Teofilo (horse)

Teofilo
Sire	Galileo
Grandsire	Sadler's Wells
Dam	Speirbhean
Damsire	Danehill
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	2004
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Jim Bolger
Owner	Mrs J S Bolger & John Corcoran
Trainer	Jim Bolger
Record	5: 5-0-0
Earnings	₤349,516
Major wins
Tyros Stakes (2006) Futurity Stakes (2006) National Stakes (2006) Dewhurst Stakes (2006)
Awards
European Champion Two-Year-Old (2006)
Last updated on June 21, 2007

Teofilo (foaled 2004) is a retired Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and active stallion. In racing career that only four months in 2006 he became the European Champion Two-Year-Old of 2006, and retired undefeated after five starts. He won two Group One races: the National Stakes in Ireland and the Dewhurst Stakes in England. He was made favourite for both the 2000 Guineas and the Epsom Derby but suffered a knee injury in April 2007 which ended his racing career. He is currently standing at stud in County Kildare.

Teofilo is a 16.2 hand, dark bay horse bred in Ireland by Jim Bolger and owned during his racing career by Jackie Bolger in partnership with John Corcoran. Sired by the Derby winner Galileo and the second foal of the Danehill mare Speirbhean, he was named after the Cuban Olympic boxer Teófilo Stevenson. He was sent into training at his breeder's stable in Kilkenny and was ridden in all his starts by Kevin Manning.

Teofilo began his career with a neck win over the Aidan O'Brien trained Red Rock Canyon in a maiden race at the Curragh. Two weeks later he was moved up to Group III class and won the Tyros Stakes at Leopardstown, beating the English colt Middleham "comfortably". Back at the Curragh, he was hard-pressed to record a narrow win the Group II Futurity Stakes, beating the future Group I winner Eagle Mountain by a head, with the rest of the field well beaten.

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