Sadler's Wells -- Born 11th of April 1981 in the USA at Swettenham Stud and owned by Robert Sangster. The dam Fairy Bridge who was also raced by Vincent O'brien went on to be named Ireland's best two year old filly of 1977 and in 1980 was sent to be serviced by the legendary Northern Dancer in the USA. Sadler's Wells was to be her first foal followed closely in 1982 by Fairy King also from a meeting with Northern Dancer. Sadlers Wells was a good galloper winning the 2000 Irish Guineas followed by the Eclipse Stakes and named Champion Miler in France 1984 but it was at stud he would shine. He would produce some of the best stallion sons of any racing era and even near the end of his stud duties probably produced arguably the greatest stallion of them all, Galileo.
Galileo winning the 2001 Irish Derby
In an incredible domination he was named leading sire in Britain & Ireland in 1990 and from 1992–2004. He was also leading broodmare sire in Britain from 2005 to 2011and in North America was leading sire 2008 to 2010. He has left an almost endless list of great stallion sons of the likes of In The Wings,Carnegie,Montjeu,Scenic,El Prado,King of Kings, High Chaparral and many more. It is hard to believe but he is second to the great Danehill on siring group one winners only because he never left Irish shores where Danehill's progeny occupied both hemispheres. He was a dominant bay who sometimes passed on his prominent blaze and a sock or two, he also became synonymous with soundness and dependability. He retired from stud duties on 13 May 2008 and died peacefully on 26 April 2011 at the age of 30 at Coolmore .
So You Think
the son of High Chaparral winning the 2010 Cox Plate
Fairy King -- Born in 1982, the full brother to Sadler's Wells would only have one race start and break down. He was owned by Robert Sangster and was immediately retired to Coolmore Stud in Ireland as a stallion. He was successful from his first crop to race in 1987. He also produced group one winners Turtle Island,Shinko King and Helissio the winner of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and European horse of the year. Then in 1998 he produced Falbrav arguably the cream of his crop except for that little visit to Australia in 1992. It was here that he was sent to a mare by Star Way called Shoal Creek . It is of note that her dam, Rolls was also the dam of another high class Australia stallion Flying Spur who was by the great, Danehill. This meeting would produce an influence on Australian thoroughbred racing that could easily take it to the pinnacle of world racing in the future. His son Encosta De Lago was born in 1993 at Blue Gum Farm. He has sired 73 stakes winners for earnings of $90 million during his 13 years at stud. He is the sire of winners in Australia, Hong Kong, Ireland, New Zealand, Singapore and South Africa. His winners include champion filly Alinghi,the grey flash Chautauqua and Hong Kong's champion Sacred Kingdom. His stallion sons include Manhattan Rain,Northern Meteor and Racing to Win.
Chautauqua 2017 T.J.Smith Stakes
