Gallic League
| Gallic League | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Welsh Saint |
| Grandsire | St Paddy |
| Dam | Red Rose Bowl |
| Damsire | Dragonara Palace |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 24 March 1985 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Brown |
| Breeder | N Abbott |
| Owner | Robert Sangster |
| Trainer | Barry Hills |
| Record | 18: 6-2-3 |
| Major wins | |
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Flying Childers Stakes (1987) Middle Park Stakes (1987) Leisure Stakes (1988) Ballyogan Stakes (1989) |
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| Awards | |
| Timeform rating 119 p (1987) | |
Gallic League (24 March 1985 – after 1997) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He showed his best form in the autumn of his two-year-old season but continued to run well in major sprint races for the next two years. In 1987 he won two minor races and finished third in the Norfolk Stakes before returning from a three month absence to win the Flying Childers Stakes and then recorded his biggest win in the Middle Park Stakes. As a three-year-old he won the Leisure Stakes and finished third in the Greenham Stakes. In 1989 he took the Ballyogan Stakes and was placed in both the Duke of York Stakes and the King's Stand Stakes. After his racing career he stood as a breeding stallion in Europe and South Africa.
Gallic League was a brown horse with a small white star, bred in the UNited Kingdom by N Abbott. He was from the last from the penultimate crop of foals sired by Welsh Saint, who recorded his biggest win in the 1970 edition of the Cork and Orrery Stakes. Gallic League's dam Red Rose Bowl won over seven furlongs as a two-year-old in Ireland in 1982. She was a granddaughter of Gallissa, a half-sister to Lorenzaccio.
As a foal, Gallic League was put up for auction at Newmarket and sold for 10,000 Guineas. In the following year he was returned to Newmarket for the Open Yearling Sale and was bought 24,000 guineas by representatives of the British businessman Robert Sangster. The colt was sent into training with Barry Hills at Lambourn in Berkshire.
On his racecourse debut Gallic League contested a five furlong maiden race at Newmarket Racecourse in April and finished second to the William Jarvis-trained Colmore Row. He recorded his first victory in maiden over the same distance at Bath Racecourse, taking the lead soon after the start and accelerating away from his rivals in the second half of the race. He started odds-on favourite for a minor race at Salisbury Racecourse but looked to have thrown away his chance before the start, becoming very agitated in the preliminaries and then panicking in the starting stalls. He almost unseated his jockey Greville Starkey as he attempted to break out of the stalls but went on to take the lead after a furlong and won impressively. He was then stepped up in class and started joint-favourite for the Norfolk Stakes at Royal Ascot in June. After being restrained in the early stages he made some progress in the last quarter mile but appeared unsuited by the soft ground and finished third behind Colmore Row and Classic Ruler.
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