FALLACY 1: Sadler’s Wells is not a sire of 2-y-o’s.
Sadler’s Wells has sired 63 individual Gr.1 winners,
19 of which won Gr.1 races at 2 years…
ALBERTO GIACOMETTI, Criterium de Saint-Cloud – G1
ARISTOTLE, Racing Post Trophy – G1
BALLINGARRY, Criterium de Saint-Cloud – G1
BRIAN BORU, Racing Post Trophy – G1
COMMANDER COLLINS, Racing Post Trophy – G1
EL PRADO, National Stakes – G1
FATHERLAND, National Stakes – G1
GOSSAMER, Fillies Mile – G1
HIGH CHAPARRAL, Racing Post Trophy – G1
IN COMMAND, Dewhurst Stakes – G1
KING OF KINGS, National Stakes – G1
KING’S THEATRE, Racing Post Trophy – G1
POLIGLOTE, Criterium de Saint-Cloud – G1
PRINCE OF DANCE, Dewhurst Stakes – G1
QUARTER MOON, Moyglare Stud Stakes – G1
REFUSE TO BEND, National Stakes – G1
SCENIC, Dewhurst Stakes – G1
SEQUOYAH, Moyglare Stud Stakes – G1
SHOLOKHOV, Gran Criterium – G1
Close to 1/3 of the GR.1 winners sired by SADLER’S WELLS have won Juvenile GR.1 events
FALLACY 2: Sadler’s Wells progeny do not perform on
firm ground and are therefore not suited to Australian
racing conditions.
A quick look Sadler’s Wells’ Group or Grade 1 winners reveals, that the majority of his best ever
performers not only handled the faster ground, but recorded their ‘Career Bests’ under these
conditions…..
BARATHEA - Breeders’ Cup Mile-Gr.1, Firm (Career best)
BEAT HOLLOW - Arlington Million - Gr.1, Firm (Career best) & Woodford Reserve Turf Classic
S.-Gr.1, Firm
DALIAPOUR - Hong Kong Vase-Gr.1, Good to Firm
DANCE DESIGN - Irish Oaks-Gr.1, Good to Firm
EL PRADO - National Stakes-Gr.1, Good to Firm
FORT WOOD - Grand Prix de Paris-Gr.1, Firm (Career best)
GALILEO - Epsom Derby -Gr.1Good to Firm & The ‘King George’-Gr.1, Good to Firm (Career
best)
HIGH CHAPARRAL - Breeders’ Cup Turf – Gr.1, Firm & Irish Champion Stakes – Gr.1, Good to
Firm
IMAGINE - Epsom Oaks-Gr.1, Good to Firm
IN THE WINGS - Breeders’ Cup Turf-Gr.1, Good to Firm (Career best)
ISLINGTON - Nassau Stakes-Gr.1, Good to Firm (Career best), Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf
– Gr.1 Firm, Yorkshire Oaks – Gr.1, Good to Firm
KAYF TARA - Ascot Gold Cup-Gr.1, Good to Firm & Yorkshire Cup-Gr.2, Firm
KING’S THEATRE - The ‘King George’-Gr.1, Good to Firm (Career best)
MONTJEU - The ‘King George’-Gr.1, Good to Firm (Career best)
NORTHERN SPUR - Oak Tree Invitational-Gr.1, Firm
OPERA HOUSE - Eclipse Stakes-Gr.1,Good to Firm
POWERSCOURT - Tattersalls Gold Cup – Gr.1, Good to Firm
REFUSE TO BEND - National Stakes-Gr.1, Good To Firm
RIVER DANCER - Queen Elizabeth II Cup – Gr.1, Good to Firm
SEQUOYAH - Moyglare Stud Stakes-Gr.1, Good to Firm
SLIGO BAY - Hollywood Cup Turf-Gr.1, Firm (Career best)
SUBTLE POWER - Gulfstream Park B.C. H’cap-Gr.1, Firm (Career best)
Others like LUNA WELLS have been successful on their only starts on Good to Firm but have not
encountered faster ground at Group 1 level. MILAN recorded probably his best ever run on Firm,
when three parts of a length second to Fantastic Light at Belmont and DREAM WELL ran second
at the same venue, also on Firm ground.
IN AUSTRALIA
From just 14 individual starters imported to Australia, two have been successful at Group 1 level
namely DARAZARI and RUNYON.
FALLACY 3: Sadler’s Wells is not a sire of sires.
Nearly 30 of his sons have sired Group/Graded winners
and 9 have already sired a Group One winner.
Sons of Sadler’s Wells are prominent on sires’ lists in
U.S.A., Europe, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand…
EL PRADO
Champion sire in U.S.A in 2002.
Sire of multiple G1 winner Medaglia d’Oro, Champion 3yo filly Mi Pradera,
Spanish Sun (G2), El Soprano (G2), Sweet And Ready (G2), Swingin On Ice (G2), etc
IN THE WINGS
Sire of 10% Group winners to runners, his top performers include
Singspiel (G1), Act One (G1), Winged Love (G1), Kutub (G1),
Central Park (G1), Mamool (G1), Fidelite (G1), etc.
BARATHEA
A proven Group One sire in both hemispheres of Tobougg (G1),
Easy Rocking (G1), Porto Roca (G1), Shirazamatazz (G1), etc.
SADDLERS’ HALL
His best progeny include Champion & triple G1 winner Silver Patriarch
and Champion & dual G1 winner Endless Hall, etc.
FORT WOOD
Sire sensation in South Africa of Horse Chesnut (G1), Fort Defiance (G1), Dynasty (G1), etc.
KING OF KINGS
Champion juvenile sire in New Zealand 2002/03.
His Southern Hemisphere performers this season include
Classic & multiple G1 winner King’s Chapel, G2 Perth Cup winner King Canute, Stakes winning
juveniles Queenza & Redwoldt, G1 placed Ike’s Dream, etc.
SCENIC
Proven Group One sire in Australia of Episode (G1), Shame (G1), Blevic (G1), Universal Prince
(G1), Lochrae (G1), Lord Essex (G1), Piavonic (G1), Scenic Peak (G1), etc.
OPERA HOUSE
Proven sire in Japan of World Record earner T.M. Opera O
The level of success of Sadler's Wells and his sire sons
is amazing when it is considered that many of his bestperformed
sons have yet to be represented on the track.
Included in this category are the outstanding racehorses
MONTJEU, GALILEO & HIGH CHAPARRAL