A two-year-old Group 1 winner by Japanese Horse of the Year, outstanding sprinter and exceptional sire Lord Kanaloa, Tagaloa was a brilliant and precocious racehorse. In winning the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes (1200m), he recorded the fastest time by a two-year-old at Caulfield since 2011 and as a three-year-old he scored the Group 3 CS Hayes Stakes (1400m) to solidify a superb racing career.
After proving popular with breeders in his first season at stud in 2021, his outstanding first foals led him to cover an even bigger book of mares in 2022. Physically exceptional, Tagaloa boasts speed and precocity, and offers a top-class outcross to the Australian breeder.
“As a breeder, there are a few boxes that need to be ticked when selecting a stallion; an excellent racetrack performance and the ability to train on being only a couple. Tagaloa is an example of this and it’s very promising to see his quality coming through in his first crop foals. Using Tagaloa as an outcross sire for Australian mares is clearly working and he is proving to be a valuable investment to our bloodlines here in Victoria.”
Ryan Arnel Stonehouse Thoroughbreds TAGALOA Fee: $27,500 inc GST | 16.1hh | 2017 Lord Kanaloa (JPN) x Vasilissa (JPN), by Heart’s Cry (JPN)At 2: MRC Blue Diamond S., Gr.1 (1200m), MVRC Strath Haven Preston 2YO P. (1000m), 2d ATC Todman S., Gr.2 (1200m), 3d VRC Maribyrnong P., Gr.3 (1000m), 4th ATC Golden Slipper S., Gr.1 (1200m)
At 3: VRC CS Hayes S., Gr.3 (1400m), 3d VRC Australian Guineas, Gr.1 (1600m), 3d MRC HDF McNeil S., Gr.3 (1200m), 3d MRC Manfred S., Gr.3 (1200m)
Mr. Prospector
King Kamehameha
Kingmambo
Manfath
Miesque
Last Tycoon
Pilot Bird
LORD KANALOA (JPN)
Lady Blossom
Storm Cat
Saratoga Dew
Storm Bird
Terlingua
Cormorant
TAGALOA
Heart’s Cry
Sunday Silence
Irish Dance
VASILISSA (JPN)
1st Dam
Penkenna Princess
Pivotal
Tiriana
Super Luna
Halo
Wishing Well
Tony Bin
Buper Dance
Polar Falcon
Fearless Revival
Common Grounds
Proudfoot
VASILISSA (JPN), by Heart’s Cry (JPN). Winner at 1800m in Japan. Half-sister to TRICOLORE BLEU, Danon Gelato, World Impact. Dam of 2 named foals, both winners:
TAGALOA (c by Lord Kanaloa) 3 wins. See above.
Lomandra (f by Not a Single Doubt) Winner at 1200m in 2022-23, ATC Vinery Yearlings H.
2nd Dam
PENKENNA PRINCESS, by Pivotal. 3 wins-2 at 2-at 6f, 7f, £72,997, €84,136, Newbury Fred Darling S., Gr.3, Newmarket Oh So Sharp S., L, 2d Irish 1000 Guineas, Gr.1, Newmarket Rockfel S., Gr.2, 4th Milano Premio Sergio Cumani, Gr.3. Half-sister to Mystery Ocean Dam of 9 named foals, all raced, 6 winners, inc:
TRICOLORE BLEU (c Stay Gold) 6 wins-1 at 2-at 1800m, 2000m, 168,102,000¥, Hanshin Osaka Jo S., L, 2d Hanshin Osaka Jo S., L, Tokyo October S., L, Shirafuji S., L, 3d Hanshin Naruo Kinen, Gr.3, Kyoto Andromeda S., L, Cassiopeia S., L.
Danon Gelato (c Deep Impact) 5 wins at 1800m, 2000m, 107,812,000¥, 3d Nakayama Saint Lite Kinen, Gr.2 World Impact (c Deep Impact) 2 wins-1 at 2-at 2000m, 2200m, 2d Tokyo TV Tokyo Hai Aoba Sho, Gr.2 Vasilissa. Winner. See above.
3rd Dam
TIRIANA, by Common Grounds. Placed at 3. Half-sister to HEAD OVER HEELS. Dam of 11 named foals, all raced, 8 winners, inc: PENKENNA PRINCESS (f Pivotal) 3 wins. See above.
Mystery Ocean (f Dr Fong) Winner at 2, 3d Kempton Masaka S., L. Producer. Madamoiselle Jones. 3 wins at 1m, 8¼f in GB. Dam of 3 winners: Maroosh. 6 wins-1 at 2-from 1400m to 3100m in GB, Hungary and Switzerland, 4th Zürich Grand Prix Jockey Club, L Royal Ffanci. Unraced. Dam of 3 winners:
DAN’S DREAM (f Cityscape) 2 wins at 5¾f, 7f, Newbury Fred Darling S., Gr.3, 2d Curragh Athasi S., Gr.3, Ballyogan S., Gr.3, Tipperary Fairy Bridge S., Gr.3, 4th Tipperary Concorde S., Gr.3.
CAERNARFON (f Cityscape) 2 wins at 2 in 2022, Newmarket Montrose S., L, 3d Pontefract Silver Tankard S., L, 4th Newmarket
1000 Guineas, Gr.1
colt ex Gregers
filly ex Lady Nikolay
filly ex Dal Riata
colt ex Rockaroo
colt ex Makrooma