Kyllachy
| Kyllachy | |
|---|---|
| Sire | Pivotal |
| Grandsire | Polar Falcon |
| Dam | Pretty Poppy |
| Damsire | Song |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 25 February 1998 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Wheelersland Stud |
| Owner | Thurloe Thoroughbreds V Cheveley Park Stud |
| Trainer | Henry Candy |
| Record | 12: 6-3-1 |
| Earnings | £211,248 |
| Major wins | |
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Palace House Stakes (2002) Temple Stakes (2002) Nunthorpe Stakes (2002) |
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Kyllachy (foaled 25 February 1998) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. Named after a Scottish grouse moor, he was a specialist sprinter who was usually held up for a late run. His early form was promising but unremarkable as he won two minor races from seven starts in his first two seasons. As a four-year-old in 2002 he showed exceptional improvement and established himself as arguably the best sprinter in Europe. He won four races of increasing importance including the Palace House Stakes and the Temple Stakes before recording his biggest win in the Nunthorpe Stakes. He sustained an injury in the last-named race and was retired from racing shortly afterwards. He later became a very successful sire: his progeny have included the Cartier Champion Sprinter Sole Power.
Kyllachy is a bay horse with a small white star standing 16 hands high, bred by the Berkshire-based Wheelersland Stud. He was a powerful, heavily-built individual: one of his jockeys said that "if you let the horse out in a field of bullocks you wouldn't know the difference." His sire Pivotal was a top class sprinter who won the King's Stand Stakes and the Nunthorpe Stakes in 1996. He went on to become an “excellent” sire, getting the winners of more than a thousand races across a range of distances including Sariska, Somnus, Farhh and Excellent Art. Kyllachy's dam Pretty Poppy won one minor race from thirteen attempts in 1990 and 1991. Her female-line ancestry made her a distant relative of the outstanding racemare Swiss Maid.
As a yearling the colt was sent to the St Leger Sale at Doncaster in September 1999 and was bought for 36,000 (guineas by Will Edmeades, a bloodstock agent whose other purchases have included Sir Percy and Presvis. Edmeades was acting on behalf of Thurloe Thoroughbreds, a group of syndicates formed in 1995 by established in 1995 by James Stafford whilst the under-bidder at the auction was the trainer Henry Candy who was acting on behalf of Peter Deal. After some negotiation Deal joined the syndicate and Candy trained the horse at Kingstone Warren in Oxfordshire. Candy had enjoyed great success with middle-distance performers such as Time Charter and Master Willie in the 1980s but had struggled for winners in the 1990s before re-emerging as a trainer of sprinters.
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