ASTRONOMER ROYAL (USA)

Bay horse
1m 65 - 2004

Breeder : Classic Star

Picture by Scoop Dyga

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First 3 yo's in 2013
Picture of his first foal

 

By legendary Danzig and a daughter of Sunday Silence's greatest rival, Easy Goer,
the very elegant Astronomer Royal is the winner of the Poule d'Essai des Poulains 2007.

2012 Magic Millions Select Sales - Australia : two yearlings by Astronomer Royal
are sold for $ 260 000 and $ 85 000.

 

News : Astronomer Royal stays in Australia in 2013.


 

 

 

RACE RECORD

 

3 wins, winner at 2, 3 and 4, placed 4 times, won 396 963 euros. Timeform : 121.

At 2
E.B.F. Maiden Stakes (Newbury - 6 f)
2nd E.B.F. Maiden Stakes (Naas - 6 f), beaten head on racecourse debut

At 3
Poule d'Essai des Poulains (Gr.1 - Longchamp - 8 f)
3rd Saint James's Palace Stakes (Gr.1 - Ascot - 8 f) behind Excellent Art and Duke of Marmalade, but dominating group I winners Dutch Art, Cockney Rebel and Creachadoir
4th Prix Jean Prat (Gr.1 - Lawman)

At 4
Greenlands St. (Gr.3 - Curragh - 6 f) defeating Abraham Lincoln and Myboycharlie
4th July Cup (Gr.1 - Marchand d'Or) beating Kingsgate Native,
5th (dead heat) Prix Maurice de Gheest (Gr.1)

 

 

 

 

PRODUCE RECORD

 

Black type

STELLAR PATH - Prix des Réservoirs (Gr.3), Athenia Stakes (Gr.3 - Belmont Park) (15), Grand Critérium de Bordeaux (L. - Bordeaux-Le Bouscat), Prix Millkom (L. - Bordeaux-Le Bouscat), 2nd Critérium de l'Ouest (L. - Craon), Prix La Camargo (L.), La Sorellina (L.), 3rd Eatontown St. (Gr.3 - Monmouth Park) (15), 4th Nassau St. (Gr.2 - Woodbine) (15), 5th Poule d'Essai des Pouliches (Gr.1), Prix de Sandringham (Gr.2)
TABLE RONDE - Prix Volterra (L. - Chantilly), 2nd Prix de Lieurey (Gr.3), 3rd Prix Chloé (Gr.3), 4th Prix d'Automne (L.)
Sir Patrick Moore - 2nd Greenham St. (Gr.3 - Newbury), Prix Roland de Chambure (L. - Longchamp), 4th Prix de la Porte Maillot (Gr.3)
Itération - 2nd Prix Delahante (L. - Marseille-Borély)
Royal Sun - 2nd Prix Aymeri de Mauléon (L. - Toulouse)
Kloud Gate - 2nd Prix Right Royal (L.) (16), 3rd Grand Prix du Nord (L.) (15), Prix La Moskowa (L.) (16), Denisy (L.) (16), Right Royal (L.) (17), 4th Premio Federico Tesio (Gr.2) (16), Prix des Jouvenceaux et des Jouvencelles (L.), Bedel (L.) (16), 5th Gran Premio del Jockey Club (Gr.1) (16)
Royal Style
- 3rd Prix des Jouvenceaux et des Jouvencelles (L.), 4th Critérium de l'Ouest (L.)
Plaisancière - 3rd Prix Miss Satamixa (L.)
Montaigne - 3rd Derby du Midi (L.), 4th Derby du Languedoc (L.)

 

 

2012 - First winners

Sir Patrick Moore - Hildon Maiden Stakes (£ 3 881 - 6 f), Newbury 18/5 ; Prix Amber Rama (A - 37 000 euros - 7 f), Compiègne 12/6 ; 2nd Prix Roland de Chambure (L. - 55 000 euros - 7 f), Longchamp 14/7
JEBRIL - Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Stakes (£ 3 169 - 8 f), Chepstow 27/8
SEVEN SEAS - Prix de la Pierre Percée (F - 20 000 euros - 8,5 f sand), Pornichet 12/11
AUCILLA - Prix de la Friche Saint-Vincent (17 000 euros - 7,5 f sand), Deauville 19/12
CASSINI - Prix de Boitron (F - 20 000 euros - 7,5 f sand), Deauville 28/12

 

 

 

 

PEDIGREE

 DANZIG
b. 1977

 NORTHERN DANCER
b. 1961

 Nearctic

 Nearco
 Lady Angela

Natalma

 Native Dancer
 Almahmoud

 PAS DE NOM
dk b / br. 1968

Admiral's Voyage

 Crafty Admiral
 Olympia Lou

Petitioner

 Petition
 Steady Aim

 SHEEPSCOT
ch. 1994

 EASY GOER
ch. 1986

Alydar

 Raise A Native
 Sweet Tooth

Relaxing

 Buckpasser
 Marking Time

 ESCROW AGENT
ch. 1986

El Gran Senor

 Northern Dancer
 Sex Appeal

Viva Sec

 Secretariat
 Viva La Vivi

 

 

 

By DANZIG (USA) (1977 - 2006), 3 races, 3 wins and $ 32 400 at 2 and 3.
 

A legendary stallion.

Produce record

687 winners
198 SWS (113 group winners)

Père d'Adjudicating, Ad Valorem, Agnes World, Ago, Always Fair, Anabaa, Antonius Pius, Asaasy, Astronomer Royal, Belong To Me, Bertolini, Bianconi, Blue Duster, Boundary, Brahms, Bravely Bold, Broto, Burning Sun, Century City, Chief's Crown, Chimes At Midnight, Choice Spirit, Contredance, Country Reel, Crimson Guard, Dance Smartly, Danehill, Danzig Connection, Danzig's Beauty, Dauberval, Dayjur, Della Francesca, Dijeerr, Dispute, Dove Hunt, Dream Scheme, Dumaani, Eagle Eyed, Easy Now, Elnadim, Emperor Jones, Exchange Rate, Fath, Furiously, Golden Snake, Government Corner, Grab, Greek Sun, Green Desert, Haatef, Hamas, Hard Spun, Honoria, I'm so Bad, Iron Mask, Ishiguru, Jibe, Langfuhr, Lech, Librettist, Lost Soldier, Lotka, Lure, Magic Gleam, Magnaten, Mariuka, Maroof, Masterful, Military, Modigliani, Moments Of Magic, Monashee Mountain, Mujahid, Mull Of Kintyre, Mutheeb, Nicholas, One of a Klein, Partner's Hero, Pas de Réponse, Petit Loup, Phantom Rose, Pine Bluff, Polish Day, Polish Navy, Polish Patriot, Polish Precedent, Polish Style, Polonia, Posen, Princess Polonia, Prussian, Qualify, Recording, Roi Danzig, Run and Deliver, Russian Bond, Seebe, Shaadi, Sheer Reason, Slavic, Smolensk, Snadee, Soapy Danger, Soar To The Stars, Stephan's Odyssey, Strolling Along, Tribulation, US Ranger, Versailles Treaty, War Chant, War Front, War Zone, Woven Silk, Yashmak, Yousefia, Zieten, Ziggy's Act, Ziggy's Boy, Zignew, ...




1st dam
SHEEPSCOT (USA), 5 wins at 3 and 4 in USA, Lady Mannequin St. (L.) at Thistledown, 2nd Indiana Oaks (L.), 3rd Lady Hallie Hdp. (L.), Holiday Inaugural St. (L.), $ 153 446. Dam of 5 winners :
  - ASTRONOMER ROYAL
- NAVESINK RIVER (Unbridled), 5 wins at 3 and 4, Pan American Handicap (Gr.2) at Gulfstream Park, Gallant Fox Hdp. (L.), Coyote Lakes St. (L.) at Aqueduct, 2nd Mac Diarmida Hdp. (Gr.3) at Gulfstream Park, Kelso Handicap (L.) at Delaware Park, 4th Gulfstream Park Breeders' Cup Hdp. (Gr.1), $ 331 105. Sire.
- CHIEF PETE (AP Indy), 7 wins from 3 to 5 in USA and South Korea, $ 163 232. Sire.
- AP EASY (f. AP Indy), 1 win at 3 in USA, $ 44 131. Dam of a winner.
- Magnificent Melody (Unbridled's Song), placed, $ 26 600. Brood mare.
- FUPEG RIVER (Fusaichi Pegasus), 2 wins in the USA, $ 25 373
- Dansable (Dansili - 2009)

2nd dam
Escrow Agent, 1 win at 2, placed 4 times at 2 and 3 in USA, 2nd Salem County Stakes (L.) at Meadowlands, 3rd Forsythia Hdp. (L.) at Garden State. Dam of 9 winners :
  - VICAR (Wild Again), 4 wins at 2 and 3 in USA, Florida Derby (Gr.1) at Gulfstream Park, Fountain of Youth Stakes (Gr.1) at Gulfstream Park, 2nd Jerome Handicap (Gr.2) at Belmont Park, Kentucky Jockey Club Stakes (Gr.2) at Churchill Downs, 3rd Blue Grass St. (Gr.1) at Churchill Downs, Phoenix Breeders' Cup St. (L.) at Keeneland, $ 835 142. Sire in the USA and Korea.
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SHEEPSCOT - see above
- Mama Dean (Woodman), 7 wins from 3 to 5 in USA, 2nd Bed O'Roses Breeders' Cup Hdp. (Gr.3) at Aqueduct, 3rd Vagrancy Hdp. (Gr.3) at Aqueduct, $ 260 188. Dam of 3 winners.
- Weston Field (Gulch), 13 wins in USA, 3rd Formal Gold Stakes (L.) at Monmouth Park, $ 407 481
- Magic Caver (Spend A Buck), 1 win at 3 in USA, 3rd Bahamas St. (L.) at Hialeah Park, $ 31 320
- Signatory (Kris), 3 wins, 3rd EBF Novice Hurdle (L.), £ 28 718
- Final Escrow (Bernardini - 2009)

3rd dam
VIVA SEC, 10 wins from 3 to 5 in USA, Dark Mirage Stakes (L.), Grey Flight Hdp. (L.) at Aqueduct, 2nd Correction Hdp. (Gr.3) at Aqueduct, Cicada St. (L.), Grey Flight Hdp. (L.) at Belmont Park, 3rd Bed O'Roses Hdp. (Gr.3) at Aqueduct, Imperatrice Hdp. (Gr.3) at Belmont Park, 4th Distaff Hdp. (Gr.3), First Flight Hdp. (Gr.3) at Aqueduct, $ 307 022. Dam of 8 winners :
  - Delagating (Deputy Minister), 4 wins in USA, 3rd Vineland Hdp. (Gr.3) at Garden State, $ 73 794. Dam of : 
    - JUST RULER, 6 wins in USA, Pomona Invitational Handicap (L.), Harvest Hdp. (L.), $ 239 995
  - KS Fury (Gulch), 8 wins in USA, 2nd Sportsman's Park Breeders' Cup Hdp. (L.), Glitterman Hdp. (L.), 3rd Eillo Hdp. (L.), Plantation Hdp. (L.), $ 148 984
- Viva Deputy (Deputy Minister), 6 wins in USA, 2nd West Virginia Derby (L.), Alysheba Hdp. (L.), Thanksgiving Hdp. (L.), Colonel ER Bradley Hdp. (L.), $ 146 000
- KC Super Pet (Gulch), 2 wins in USA, 3rd Gold Digger Stakes (L.) at Hawthorne. Dam of :
    - KRIS PIT, 5 wins in the USA, $ 177 202. Dam of 5 winners, particularly Polo Argentina, 3 wins, 2nd French Colonial St. (L.), $ 86 830.  
  - Viva La Viva (Crafty Prospector), unraced. Dam of 2 winners :
    - READY TO LIVE, 2 wins in USA, Rebel St. (L.) at Louisiana Downs, 2nd La Senorita St. (L.) at Retama Park, $ 84 500
- Viva la Slew, 2 wins, 3rd Sweep St. (L.), $ 49 000. Brood mare.
  - Vivalita (Deputy Minister), unraced. Dam of 6 winners :
    - Annie Skates, 1 win, 2nd Epitome Breeders' Cup St. (L.), Height of Fashion St. (L.), 3rd Oh So Sharp St. (Gr.3), $ 99 732. Brood mare.
  - Livealifeoflove (Hennessy), unraced. Dam of 2 winners :
    - Hamsa, 2 wins, 2nd Gazelle St. (Gr.1), Honey Bee St. (L.), $ 160 768 
  - FRENCH RIBBON (Gulch), 3 wins, $ 46 630. Dam of 2 winners :

4th dam
VIVA LA VIVI, 15 wins, Correction Handicap (Gr.3), Monrovia Handicap (Gr.3), Santa Paula Hdp. (Gr.3), Sequoia Hdp. (L.), 2nd Vagrancy Hdp. (Gr.3), Sequoia Hillsborough Hdp. (L.), Redwood City Hdp. (L.), Mother Lode Hdp. (L.), $ 233 320. Dam of 3 winners :
  - VIVA SEC - see above
- VIVA AVIVA (Secretariat), 1 win in the USA. Dam of 8 winners :
    - VIVA ZAPATA, 2 wins, Prix du Gros-Chêne (Gr.2), 2nd Prix Servanne (L.), 3rd Prix de Saint-Georges (Gr.3). Dam of 9 winners : 
      - Viva Nureyev, 2 wins, 2nd Prix Yacowlef (L.), 3rd Prix Djebel (L.)
- Zapata Beauty, 1 win, 3rd Prix Imprudence (L.). Dam of winners.
- Doohulla, 2 wins, 3rd Bosra Sham St. (L.). Dam of a winner.
 
    - VALLEYCREEK KID, 2 wins, Gold Rush Futurity (L.), $ 48 870
- Johnny Blood, 2 wins, 2nd Isaac Murphy St. (L.), $ 63 157. Sire.
  - Viva's Lady (Secretariat), unraced. Dam of 10 winners : 
    - CLAY SPRINGS, 1 win in the USA. Dam of 5 winners :
      - REATTA PASS, 14 wins, Ann Owens Distaff Hdp. (L.), $ 188 684 

 


 ASTRONOMER ROYAL

Mrs. Gilles FORIEN
Haras de la Reboursière & Montaigu
61 240 Nonant le Pin
France

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