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Antonius Pius

Ireland

Antonius Pius

Bay 2001 15.3 hh (1.60 m)
Danzig - Catchascatchcan
Distance won over: 6f. to 7f.

A Group 2 winner at 2 and a leading miler at 3. A top class son of DANZIG, just like DANEHILL, ANABAA and GREEN DESERT. Out of the unbeaten CATCHASCATCHCAN, winner of the Yorkshire Oaks-Gr.1. From the family of ONCIDIUM, a champion sire in Australia. His third and fourth dams both won the Ribblesdale Stakes Gr.2. The fantastic looks to cost $1.5m as a yearling. Antonius Pius has his first yearlings in 2008.

Fee for 2008: € 7,500

Repeat Performance for Without Compromise

(23rd June 2007, Australia)
Popular trainer Greg Hickman has a happy knack of securing smart horses from the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale and he looks to have another on his hands in the shape of Orpen two year-old Without Compromise (2g Orpen - Sailor's Choice, by Yeats). View article

Orpen Juvenile Wins by Five

(11th June 2007, Australia)
The Greg Hickman trained juvenile Without Compromise (2g Orpen – Salor’s Choice, by Yeats) opened his winning account at Randwick on Monday with a runaway five length victory in the Class Three event for two year-olds over 1400 metres. View article

Young Danehill Guns Boost Coolmore Roster

(24th May 2007, Australia)
Global breeding giant Coolmore will follow up on the success of their former champion sire Danehill in launching three new stallions this spring, all of them sons of the horse who dominates racing in this part of the world, despite his death in 2003. View article

FIRST CROP CRACKER FOR ANTONIUS PIUS

(22nd January 2007, Ireland)
First crop sire Antonius Pius had his first known foal born in Ballylooby, Knocklong, Co. Limerick on Saturday. View article

BROM FELINIITY WINS LAST DAY VRC CARNIVAL FEATURE

(13th November 2006, Australia)
Brom Felinity (5m, Encosta de Lago-Brompton Cross, by El Qahira) added to her considerable value as a future broodmare by winning the Group Two VRC Hilton International Stakes over 2000 metres on the final day of the 2006 VRC Melbourne Cup Carnival. View article

SOLID AS ROCKS

(6th November 2006, Ireland)
Three-year-old Gr.1 St Leger-third Red Rocks capped a fantastic year for his sire Galileo winning the Gr.1 Breeder’s Cup Turf. View article