Mondialiste

NOT MANY STALLIONS inspire so much devotion in their owners that they build a farm around them, but that’s exactly what the late Geoff Turnbull did for Mondialiste, his Group 1-winning son of Galileo.

Standing a stallion in the north-east of England, away from the centres of the bloodstock world, is not an easy task but Turnbull was a determined man, loyal to the land that shaped him and his stallion stands at the purpose-built Elwick Stud, near Hartlepool. To use that mis-quoted line from Field Of Dreams “if you build it they will come” and Mondialiste is proof – 52 mares visited the Grade 1 Arlington Million and Woodbine Mile winner in 2018, rising to 60 the following year.

His race record and physical resemblance to his pre-potent sire account for part of his appeal, as does his family which is one of the most prolific of those nurtured by the Wertheimer brothers.

Mondialiste is a half-brother to Group 2 Prix Sandringham winner and Group 1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches second Impressionante, a daughter of Danehill. She is the dam of Group 1 Prix du Jockey-Club winner Intello, also by Galileo, and a successful young stallion in England and France. Mondialiste also counts the Group 3 winner Only Answer by Green Desert as a half-sister and the pair are out of the Group 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest and Prix de la Foret winner Occupandiste.

She is a half-sister to Only Green, a Listed-winning daughter of Green Desert, who is also the dam of Group 2 Prix d’Harcourt winner and Group 1 Prix Jacques le Marois second Shaman (Shamardal). The second dam Only Seule is a Lyphard half-sister to the July Cup (G1) winner Elnadim and to the Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Mehthaaf, who is the grand-dam of Mujarah, dam of the Group 1-winning miler Ribchester.

His third dam is Group 2 winner Elle Seule. She is a half-sister to the champion and sire Timber Country, the Grade 1 winner Northern Aspen, Fort Wood, a Grade 1 winner, champion sire and broodmare sire in South Africa, the Grade 2 winner Colorado Dancer, who produced champion Dubai Millennium and appears in so many top pedigrees through his son Dubawi.

Her unraced Sadler’s Wells half-sister Dance Of Leaves is the dam of Queen Anne Stakes (G1) winner and sire Charnwood Forest and Medaaly, winner of the Racing Post Trophy (G1) and also a sire. Mondialiste’s fourth dam is the blue hen Fall Aspen.

Five foals from the first crop of Mondialiste were offered for an average of €40,590 or 31,070gns, six-time his covering fee of £6,000.

Two colts were offered at the Goffs November Foal Sale with Mags O’Toole signing for the most expensive at €50,000. Consigned by Railstown Stud, he is the first foal of Moghrama, a Harbour Watch half-sister to Group 2 Zabeel Mile winner Mythical Magic and to Esentepe, winner of the Group 3 Nell Gwyn Stakes.

Philipp Stauffenberg paid €25,000 for Olive O’Connor’s colt out of Just Jealous, a Lope De Vega half-sister to Group 2 winner Classic Blade.

His highest-priced foal was a filly out of Dame Hester, making her a half-sister to Group 2 winner Donnerschlag and Listed winner Izzy Bizu. She was bought for

Racing Form

31 runs, five wins, 12 places | Best Timeform Rating: 123 | Average winning distance: 8.59f

Stakes form

AT 3 Third in Prix Jean Prat, Chantilly, Gr.1, (to Havana Gold (IRE)).

AT 4 Third in Prix Altipan, Saint-Cloud, L., (to Pinturicchio (IRE)).

AT 5 Won Ricoh Woodbine Mile Stakes, Woodbine, Gr.1, (8f. beating Lea (USA) and Obviously (IRE)), Betfred Strensall Stakes, York, Gr.3, (8½f. beating Mutakayyef (GB) and Basem (GB)), Skybet Y’shire Festival Pomfret Stakes, Pontefract, L., (8f. beating Short Squeeze (IRE) and Birdman (IRE)), second in Breeders’ Cup Mile, Keeneland, Gr.1, (to Tepin (USA)), third in Weatherbys Earl of Sefton Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.3, (to French Navy (GB)), William & Son Paradise Stakes, Ascot, L., (to Moohaarib (IRE)).

AT 6 Won Arlington Million Stakes, Arlington, Gr.1, (10f. beating Kasaqui (ARG) and Deauville (IRE)), second in Sky Bet York Stakes, York, Gr.2, (to Time Test (GB)).