEARLINGS CATALOGUED:
f - Alexandria Wa (by Bluegrass Cat) Keeneland Sept not sold c - Ambling (by Chester House) Keeneland Sept $75,000 chf - Avaricity (by Carson City) Fasig-Tipton KY Sept $75,000 c - Bargain Blitz (by Rahy) Keeneland Sept not sold f - Beebe Lake (by Grand Slam) Keeneland Sept withdrawn f - Belleski (by Polish Number) Keeneland Sept withdrawn f - Blading Gold Ring (by During) Keeneland Sept not sold f - Bromelia (by Unbridled's Song) Keeneland Sept not sold bc - Cast Call (by A.P. Indy) Fasig-Tipton KY Sept $85,000 f - Cor Cor (by Smoke Glacken) Keeneland Sept not sold gr/rof - Cozy Gain (by Cozzene) Fasig-Tipton KY Sept $100,000 bc - Crane Beach (by Anabaa) Tattersalls Oct not sold c - Crossing The Tape (by Johannesburg) Keeneland Sept $90,000 c - Destiny Calls (by With Approval) Keeneland Sept $50,000 f - Dreaming Of Cara (by North Light) Keeneland Sept not sold bf - Empiress (by Empire Maker) Fasig-Tipton KY Sept not sold c - Ender's Sister (by A.P. Indy) Keeneland Sept withdrawn c - Fashion Insider (by Indian Charlie) Keeneland Sept not sold f - Forgotten Miss (by Afleet Alex) Keeneland Sept $62,000 f - Fort Alfeet (by Northern Afleet) Keeneland Sept $42,000 f - Geographic (by Empire Maker) Keeneland Sept not sold chf - Gush (by Empire Maker) Goffs Sept €18,000 c - Honimiere (by Fasliyev) Keeneland Sept not sold f - Humor Me (by Indian Charlie) Keeneland Sept $10,000 bc - Invigor (by Medaglia d'Oro) Fasig-Tipton KY Sept $100,000 c - Joustabout (by Apalachee) Keeneland Sept $80,000 f - Kissin Party (by Kissin Kris) Keeneland Sept not sold bc - Knysna (by Maria's Mon) Tattersalls IRE Sept €38,000 bf - Laurel Lassie (by Shinko Forest) Tattersalls Oct 50,000gns f - Lemon Bay (by Bernardini) Keeneland Sept $20,000 c - Lemons And Limes (by Lemon Drop Kid) Keeneland Sept $80,000 chc - Lilac Lily (by Bluegrass Cat) Tattersalls Oct 45,000gns (p/s) f - Lilbourne Eliza (by Elusive City) Keeneland Sept $7,000 c - Limonar (by Street Cry) Keeneland Sept $125,000 c - Madam Lagonza (by Kingmambo) Keeneland Sept not sold bc - Mahkama (by Bernardini) Fasig-Tipton KY Sept $27,000 b/brf - Major Idea (by Cherokee Run) Fasig-Tipton KY July withdrawn c - Make Music (by Unbridled's Song) Keeneland Sept $250,000 chc - Maxine's Hymn (by Seeking The Gold) Fasig-Tipton KY Sept withdrawn bc - Mayoress (by Machiavellian) Fasig-Tipton KY Sept $150,000 c - Miner's Secret (by Mineshaft) Keeneland Sept $150,000 c - Nebraska (by Street Cry) Keeneland Sept $110,000 c - Play It True (by Yes It's True) Keeneland Sept withdrawn f - Pyramid Love (by Fusaichi Pegasus) Keeneland Sept $20,000 c - Queen Daenerys (by Street Sense) Keeneland Sept $40,000 bc - Ransomed Bride (by Cape Cross) Fasig-Tipton KY July not sold c - Refining (by Malibu Moon) Keeneland Sept not sold c - Reunited (by Dixie Union) Keeneland Sept not sold c - Romacara (by Running Stag) Keeneland Sept $80,000 chc - Rouwaki (by Miswaki) Goffs Sept €40,000 c - Salute Regina (by Salute The Sarge) Keeneland Sept withdrawn bf - Samurai's Honor (by First Samurai) Fasig-Tipton KY Sept not sold chc - Sandsarita (by Street Boss) Fasig-Tipton KY Sept not sold bc - Sarah's Pleasure (by Street Cry) Fasig-Tipton NY Aug $80,000 c - Sarah's Secret (by Leroidesanimaux) Keeneland Sept $20,000 c - Seal Of Approval (by Vindication) Keeneland Sept $200,000 c - Sharbat (by Dynaformer) Keeneland Sept $200,000 b/brf - Shared Dreams (by Seeking The Gold) Tattersalls Oct 110,000gns bc - Shared Hope (by Gone West) Fasig-Tipton KY Sept withdrawn f - Special Charm (by Dansili) Keeneland Sept withdrawn chf - Striking Example (by Empire Maker) Fasig-Tipton KY Sept not sold f - Taegu (by Halo) Keeneland Sept $25,000 f - Top Spin (by Street Cry) Keeneland Sept $5,000 chc - Trappings (by Seeking The Gold) Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Aug withdrawn chc - Trappings (by Seeking The Gold) Tattersalls Oct not sold chc - Trappings (by Seeking The Gold) Tattersalls Nov withdrawn chc - Two Harbors (by Pulpit) Fasig-Tipton KY Sept $90,000 c - Watrugonnadorosie (by Curlin) Keeneland Sept $2,000 f - Win For Kitten (by Kitten's Joy) Keeneland Sept $31,000 c - Winendynme (by Dynaformer) Keeneland Sept not sold bc - Zaharias (by Grand Slam) Goffs Sept €30,000 Comments are closed.
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