Sadler's Wells

Sadler's Wells

Bay 1981 15.3 hh (1.60 m)
Northern Dancer - Fairy Bridge
Distance won over: 7f. to 10f.

Over 260 individual Stakes winners. 73 individual Group 1 winners. 22 individual Classic winners. 22 Group 1 winning 2-y-o’s. 14 sire titles in GB/IRE.

Sadler’s Wells is Europe’s greatest sire and has dominated the Classics like none before him. As he finally relinquishes his crown, his sons are moving smoothly into place to take up the running.

Fee for 2009: Retired in 2008

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Yeats Races into Immortality

(18th June 2009, Ireland)
History was made at Royal Ascot on Thursday when magical stayer Yeats (8h Sadler's Wells x Lyndonville, by Top Ville) raced into the record books after capturing his fourth consecutive win in the Group One Royal Ascot Gold Cup. View article

Dante win for High Chaparral’s brother

(15th May 2009, Ireland)
High Chaparral has made a sensational start to 2009 and his pedigree had a fillip at York on Thursday when his full-brother Black Bear Island (3c Sadler’s Wells-Kasora, by Darshaan) landed the G2 Dante Stakes. View article

Wajir becomes Danehill Dancer's 50th Group winner

(4th May 2009, Ireland)
Wajir (3c Danehill Dancer-War Game, by Caerleon) promises to be a leading contender for this year’s French Derby after his success in Sunday’s G2 Prix Hocquart at Longchamp. View article

30th Birthday for Circus Ring

(11th March 2009, Australia)
Broodmares come and broodmares go, but one lucky matron that has had quite an influence in the Southern Hemisphere recently celebrated her 30th birthday at Coolmore Stud in Australia. View article

Great Yeats wins sixth G1

(27th October 2008, Ireland)
The brilliant Yeats (7h Sadler’s Wells-Lyndonville, by Top Ville) landed his sixth Group 1 win in Paris on Sunday when shaking off his 10 rivals with ease to take the G1 Prix Royal-Oak at Longchamp. View article

Septimus makes it Classic clean sweep for O'Brien

(14th September 2008, Ireland)
Septimus (5h Sadler's Wells-Caladira, by Darshaan) ran away with the G1 Irish Field St Leger at the Curragh on Saturday to give trainer Aidan O’Brien an historic clean sweep in this season’s five Irish Classics. View article

Yeats Glorious at Goodwood

(1st August 2008, Ireland)
Evergreen stayer Yeats posted the 13th win of his illustrious career when taking out the Group Two Goodwood Cup on Thursday for the second time, waltzing away to score by a facile seven lengths. View article

Sadler’s Wells Filly Stars in South Africa

(27th July 2008, Ireland)
Irish bred filly Front House (3f Sadler’s Wells x Adjalisa, by Darshaan) scored her first Black Type success when taking out the Group Two Gold Circle Oaks over 2400 metres at Clairwood in South Africa on Saturday. View article

Brilliant Montmartre brings more G1 glory for Montjeu

(14th July 2008, Ireland)
Three-year-old Montmartre (3c Montjeu-Artistique, by Linamix) put in a brilliant performance at Longchamp on Monday evening to run away with the G1 Grand Prix de Paris by a facile four lengths. View article

Historic Third Gold Cup for Yeats

(19th June 2008, Ireland)
It was Coolmore again on Day Three at Royal Ascot with long time flagbearer Yeats back for a historic third consecutive win in the Group One Gold Cup, the first horse to achieve the feat since Sagaro in 1977. View article

Belle sparks more Peintre celebrations

(19th May 2008, Ireland)
Peintre Celebre sired his latest G1 winner in Paris on Sunday when the Alain de Royer Dupre-trained Belle Et Celebre (3f Peintre Celebre-Rotina, by Crystal Glitters) won the G1 Montjeu Coolmore Prix Saint-Alary at Longchamp. View article

One of the best stallions on the planet.

(15th May 2008, Ireland)
In February 1990, after Sadler's Wells had been represented by his first crop of three-year-olds, I ventured the suggestion that he might prove to be the best stallion ever to have stood in Ireland. View article

Sadler’s Wells retires from stud duties

(12th May 2008, Ireland)
Coolmore Stud today announced that legendary sire Sadler’s Wells is to be retired from stud duties due to declining fertility. View article

Champions for Montjeu and Sadler's Wells

(15th January 2008, Ireland)
Montjeu’s son Authorized (4c Montjeu-Funsie, by Saumarez) was ranked Europe’s best three-year-old of 2007 in the World Thoroughbred Rankings after a season that included victories in the G1 Derby and G1 Juddmonte International at York. View article

Dylan Thomas crowned Cartier Horse Of The Year

(16th November 2007, Ireland)
The fabulous six-time Group 1 winner Dylan Thomas (4c Danehill-Lagrion, by Diesis), who retires to Coolmore for the 2008 season, was crowned Horse Of The Year at the 2007 Cartier Awards in London on Wednesday night. View article

Coolmore stallions fill top 5 places in sires’ championship

(13th November 2007, Ireland)
After a tremendous season that included brilliant performances from the likes of Dylan Thomas and Peeping Fawn, Danehill has posthumously been crowned champion sire for a third successive year in 2007. View article

World Record Broodmare Price for Playful Act

(7th November 2007, America)
Sadler’s Wells has had his usual successful year both on the racetrack and in the sale ring, but added a new honour this week to his phenomenal list of achievements when Playful Act set a world record price for a broodmare sold at public auction. View article

World Record Price for Sadler’s Wells Filly

(13th October 2007, Ireland)
A world record price of 2,500,000 guineas was paid on the last day of the 2007 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale for a Sadler’s Wells filly from proven Group One producer Brigid. View article

Aussie Rules Relation Tops Goffs Day Two

(2nd October 2007, Ireland)
The 2007 Goffs Million Sale Continued on Tuesday with a grey filly by Sadler’s Wells from Albanova proving the star attraction when snapped up by Demi O’Byrne for 2,400,000 euros. View article

Listen adds to Sadler’s record

(30th September 2007, Ireland)
Sadler’s Wells had a first Group 1 success from a member of his 2007 two-year-old crop when Listen took the G1 Meon Valley Stud Fillies’ Mile. View article

Soldier continues dream weekend for Galileo

(17th September 2007, Ireland)
On Friday his daughter Lush Lashes (2f Galileo-Dance For Fun, by Anabaa) won 1 million euros on her racecourse debut and on Sunday, Galileo’s incredible run continued when, in the space of 10 minutes he completed a major Group-race double. View article

Yeats is one of all-time greats

(17th September 2007, Ireland)
There are not many omissions in Aidan O’Brien’s glittering CV but one of the few gaps was filled at the Curragh on Saturday when Yeats (6h Sadler’s Wells-Lyndonville, by Top Ville) landed the G1 Irish St Leger under Kieren Fallon. View article

Septimus captures Lonsdale Cup

(27th August 2007, Ireland)
Septimus (4c Sadler's Wells-Caladira, by Darshaan) captured the G2 Weatherbys Insurance Lonsdale Cup over an extended two miles at York on Tuesday. View article

Sadler's Wells colt is Melbourne possible

(22nd August 2007, Ireland)
A trip to the Melbourne Cup is being considered by connections of Septimus (4c Sadler’s Wells-Caladira, by Darshaan) after the Sadler’s Wells colt captured the G2 Weatherbys Insurance Lonsdale Cup over an extended two miles at York on Tuesday. View article

Saddex is latest G1 winner for mighty Sadler’s Wells

(13th August 2007, Ireland)
The incredible Sadler’s Wells enjoyed yet another G1 winner in Cologne on Sunday when the progressive Saddex (4c Sadler’s Wells-Remote Romance, by Irish River) won the G1 Rheinland-Pokal der Sparkasse KolnBonn. View article

Great Yeats takes second Gold Cup

(22nd June 2007, Ireland)
Yeats (6h Sadler’s Wells-Lyndonville by Top Ville) confirmed himself one of the highest-class stayers of recent years when running out an impressive winner of the G1 Gold Cup at Royal Ascot on Thursday for a second successive year. View article

Saddex leads 1-2-3 for Coolmore sires in French G2

(5th June 2007, Ireland)
At Chantilly on Sunday there was another big-race 1-2-3 for Coolmore stallions in the G2 Grand Prix de Chantilly. View article

Scorpion heads Coronation Cup 1-2-3

(1st June 2007, Ireland)
Coolmore stallions sire 1-2-3 in Coronation Cup View article

Sadler's Wells bids to land an amazing sixth Oaks

(28th May 2007, Ireland)
Speaking of legends, Sadler's Wells bids to land an amazing sixth G1 Oaks on Friday with either Measured Tempo, All My Loving or Dance of Light. View article

Authorized continues remarkable run for Sadler’s Wells

(18th May 2007, Ireland)
Even by his own exalted standards, it has been a remarkable couple of weeks for Sadler’s Wells and his sons. View article

Another classic season for Galileo?

(16th May 2007, Ireland)
Classic winners in Britain and Ireland, the champion two-year-old, a Breeders' Cup winner and a Classic 1-2-3 were just some of the highlights for Galileo last year and he looks set for another outstanding season in 2007. View article

SADLER'S WELLS BREAKS MAGIC MILLIONS RECORD

(12th January 2007, Australia)
The incomparable Sadler's Wells has broken the record for a yearling to sell at the Magic Millions sale held at the Gold Coast Australia. View article

SADLER'S WELLS PROVIDES TOP TWO DECEMBER FOALS

(1st December 2006, Ireland)
He is no stranger to sale-ring success and the great Sadler's Wells was responsible for the two most-expansive offerings at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale. View article