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Rip Van Winkle

Rip Van Winkle

Rip Van Winkle NORTHERN DANCER SADLER’S WELLS FAIRY BRIDGE

SIRE

GALILEO (IRE) MISWAKI

RIP VAN WINKLE (IRE)

URBAN SEA ALLEGRETTA

Bay 2006, 16.0½hh NUREYEV STRAVINSKY FIRE THE GROOM

DAM

LOOKING BACK (IRE) DON’T FORGET ME MUSTIQUE DREAM JAMAICAN PUNCH

NEARCTIC NATALMA BOLD REASON SPECIAL MR. PROSPECTOR HOPESPRINGSETERNAL LOMBARD ANATEVKA NORTHERN DANCER SPECIAL BLUSHING GROOM PROSPECTOR’S FIRE AHONOORA AFRICAN DOLL SHAREEF DANCER HOUSE TIE

SIRE LINE - Galileo Galileo has won eight European Champion Sires titles and been twice Champion European Sire of 2YOs. Among Galileo’s total of 64 individual Gr.1 winners and 241 stakes winners, Rip Van Winkle is rated second only to the great Frankel.

“Galileo is truly a phenomenon, a ruler of the world himself and universally acknowledged as the best sire on the planet”.

Tony Morris, Racing Post

DAM LINE - Looking Back Rip Van Winkle is the first foal of his stakes performed dam Looking Back, whose second foal is the Group winner Le Vie Infinite. A daughter of Gr.1 winning sprinter and Champion 2YO Sire Stravinsky, Looking Back is closely related to Gr.1 winner Danish and comes from the same family as Windsor Park’s eight-time champion sire Volksraad.

RACE RECORD 14 Starts 5-4-0 £1,032,586, €200,584 Champion 3YO Miler in Europe, GB & Ireland. Champion Older Miler in Europe, GB & Ireland.

5 wins-2 at 2-from 7f to 10½f, £1,032,586, €200,584, Won York International S., Gr.1 (10½f), Goodwood Sussex S., Gr.1 (1m), Ascot Queen Elizabeth II S., Gr.1 (1m), 2nd Leopardstown Irish Champion S., Gr.1, Sandown Eclipse S., Gr.1, Goodwood Sussex S., Gr.1, Ascot Queen Elizabeth II S., Gr.1, 4th Epsom The Derby, Gr.1, Newmarket The Two Thousand Guineas, Gr.1.

STUD RECORD Commenced stud duties in IRE and NZ in 2011 DICK WITTINGTON (12c, Danehill). 4 wins from 1165m to 1427m, A$348,874, 1st Curragh Phoenix S., Gr.1.

CAPELLA (12f, Grosvenor). 3 wins from 1300m to 1600m, A$128,590, 1st ARC Eight Carat Classic, Gr.2, 3rd Waikato RC Sir Tristram Fillies Classic, Gr.2, 4th ARC New Zealand Derby, Gr.1.

LASARLA (12f, Danehill). 2 wins from 1200m to 1400m, A$72,514, 1st Counties RC Auckland Thoroughbred Breeders, Gr.2.

EURO ANGEL (12f, Polish Precedent). 3 wins from 1200m to 1600m, A$256,435, 1st MRC Ladies Day Vase, Gr.3, 2nd ATC Millie Fox S., Gr.2, 4th ATC Emancipation S., Gr.2.

FIRST IMPRESSIONS (12f, Van Nistelrooy). 3 wins from 1410m to 2400m, A$192,325, 1st Western Australian Oaks, Gr.3, 3rd WATC Ascot One Thousand Guineas, L. LET HER RIP (12f, Keeper). 5 wins from 1200m to 1400m, A$114,962, 1st Rotorua S., Gr.3.

MAGIC DANCER (12f, Desert Sun). 2 wins from 1000m to 1200m, A$53,657, 1st Taranaki 2YO Classic, Gr.3.

Let Me Roar (12f, Generous). 6 wins from 1200m to 1400m, A$80,295, 1st Te Aroha JC Team Wealleans H., BOP RC NZB Insurance Pearl Series H., Waikato RC ANZ at Te Rapa H., 3rd ARC Easter S., Gr.2.

War Legend (12g, Danehill). 4 wins from 1100m to 1600m, A$179,760, 1st MRC Ladbrokes Mega Margin H., MRC Mitavite Challenge Heat 5 H., 3rd Bendigo JC Golden Mile H., L, VRC TCL S., L, SAJC Port Adelaide Guineas, L.

• Sire of Gr.1 winner Dick Whittington & Group winners Capella, Let Her Rip, Creggs Pipes etc.

• 14.6% Group winners to runners with first crop Southern Hemisphere daughters • Oldest crop 4YO’s include 6 Group winning fillies plus Gr.2 placed Let Me Roar (6 wins from 7 starts) • Yearlings sold to A$370,000 at Sydney Easter in 2016 • The second highest rated son (to Frankel) of Galileo to date • World Champion 3YO Turf Miler 2009 & World Champion 4YO Turf Miler 2010

Rip Van Winkle