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Waldgeist is a member of one
of the best families in Germany, and indeed Europe, of Gestüt Ravensberg’s W-Line,
which is descended from Waldrun
the top first-season sires in Europe last year. As discussed elsewhere in this guide,
Invincible Spirit has enjoyed particular success with broodmare sires from the Mr. Prospector line, with six of his 18 Group 1 winners bred this way and further one has Machiavellian as the sire of his second dam.
Kingman, his best son on ratings, is out of a Zamindar mare, while another of his stallions sons, Lawman, is out of a daughter of Gulch, and he is also has at least ten more Group winners bred in this way.
Mr. Prospector appears just the once in Magnia Grecia’s pedigree, and at that in the fifth generation is far enough back to allow mares from all branches of Mr. Prospector’s line.
Invincible Spirit’s Group 1-winning sprinter son Mayson is out of a Pivotal mare, while Lawman sired Group 1 winner Harbour Law out of a daughter of Pivotal.
The best broodmare sire of the day has an enormous affinity with Magna Grecia’s broodmare sire Galileo so Pivotal mares or mares by his sons such as Kyllachy, Captain Rio, Excellent Art and Farhh.
Waldgeist
Galileo – Waldlerche (Monsun)
Ballylinch Stud
€17,500
The only Group 1 winner by Galileo to be retired to stud in Britain and Ireland for 2020 and aimed at the Flat mares, Waldlgeist represents some of the same interests
that combined to launch Lope De Vega’s enormously successful stallion career – namely his co-owner and breeder Dietrich
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von Boetticher and Ballylinch Stud. Waldgeist retires to stud as an Arc winner
and the only horse to defeat Enable in 15 starts, denying her bid for racing immortality in the Group 1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe.
That was the crowning achievement of a racing career that encompassed four seasons, four Group 1 victories, nine race wins and Group 1 second.
Trained by André Fabre for a partnership of von Boetticher’s Gestüt Ammerland and Newsells Park Stud, and for a while the Coolmore partners, Waldgeist ran three times as a two year-old.
He made a winning debut in a mile maiden and then was third in a Group 3 contest before claiming the Group 1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud from a field that contained four future Group 1 winners.
At three he showed the speed for the Group 1 Prix du Jockey-Club distance of 1m2f losing first place in the dying strides to Brametot. He was also second in the
Group 2 Prix Greffuhle.
He added placed efforts in the Group 1 Irish Derby and the Grosser Preis von Bayern over 1m4f and finished a neck second in the Group 3 Cumberland Lodge Stakes.
At four he added a second Group 1 beating Coronet, Cloth Of Stars and Iquitos in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, and won the Group 2 Grand Prix de Chantilly and Prix Foy in which he defeated Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Talismanic and the Group 3 Prix d’Hedouville.
He was placed behind Enable in the Arc and went travelling at the end of the season taking in the Breeders’ Cup Turf and Hong Kong Vase.
He returned as a five-year-old better than ever and started the season with a defeat of the Prix du Jockey-Club winner Study Of Man in the Group 1 Prix Ganay over 1m2f, and was then third to Crystal Ocean and Magical in the Group 1 Prince of Wales’s Stakes.
Sent back up to a 1m4f for the Group 1 King George and Queen Elizabeth Stakes he finished third behind Enable and Crystal Ocean before winning his second successive Prix Foy at Longchamp in September
His dethroning of Enable in the Arc, also saw him defeat Group 1 winners Sottsass, Japan, Magical, Kiseki, French King, Ghaiyyath, Blast Onepiece and Fierement
Waldgeist is a member of one of the best families in Germany, and indeed Europe, that of Gestüt Ravensberg’s W-Line, which is descended from Waldrun.
His dam is the Group 3 Prix Penelope winner Waldlerche, a daughter of the great
Monsun. As well as Waldgeist, she is also the dam of the Group 2 Prix de Malleret winner Waldlied, a three-parts sister to Waldgiest by New Approach.
Waldlerche is a half-sister to the Group 1 St Leger and Group 3 Bahrain Trophy winner Masked Marvel, a son of Montjeu who was also third in the Group 1 Coronation Cup
and is building a good career as a stallion in France.
She is also a half-sister to the dual German Listed winner Waldnah (New Approach) and they are out of the Falmouth Stakes (G2) second Waldmark (Mark Of Esteem).
Waldmark’s unraced full-sister Waldbeere was a fine producer foaling the multiple Group 3 winner and sire Wiesenpfad (Waky Nao), the dual Group 3 winner Waldpfad (Shamardal) and the Oasis Dream Listed winner Waldtraut, who was third in the Group 1 Preis der Diana.
She is also a half-sister to the Group 1 Deutsches Derby winner and sire Waldpark (Dubawi) and the Listed Derby Trial winner Waldvogel, a son of Polish Precedent.
Waldbeere is also a half-sister to the