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MEDICEAN (GB)

CH. 1997, 16.1 h.h. (1.64m)

European Champion Miler and Classic Winning Sire.

Pedigree    Race Record    Stud Record    Fee

PEDIGREE

  MACHIAVELLIAN

   (B/BR. 1987)

  MR. PROSPECTOR

  RAISE A NATIVE

  NATIVE DANCER

  RAISE YOU

  GOLD DIGGER

  NASHUA

  SEQUENCE

  COUP DE FOLIE

  HALO

  HAIL TO REASON

  COSMAH

  RAISE THE STANDARD

  HOIST THE FLAG

  NATALMA

  MYSTIC GODDESS

   (CH. 1990)

  STORM BIRD

  NORTHERN DANCER

  NEARCTIC

  NATALMA

 SOUTH OCEAN

  NEW PROVIDENCE

  SHINING SUN

  ROSE GODDESS

  SASSAFRAS

  SHESHOON

  RUTA

  COCARDE II

  RED GOD

  CHAMBORD

 

SIRE

MACHIAVELLIAN

Won 4 races at 2 and 3 years including Prix Morny, Deauville, Gr.1, Prix de la Salamandre, Longchamp, Gr.1, Prix Yacowlef, Deauville, L, and Prix Djebel, Maisons-Laffitte, L, and placed second in 2,000 Gns, Newmarket, Gr.1. He is a son of the legendary Mr. Prospector, sire of 176 Stakes winners:

Sire of 33 Stakes winners including:

MEDICEAN, (see above)

ALMUTAWAKEL,  Dubai World Cup, Nad al Sheba, Gr.1, Prix Jean Prat, Chantilly, Gr.1, and placed second in Grand Prix de Paris, Longchamp, Gr.1, Woodward Stakes, Belmont, Gr.1, Oaklawn Handicap, Oaklawn Park, Gr.1,  and third in Jockey Club Gold Cup, Belmont, Gr.1, etc.

VETTORI, Poule d'Essai des Poulains, Longchamp, Gr.1, and placed third in St James' Palace Stakes, Royal Ascot, Gr.1, etc.

INVERMARK, Prix du Cadran, Longchamp, Gr.1, and placed second in Ascot Gold Cup, Royal Ascot, Gr.1, Prix Kergorlay, Deauville, Gr.2, etc.

REBECCA SHARP, Coronation Stakes, Royal Ascot, Gr.1, and placed second in Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, Ascot, Gr.1, Prix d'Astarte, Deauville, Gr.2, Challenge Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.2, etc.

MAJORIAN, Prix de Conseil du Paris, Longchamp, Gr.1, and placed second in Gran Criterium, Longchamp, Gr.1, Charles Whittingham Stakes, Hollywood Park, Gr.1, Prix d'Harcourt, Longchamp, Gr.2, etc. 

STREET CRY, Dubai World Cup, Nad al Sheba, Gr.1, Steven Foster Handicap, Churchill Downs, Gr.1, Sheikh Maktoum bin Rachid al Maktoum Challenge, Nad al Sheba, Gr.2, etc.

STORMING HOME, Charlie Whittingham Handicap, Hollywood Park, Gr.1, King Edward VII Stakes, Royal Ascot, Gr.2, and placed second in Great Voltigeur Stakes, York, Gr.2, Solario Stakes, Sandown, Gr.3, and third in Dante Stakes, York, Gr.2, etc.

TIE BLACK, Poule d'Essai des Pouliches, Longchamp, Gr.1, and placed second in Prix d'Astarte, Deauville, Gr.1, etc.

TITUS LIVIUS, Prix du Gros-Chene, Chantilly, Gr.2, Criterium Des 2 Ans, Evry, Gr.2, Prix Eclipse, Deauville, Gr.3, etc. Sire.

NO EXCUSE NEEDED, Celebration Mile, Goodwood, Gr.2, Queen Anne Stakes, Royal Ascot, Gr.2, Lanson Champagne Stakes, Goodwood, Gr.3, and placed second in Sussex Stakes, Goodwood, Gr.1.

BEST OF THE BESTS, Prix Guillaume d'Ornano, Deauville, Gr.2, Solario Stakes, Sandown, Gr.3, and placed second in Royal Lodge Stakes, Ascot, Gr.2, and third in Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, Ascot, Gr.1, Irish Champion Stakes, Leopardstown, Gr.1, etc.

PHANTOM GOLD, Ribbesdale Stakes, Royal Ascot, Gr.2, Geoffrey Freer Stakes, Newbury, Gr.2, St Simon Stakes, Newbury, Gr.3

KAHAL, Challenge Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.2, and placed second in Challenge Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.2, and Jersey Stakes, Royal Ascot, Gr.3, etc.

SUSU, Challenge Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.2, Sceptre Stakes, Doncaster, L, etc.

WHITEWATER AFFAIR, Prix de Pomone, Deauville, Gr.2, and placed second in Yorkshire Oaks, York, Gr.1, etc.

 

DAM

MYSTIC GODDESS

Won Sweet Solera Stakes, Newmarket, L. and placed second in Queen Mary Stakes, Royal Ascot, Gr.3 (behind Lyric Fantasy, in 2yo course record time) and third in Hillsdown Cherry Hinton Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.3 and Rockfel Stakes, Newmarket Gr.3..  Dam of winners, including:

MEDICEAN (see above)

MOON GODDESS, won 1 race at 3 years.

 

DAMSIRE

STORM BIRD

Also Broodmare sire of Champions THUNDER GULCH and FLANDERS (both by sons of Mr. Prospector).

 

2nd DAM

ROSE GODDESS, Unraced. Dam of five winners, including:

SANAM (84 c. by Golden Act) Champion 2yo colt in Ireland and Italy in 1986. Won Gran Criterium, Milan, Gr.1, Ferrans Futurity Stakes, Curragh, Gr.3, placed twice including second in Glen International Solario Stakes, Sandown, Gr.3.

SHAYBANI (85 c. by Al Nasr) Won  John Skeaping Trophy, Turffontain, Gr.2, and Administrators Trial, Turffontain, Gr.3  placed second in Germiston November Handicap, Gosforth Park, Gr.2. and third in J & B Metropolitan, Kenilworth, Gr.1 and First National Bank 300,000, Turffontain, (Twice) Gr.1.in South Africa.

 

This is also the immediate family of the Champion sire, CARO who was the sire of 78 Stakes winners including Champions WINNING COLORS, MADELIA and CARWHITE.

 

"And like Danehill, now recognised as a prime source of speed in two hemispheres, Medicean is in bred to Natalma, through Northern Dancer and one of his half sisters" Tony Morris

 

   

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RACE RECORD

 

Winner of 6 races (8-10f), £547,055, including:

Won  Gr.1   Coral Eurobet Eclipse Stakes, Sandown, 10f (beating Gr.1 winners Tobougg, Black Minnaloushe & Endless Hall)

Won  Gr.1   Juddmonte Lockinge Stakes, Newbury, 8f.

Won  Gr.2   Queen Anne Stakes, Royal Ascot, 8f (carrying a Group 1 winning penalty

Won  Gr.2   Celebration Mile, Goodwood, 8f (beating Observatory

3rd    Gr.1   St. James Palace Stakes, Royal Ascot, 8f (beaten 1 length by Giant's Causeway)

3rd    Gr.1   Champagne Lanson Sussex Stakes, Goodwood, 8f.

3rd    Gr.1   Juddmonte International Stakes, York, 10½f.

4th     Gr.1   Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, Ascot, 8f.

 

Timeform: Racehorses of 2001 - 128  

"strong, good bodied colt who usually takes the eye: fluent mover.....acts on any going: tough, genuine and consistent". 

STUD RECORD  

 

Sire of 35 individual winners to date of over £1,500,000 in prize money, including 9 Stakes Winners:

DUTCH ART (Spectrum), winner of 4 races including Middle Park Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.1, Prix Morny, Deauville, Gr.1, and Norfolk Stakes, Royal Ascot, Gr.2, and placed second in Darley July Cup, Newmarket, Gr.1 and Greenham Stakes, Newbury, Gr.3, and third in 2000 Guineas Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.1. Will be retiring to Cheveley Park Stud for the 2008 Breeding season.

NANNINA (Danehill), winner of 5 races including Coronation Stakes, Royal Ascot, Gr.1, Meon Valley Stud Fillies' Mile, Newmarket, Gr.1, Windsor Forest Stakes, Royal Ascot, Gr.2, The Sixty Years On Prestige Stakes, Goodwood, Gr.3., and also placed second in the Sun Chariot Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.1, and Falmouth Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.1, and third in Princess Margaret Stakes, Newbury, Gr.3 and Princess Elizabeth Stakes, Epsom, Gr.3.

ALMERITA (Heraldiste), winner of 3 races including the Henkel Preis der Diana (German Oaks), Dusseldorf, Gr.1, Kolner Fruhjahrs-Stuten-Preis, Cologne, L, and placed second in Pferdewetten.de Stutenpreis (German 1,000 Guineas), Dusseldorf, Gr.2, and  Preis der Winterkonigin, Baden-Baden, Gr.3, and third in Grosser Dallmayr-Preis, Munich, Gr.1.

MEDICI CODE, (Fairy King) won 5 races including Del Mar Derby, Del Mar, Gr.2, La Jolla Handicap, Del Mar, Gr.2 (Disq.), and placed second in the Hollywood Derby, Hollywood Park, Gr.1.

ABIGAIL PETT (Efisio), winner of 3 races including the Go And Go Round Tower Stakes, Curragh, Gr.3. and the Silver Flash Stakes, Leopardstown, L.

REGIONAL COUNSEL (Danehill), winner of 2 races at 2 years including Anglesey Stakes, Curragh, Gr.3.

LOVE ACADEMY (Shirley Heights), winner of 2 races including Preis der Winterkonigin, Baden-Baden, Gr.3.

CASINO CLIQUE (Polish Precedent), winner of 5 races including Singapore Derby Trial, L, and placed third in Patron's Bowl, L.

CARTIMANDUA (Timeless Times), winner of 3 races including Timeform Silver Salver (Cecil Frail Stakes), Haydock, L and Kilvington Fillies' Stakes, Nottingham, L.

Al Shamali, (Generous) won 1 race and placed second in Hampton Court Stakes, Royal Ascot, L, and third in Dante Stakes, York, Gr.2.

Big Robert, (Mark of Esteem) won 1 race and placed second in Stardom Stakes, Goodwood, L and third in Prix Pelleas, Chantilly, L.

Ledicea (Acatenango), placed third in JAXX-Wiedenpescher Cologne, L.

 

Watch this space, there is much more to come.....

 

 

SALES RECORD

 

During the 2007 yearling sales, the progeny of MEDICEAN made up to 400,000gns, and demand has been as strong as ever.

 

Fee for 2008:

£30,000 (1st Oct. terms) Special Live Foal

 

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