First winner at stud for former Coolmore colour bearer The United States
The United States, a Group 1-winning brother to the high-class fillies Hermosa and Hydrangea, got his stud career off to the dream start on Saturday when Drakenstein Stud's two-year-old homebred filly Sheela made a winning debut in the Listed Storm Bird Stakes at Vaal in South Africa.
The filly is out of Trip To India, a Listed-placed daughter of leading South African sire Trippi hailing from the family of European Group 1 winners such as Continent, who struck in the July Cup and Prix de l'Abbaye, and Grand Prix de Paris scorer Zambezi Sun.
The globe-trotting son of Galileo began his racing career with Aidan O'Brien and the Coolmore partners, for whom he won the Group 3 KPMG Enterprise Stakes. At four he transferred to the Australian stable of Robert Hickmott to race for Melbourne Cup-winning owners Nick and Lloyd Williams.
The 11-year-old The United States is the second foal out of Beauty Is Truth, a winner of the Group 2 Prix du Gros-Chene bred and raced by Kilfrush Stud.
The daughter of the recently retired Pivotal has bred six winners, including Anglo-Irish 1,000 Guineas heroine Hermosa, British Champions Fillies & Mares and Matron Stakes scorer Hydrangea and their Dansili half-sister Fire Lily, who won three Group 3s.
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Published on 27 February 2021inNews
Last updated 18:07, 27 February 2021
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