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99 not out - assessing the candidates to be Galileo's 100th top-flight winner
Andrew Scutts spins through some of the late phenomenon's representatives plus his final crop of two-year-olds
Galileo: the legendary sire is on the cusp of 100 individual top-level winners Credit: Coolmore
While not a foregone conclusion, the late great Galileo is very likely to reach the grand total of 100 individual Group/Grade 1 winners in 2024.
However, the identity of the landmark winner is not as easy to predict. He didn’t have a runner in either Newmarket Classic at the weekend, nor a knockout two-year-old in 2023.
Mind you, milers, or two-year-olds for that matter, have never really been Galileo’s stock in trade; his stronger representation tends to come in middle-distance and cup races.
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