Antonius Pius

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 2009: €5,000

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Group 2 winner at 2 years

1^st Railway Stakes-Gr.2, 6f., Curragh by 1/2 length from Spanish Ace & Il Pirata.

(Other winners of this race include Nijinsky, El Gran Senor, El Prado and Rock of Gibraltar).

1^st Maiden, 7f., Gowran Park by 6 lengths and 10 lengths from Asannie.

World class miler at 3 years

2^nd Breeders’ Cup Mile-Gr.1, 8f., Lone Star Park beaten half a length by Singletary with the

previous year’s winner Six Perfections back in third.

3^rd St. James’s Palace Stakes-Gr.1, 8f., Royal Ascot beaten a length by Azamour and

Diamond Green, with 2000 Guineas winner Haafhd in fourth.

3^rd Prix du Moulin – Gr.1, 8f., Longchamp beaten by a length by Grey Lilas and Diamond Green,

with Gr.1 winning milers Denebola & Whipper fourth & fifth.

5^th French 2000 Guineas-Gr.1, 8f., Longchamp beaten 1 1/2 lengths by American Post,

Diamond Green and Byron.

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Rated 123 (Timeform Racehorses of 2004)