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ASCOT 28 July 2001 – Near the winning post!
Galileo - Fantastic Light or the duo of the season in Europe, that has just published a new twinning at the arrival of the Irish Champion Stakes (group l, 2000 metres) in Leopardstown, but in the opposite order of the one noticed during the King Georges And Queen Elisabeth Stakes (group l, 2400 metres), in July, in Ascot (our photography).
Galileo certainly intended to take his revenge at the time of their next confrontation, on the occasion of the Breeders'Cup, in the United States 3 months later.
But the Fantastic Light managers that decided with great wisdom for the Breeders'Cup Turf despite a half lower allowance to the winner, prevent the duel from taking place, and Galileo did not succeed in showing off to advantage on the dirt of Belmont Park, arriving 6th of Tiznow.
Friday 30 November 2001 at the Tattersalls auctions of Newmarket, a own sister of Galileo (Sadler's Wells - Urban Sea) has been sold for 1,1 million guineas (2 millions USD) to John Magnier and his Coolmore stud farm.