Galileo's Winter Dominates the Coronation

   Susan Magnier's Winter (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) lit up Newmarket's Rowley Mile when annexing last month's G1 1000 Guineas, repeating the dose more impressively when besting stablemates Roly Poly (War Front) and Hydrangea (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) in the G1 Irish equivalent three weeks later, and she powered home in Friday's G1 Coronation S. as that trifecta was replicated at Royal Ascot. Allowed time to find a rhythm under cover in fourth after exiting the outside box, the 4-9 favourite cruised into contention off the home turn and dominated under urging once pouncing for control with 1 1/2 furlongs remaining to comfortably account for Roly Poly by 2 1/4 lengths, with Hydrangea a further neck away in third. “She was really impressive and did that really well,” said Anne-Marie O'Brien. “She's really good and had to battle, but was by far the most superior there.” Husband and trainer Aidan added, “She's a filly thriving from race to race. She travelled well, Ryan [Moore] had her in a lovely position and she came home really well. She's very classy, she gets the [one-mile] trip really well and gallops out strong when asked. [Former trainer] David [Wachman] thought the world of her last year and she's just getting better and better.” Moore heaped further praise on the winner and continued, “She travelled beautifully through the race, she's very professional and only does what she has to do. It's a hard task to win two Guineas and then come here, but the trainer can do those magic things. She's beaten good horses from France and America, it's concrete form and she's a high-class filly.”

Friday, Royal Ascot, Britain
CORONATION S.-G1, £430,000, ASC, 6-23, 3yo, f, 7f 213yT, 1:39.39, g/f.
1–WINTER (IRE), 126, f, 3, by Galileo (Ire)
1st Dam: Laddies Poker Two (Ire), by Choisir (Aus)
2nd Dam: Break of Day, by Favorite Trick
3rd Dam: Quelle Affaire, by Riverman
O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Laddies Poker Two Syndicate (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. £243,853. Lifetime Record: G1SW-Ire, 7-4-1-2, $894,352. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Roly Poly, 126, f, 3, War Front–Misty For Me (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). ($575,000 RNA Ylg '15 KEESEP). O-Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith & Susan Magnier; B-Misty For Me Syndicate (KY); T-Aidan O'Brien. £92,450.[bullet ad=”irt-shell”][bullet ad=”us-bred-ky-bred-keen-grad”]3–Hydrangea (Ire), 126, f, 3, Galileo (Ire)–Beauty Is Truth (Ire), by Pivotal (GB). O-Derrick Smith, Susan Magnier & Michael Tabor; B-Beauty Is Truth Syndicate (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien. £46,268.[bullet ad=”irt-shell”]Margins: 2 1/4, NK, 1. Odds: 0.40, 12.00, 16.00.
Also Ran: Dabyah (Ire), La Coronel, Tomyris (GB), Precieuse (Ire). Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
   Winter becomes just the second filly to complete the 1000 Guineas-Irish 1000 Guineas-Coronation S. treble, following Attraction (GB) (Efisio {GB}) in 2004, and may tread a similar path to that trailblazer, who lost her perfect record in Newmarket's G1 Falmouth S. backing up her win here. “We might head to the [July 14] Falmouth in three weeks' time, but we will see how she is as she has had four quick races in not a lot of time,” O'Brien revealed.
   Reflecting on the performances of Roly Poly and Hydrangea, O'Brien continued, “We're delighted with them both and they have run crackers.” Roly Poly's jockey Seamus Heffernan was in agreement and said, “It was a good run and they are three really good fillies.” Hydrangea's rider Padraig Beggy was reading from the same script and opined, “Hydrangea has run a cracker, she does not know how to run a bad race and always tries her best. I got a little outpaced on that ground, but she tries her best and it doesn't really matter what the ground is. On that surface, she'd get a mile-and-a-quarter.”
   Winter is the second foal and sole black-type performer out of the impressive 2010 Wokingham H. scorer Laddies Poker Two (Ire) (Choisir {Aus}). She descends from French champion juvenile and G1 Prix Morny winner Ancient Regime (Olden Times), who also produced G3 Concorde S.-winning sire Rami (Riverman), G3 Prix Eclipse-winning sire Crack Regiment (El Gran Senor) and Listed Prix Yacowlef-winning G1 Prix de l'Abbaye runner-up La Grande Epoque (Lyphard). Winter is followed by two more sired by Galileo–the 2-year-old filly Snowflakes (Ire), who ran eighth in the G3 Albany S. earlier in the day, and a yearling filly.