Ill-fated sire The Wow Signal supplies debut northern hemisphere winner

Ill-fated stallion The Wow Signal, who died aged six following a battle with laminitis in March last year, supplied his maiden northern hemisphere winner on Tuesday when Glory Maker got off the mark at the third time of asking in the Prix de Dreslincourt at Compiegne.

Trained by Karl Burke for owner Ahmad al Shaikh, Glory Maker is from the debut crop of The Wow Signal, who stood at Al Shaqab's French base of Haras de Bouquetot at a fee of €8,000 in 2016 and 2017.

The son of Starspangledbanner, who won the Coventry Stakes and the Prix Morny during his two-year-old campaign, was beset by fertility problems during his time at stud, and has just nine two-year-olds and six yearlings registered with France Galop.

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The Wow Signal also shuttled to Swettenham Stud in Australia in 2015, where he left 12 foals. Among those was Wowsers, who became his sire's first winner when scoring at the Sunshine Coast in December.

Glory Maker was sourced by his owner for 22,000gns at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale, where he was offered by Con Marnane's Bansha House Stables, who pinhooked the youngster for €22,000 from the Osarus Yearling Sale.

Karl Burke: trainer of Glory MakerCredit: Patrick McCann

Bred by Genevieve Neveux and Hubert Delpech, the colt is the first foal out of the Vespone mare Storia Dell'Isola, a half-sister to the Listed-placed Kahyasola. Further back it is the family of Group 1 winners Satwa Queen, Spadoun and Mille Et Mille.

Despite such minuscule representation, The Wow Signal did manage to supply a six-figure yearling, as Paul Nataf went to €100,000 for the filly out of Sister Golightly at last year's Arqana August Sale.

Bred by retired Classic-winning trainer Tommy Stack, The Wow Signal was first bought for €13,000 by Lynn Lodge Stud at the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale, before he was re-offered at the Ascot Breeze-Up Sale, where Sean Quinn, son of trainer John, struck a winning bid of £50,000.

The Wow Signal remains the second-highest rated progeny of his sire with a Racing Post Rating of 116, 2lb behind Home Of The Brave.

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