Sire Line

by SADLER'S WELLS (USA) (1981 - Stud 1985)
Champion 3yo miler in France in 1984. 6 wins £461,737, 400,000fr., 7-10f, Eclipse Stakes, Sandown Park, Gr.1, Irish 2000 Guineas, Curragh, Gr.1, Phoenix Champion Stakes, Phoenix Park, Gr.1, Beresford Stakes, Currgah, Gr.2, Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial Stakes, Leopardstown, Gr.2, second in King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Ascot, Gr.1, Prix du Jockey Club, Chantilly, Gr.1.
Sire of 440 Stakes performers (153 Group winners, 117 Listed winners) including: 

BEAT HOLLOW subject stallion

MONTJEU (IRE) Irish Derby, Gr.1, Prix du Jockey Club, Gr.1, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Gr.1, Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Longchamp, Gr.1, sire.

HIGH CHAPARRAL (IRE) Derby Stakes, Epsom, Gr.1, Irish Derby, Curragh, Gr.1, Champion Stakes, Leopardstown, Gr.1, Breeders' Cup Turf, Gr.1(twice), Racing Post Trophy, Doncaster, Gr.1, sire.

GALILEO (IRE) Derby Stakes, Epsom, Gr.1, Irish Derby, Curragh, Gr.1, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Ascot, Gr.1, sire.

YEATS (IRE) Gold Cup, Ascot, Gr.1 (twice), Coronation Cup, Epsom, Gr.1.

ALEXANDROVA (IRE) Irish Oaks, Gr.1, Oaks, Gr.1, Yorkshire Oaks, Gr.1.

SADDEX (GB) Rheinland-Pokal Stadtsparkasse Kolnbonn, Cologne, Gr.1.

DOYEN (IRE) King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Ascot, Gr.1, sire.

REFUSE TO BEND (IRE) 2000 Guineas, Gr.1, Queen Anne Stakes, Gr.1, sire.

LINDA'S LAD (GB) Criterium de Saint-Cloud, Gr.1, Derby Trial, Lingfield, Gr.3.

POWERSCOURT (GB) Arlington Million, Gr.1, Tattersalls Gold Cup, Curragh, Gr.1, sire.

BLACK SAM BELLAMY (IRE) Tattersalls Gold Cup, Curragh, Gr.1, Gran Premio del Jockey Club, San Siro, Gr.1, sire.

BRIAN BORU (GB) Racing Post Trophy, Doncaster Gr.1, St Leger, Gr.1, sire.

DREAM WELL (FR) Irish Derby, Curragh, Gr.1, Prix du Jockey Club, Chantilly, Gr.1, sire.

ENTREPRENEUR (GB) Pertemps 2000 Guineas, Newmarket, Gr.1, sire.

BARATHEA (IRE) Irish 2000 Guineas, Gr.1, Breeders Cup Mile, Gr.1, sire.

IN THE WINGS Breeders' Cup Turf, Belmont Park, Gr.1, sire.

YESTERDAY (IRE) Irish 1000 Guineas, Curragh, Gr.1.

ALBERTO GIACOMETTI (IRE) Criterium de Saint-Cloud, Gr.1.

ISLINGTON (IRE) Yorkshire Oaks, York, Gr.1 (twice), Nassau Stakes, Goodwood, Gr.1, Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare, Gr.1.

FORT WOOD (USA) Grand Prix de Paris, Longchamp, Gr.1, sire.

EL PRADO (IRE) National Stakes, Curragh, Gr.1, champion sire.

QUIFF (GB) Yorkshire Oaks, York, Gr.1.

SLIGO BAY (IRE) Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes, Gr.1.

GOSSAMER (GB) Irish 1000 Guineas, Curragh, Gr.1, Fillies' Mile, Ascot, Gr.1.

IMAGINE (IRE) Irish 1000 Guineas, Curragh, Gr.1, Oaks Stakes, Epsom, Gr.1.

MILAN (GB) St Leger, Doncaster, Gr.1, Great Voltigeur Stakes, York, Gr.2, sire.

SHOLOKHOV (IRE) Gran Criterium, San Siro, Gr.1, sire.

SUBTLE POWER (IRE) Gulfstream Park Breeders' Cup Handicap, Gr.1, sire.

DALIAPOUR (IRE) Hong Kong Vase, Sha Tin, Gr.1, Coronation Cup, Epsom, Gr.1, sire.

GREEK DANCE (IRE) G. Dallmayr-Preis Bayerisches Zuchtrennen, Munich, Gr.1.

KAYF TARA (GB) Gold Cup, Gr.1 (twice), Irish St Leger, Gr.1, (twice), sire.

ARISTOTLE (IRE) Racing Post Trophy, Doncaster, Gr.1, sire.

SAFFRON WALDEN (FR) Irish 2000 Guineas, Curragh, Gr.1, sire.

COMMANDER COLLINS (IRE) Racing Post Trophy, Doncaster, Gr.1, sire.

KING OF KINGS (IRE) National Stakes, Gr.1, 2000 Guineas, Newmarket, Gr.1, sire.

CHIEF CONTENDER (IRE) Prix du Cadran, Longchamp, Gr.1.

CLOUDINGS (IRE) Prix Lupin, Longchamp, Gr.1, sire.

IN COMMAND (IRE) Dewhurst Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.1, sire.

MOONSHELL (IRE) Oaks, Epsom, Gr.1.

NORTHERN SPUR (IRE) Breeders' Cup Turf, Belmont Park, Gr.1, sire.

CARNEGIE (IRE) Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, Longchamp, Gr.1, sire.

POLIGLOTE (GB) Criterium de Saint-Cloud, Gr.1, sire.

KING'S THEATRE (IRE) King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Ascot, Gr.1, sire.

OLD VIC Irish Derby, Curragh, Gr.1, Prix du Jockey Club, Chantilly, Gr.1, sire.

SALSABIL Irish Derby, Curragh, Gr.1, 1000 Guineas, Newmarket, Gr.1, Oaks, Epsom, Gr.1.

QUARTER MOON (IRE) Moyglare Stud Stakes, Curragh, Gr.1. 

SEQUOYAH (IRE) Moyglare Stud Stakes, Curragh, Gr.1.

INSIGHT (FR) E P Taylor Stakes, Woodbine, Gr.1.

LEGGERA (IRE) Prix Vermeille, Longchamp, Gr.1.

DARAZARI (IRE) Ranvet Stakes, Rosehill, Gr.1, sire.

DANCE DESIGN (IRE) Kildangan Stud Irish Oaks, Curragh, Gr.1.

LUNA WELLS (IRE) Prix Saint-Alary, Longchamp, Gr.1.

EBADIYLA (IRE) Kildangan Stud Irish Oaks, Curragh, Gr.1.

JOHANN QUATZ (FR) Prix Lupin, Longchamp, Gr.1, sire.

MUNCIE (IRE) Prix Saint-Alary, Longchamp, Gr.1.

INTREPIDITY (GB) Energizer Oaks Stakes, Epsom, Gr.1.

OPERA HOUSE (GB) Coral Eclipse Stakes, Sandown Park, Gr.1, Coronation Cup, Epsom, Gr.1, King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Ascot, Gr.1, sire.

RUNYON (IRE) Underwood Stakes, Caulfield, Gr.1, sire.

MASAD (IRE) Gran Premio d'Italia, Milan, Gr.1, sire.

FATHERLAND (IRE) Smurfit Natioanl Stakes, Curragh, Gr.1.

BRAASHEE Prix Royal Oak, Longchamp, Gr.1, sire.

SADDLERS' HALL (IRE) Hanson Coronation Cup, Epsom, Gr.1, sire.

FRENCH GLORY Rothman's International Stakes, Woodbine, Gr.1, sire.

SCENIC Three Chimneys Dewhurst Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.1, sire.

PRINCE OF DANCE Three Chimneys Dewhurst Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.1.

PERFECT SOUL (IRE) Turf Mile Stakes, Keeneland, Gr.1, sire.

BALLINGARRY (IRE) Canadian International Stakes, Woodbine, Gr.1, Criterium de Saint-Cloud, Gr.1.

PLAYFUL ACT (IRE) Fillies' Mile Stakes, Ascot, Gr.1.

DIAGHILEV (IRE) Audemars Piguet Queen Elizabeth II Cup, Sha Tin, Gr.1