Galileo Colt Graduates at Tipperary

1st-TIP, €15,000, Mdn, 7-6, 2yo, 7f 100yT, 1:39.83, g/f.
BERKELEY SQUARE (IRE) (c, 2, Galileo {Ire}–Homecoming Queen {Ire} {Hwt. 3yo Filly-Eng at 7-9.5f, G1SW-Eng & GSW-Ire, $458,335}, by Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), a June 22 runner-up going one mile at Leopardstown after running sixth over seven furlongs there on debut May 26, improved on an early third to race in a stalking second after the initial exchanges here. Sent forward off the home turn, the 1-5 lock eased to the fore approaching the final eighth and was pushed out in the latter stages to best Swing Till Dawn (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}) by a comfortable 2 3/4 lengths. “He came forward lovely from his first to his second run and Seamus [Heffernan] was very happy with him again,” said trainer Aidan O'Brien. “He might come back here for the [Aug. 11] Listed [El Gran Senor S.] next month. He'll get a mile well this year and will be a middle distance horse next year. It was nice for him to get a lead and he learned something today. He'll be a nice colt.” He is the second winner from as many foals to race out of G1 1000 Guineas-winning British highweight Homecoming Queen (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), herself kin to four black-type performers including European Horse of the Year and MG1SW sire Dylan Thomas (Ire) (Danehill), G1 Cheveley Park S.-winning European champion juvenile filly Queen's Logic (Ire) (Grand Lodge) and G1 Epsom Oaks runner-up Remember When (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}). He shares his second dam Lagrion (Diesis {GB}) with GSW G1 Nassau S. runner-up Wedding Vow (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), a daughter of Remember When, and dual Group 2 winner and MG1SP British highweight Lady of the Desert (Rahy), a daughter of Queen's Logic and herself the dam of last year's G2 Lowther S. heroine Queen Kindly (GB) (Frankel {GB}). Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-0, $14,222. Video, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Susan Magnier, Michael Tabor & Derrick Smith; B-Homecoming Queen Syndicate (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien.