Brilliant Gr.1-winning two-year-old by elite sire Lope de Vega.
Fee: $16,500 inc GST | 15.3 hh | 2018
Lope de Vega (IRE) x Queen of Carthage (USA), by Cape Cross (IRE)
Brilliant winner of the Gr.1 Phoenix Stakes at two beating European Champion St Mark’s Basilica.
First yearlings sold up to seven-times his service fee.
RACE RECORD
Australia’s only son of Lope De Vega at stud; sire of top sprinters Gytrash, Santa Ana Lane, Vega Magic & Vega One.
Outstanding first-crop includes half-siblings to Gr.1 winner Gytrash and Gr.1-performer My Whisper, plus the second foal out of Gr.1 Australian Oaks heroine Unforgotten.
RUNS 1ST 2ND 3RD EARNED
TOTALS 8 2 3 1 £320,724
At 2: Curragh Phoenix S., Gr.1 (1200m), Naas Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden (1200m), 2d Newmarket Middle Park S., Gr.1 (1200m), 2d Curragh Railway S., Gr.2 (1200m)
At 3: 2d Royal Ascot St James’s Palace S., Gr.1 (1602m), 3d 2000 Guineas, Gr.1 (1600m), 4th Irish 2000 Guineas, Gr.1 (1600m)
Shamardal
LOPE DE VEGA (IRE)
Lady Vettori
LUCKY VEGA
Cape Cross
QUEEN OF CARTHAGE (USA)
Satwa Queen
1st Dam
Giant’s Causeway
Helsinki Vettori
Lady Golconda
Green Desert
Park Appeal
Muhtathir
Tolga
Storm Cat
Mariah’s Storm
Machiavellian
Helen Street
Machiavellian
Air Distingue
Kendor
Lady Sharp
Danzig
Foreign Courier
Ahonoora
Balidaress
Elmaamul
Majmu
Irish River
Light of Realm
QUEEN OF CARTHAGE (USA), by Cape Cross (IRE). Unraced. Half-sister to IMPORTANT TIME (dam of NATIONS PRIDE), Amerindia (dam of MILITARIZE). Dam of 9 foals, 6 to race, 3 winners, inc:
LUCKY VEGA (c by Lope de Vega). 2 wins. See above.
Lady Clair (f by Canford Cliffs) 3 wins-2 at 2-at 5f, 5½f, 4th York Lowther S., Gr.2
2nd Dam
SATWA QUEEN, by Muhtathir. 6 wins from 1600m to 2000m, £27,976, €462,450, US$55,000, HK$400,000, 191,360Dhs, Longchamp Prix de l’Opéra, Gr.1, Deauville Prix Jean Romanet, Gr.2-twice, Prix de Psyché, Gr.3, Longchamp Prix Vanteaux, Gr.3, Saint-Cloud Prix Nubienne, 2d Longchamp Prix de l’Opéra, Gr.1, Royal Ascot Windsor Forest S., Gr.2, Chantilly Prix Allez France, Gr.3, Nad al Sheba Balanchine S., L. Halfsister to SPADOUN, ANBELLA. Dam of 6 foals, 5 to race, 3 winners, inc:
IMPORTANT TIME (f Oasis Dream) 3 wins from 1700m to 1850m in France and Germany, Köln Stutenpreis des Gestüts Winterhauch, L, Dam of 3 winners inc:
NATIONS PRIDE (c Teofilo) 9 wins-2 at 2-from 1600m to 2400m, £46,064, €100,000, US$1,704,261, 2,605,700Dhs, to 2022-23 in GB, U.S.A, Germany and U.A.E, Saratoga Derby, Gr.1, Woodbine Canadian International S., Gr.1, Müchen Grosser Dallmayr Preis, Gr.1, Belmont Jockey Club Derby, Gr.3, Meydan Dubai Millennium S., Gr.3, Newmarket S., L, Meydan Jumeirah Derby S., 2d Belmont Derby, Gr.1, 3d Meydan Dubai Turf, Gr.1 Amerindia. Placed at 3. Dam of:
MILITARIZE (c Dundeel) 4 wins-3 at 2-from 1200m to 1600m A$2,593,950, to 2023-24, ATC Sires’ Produce S., Gr.1, Golden Rose, Gr.1, Champagne S., Gr.1, Drinkwise 2YO P., 2d ATC Randwick Guineas, Gr.1, Apollo S., Gr.2, 3d ATC Doncaster H., Gr.1, George Ryder S., Gr.1, Todman S., Gr.2
3rd Dam
TOLGA, by Irish River. Placed in GB. Half-sister to FLASH OF REALM, Light Winner, Lumen Dei (dam of SIGNE DIVIN). Dam of 10 named foals, 9 to race, all winners, inc:
SATWA QUEEN (f Muhtathir) 6 wins. See above.
SPADOUN (c Kaldoun) 4 wins-2 at 2-from 1600m to 3200m, Critérium de Saint-Cloud, Gr.1, Longchamp Prix du Ranelagh, L, 2d Longchamp Prix Isonomy, L, Craon Prix du Point du Jour, L, 4th Grand Prix de Marseille, L. Sire.
ANBELLA (f Common Grounds) 2 wins at 2, Deauville Prix Roland de Chambure, L. Dam of 9 winners inc: Masaya (f Dansili) 2 wins at 2, £193,553, Newmarket Tattersalls Millions 2YO Fillies’ Trophy, 3d Newmarket King Charles II S., L, Warwick Eternal S., L, 4th Goodwood Prestige S., Gr.3. Dam of 5 winners inc:
GUSSY MAC (g Dark Angel) 2 wins at 2, Sandown Dragon S., L, 3d Aqueduct Gio Ponti S., L
