:Teofilo (horse)

{{Infobox racehorse

|horsename = Teofilo

|image =

|caption =

|sire = Galileo

|grandsire = Sadler's Wells

|dam = Speirbhean

|damsire = Danehill

|sex = Stallion

|foaled = {{Birth year and age|2004}}

|country = Ireland

|colour = Bay

|breeder = Jim Bolger

|owner = Mrs J S Bolger & John Corcoran

|trainer = Jim Bolger

|record = 5: 5-0-0

|earnings = £349,516

|race = Tyros Stakes (2006)
Futurity Stakes (2006)
National Stakes (2006)
Dewhurst Stakes (2006)

|awards = European Champion Two-Year-Old (2006)

|honours =

|updated= June 21, 2007

}}

Teofilo (foaled 2004) is a retired Irish Thoroughbred racehorse and active stallion. In a racing career that lasted only four months in 2006 he became the European Champion Two-Year-Old of 2006, and retired undefeated after five starts. He won two Group One races: the National Stakes in Ireland and the Dewhurst Stakes in England. He was made favourite for both the 2000 Guineas and The Derby but suffered a knee injury in April 2007 which ended his racing career. He is currently standing at stud in County Kildare.

Background

Teofilo is a 16.2 hand,{{cite web |url=http://www.darley.co.uk/stallions/our-stallions/teofilo |title=Darley |publisher=Darley |date= |accessdate=2011-08-31 |archive-date=28 August 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110828210254/http://darley.co.uk/stallions/our-stallions/teofilo |url-status=live }} dark bay horse bred and trained in Ireland by Jim Bolger and owned during his racing career by Jackie Bolger. Sired by the Derby winner Galileo and the second foal of the Danehill mare Speirbhean, he was named after the Cuban Olympic boxer Teófilo Stevenson.{{cite news |last=Armytage |first=Marcus |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/2318466/Teofilo-to-join-Darley-stallions.html |title=Teofilo to join Darley stallions |publisher=Telegraph |date=2007-08-07 |accessdate=2011-08-31 |location=London |archive-date=20 January 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120182712/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/2318466/Teofilo-to-join-Darley-stallions.html |url-status=live }} He was ridden in all his starts by Kevin Manning.

Racing career

=2006: two-year-old season=

Teofilo began his career with a neck win over the Aidan O'Brien trained Red Rock Canyon in a maiden race at the Curragh.{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/178/curragh/2006-07-16/413672 |publisher=Racing Post |title=Jumeriah EBF Maiden |date= |accessdate=2011-08-31}} Two weeks later he was moved up to Group III class and won the Tyros Stakes at Leopardstown, beating the English colt Middleham "comfortably".{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/187/leopardstown/2006-07-29/414399 |publisher=Racing Post |title=Tyros Stakes|date= |accessdate=2011-08-31}} Back at the Curragh, he was hard-pressed to record a narrow win the Group II Futurity Stakes, beating the future Group I winner Eagle Mountain by a head, with the rest of the field well beaten.{{cite web |url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/178/curragh/2006-08-26/413227 |publisher=Racing Post |title=Futurity Stakes |date= |accessdate=2011-08-31 |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425124502/https://www.racingpost.com/results/178/curragh/2006-08-26/413227 |url-status=live }}

In his next start, he was sent for one of Ireland's most prestigious juvenile races, the Group I National Stakes. In this race he was matched against the best of Aidan O'Brien's two-year-olds Holy Roman Emperor, the winner of the Railway and Phoenix Stakes. Teofilo raced prominently, took the lead two furlongs out, and stayed on to score an "impressive" {{cite web |url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/178/curragh/2006-09-17/409715 |publisher=Racing Post |title=National Stakes |date= |accessdate=2011-08-31 |archive-date=21 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221081217/https://www.racingpost.com/results/178/curragh/2006-09-17/409715 |url-status=live }} one and a quarter length win over the Ballydoyle colt, with the two finishing well clear. After the race Teofilo was the subject of the highest praise, being talked of as a potential Triple Crown winner{{cite news |author=J A McGrath |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/2346024/Impressive-Teofilo-topples-Emperor.html |title=Impressive Teofilo topples Emperor |work=Telegraph |date=2006-09-18 |accessdate=2011-08-31 |location=London |archive-date=7 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707091358/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/2346024/Impressive-Teofilo-topples-Emperor.html |url-status=live }} and being described by Bolger as the best horse he had ever trained, superior to his King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner St Jovite.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/racing-teofilo-topples-emperor-to-head-guineas-betting-416514.html |title=Teofilo topples Emperor to head Guineas betting |work=The Independent |date=2006-09-18 |accessdate=2011-08-31 |location=London |first=Chris |last=McGrath |archive-date=12 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112014642/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/racing-teofilo-topples-emperor-to-head-guineas-betting-416514.html |url-status=live }}

On his final start of the year, Teofilo was sent to England to contest the Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket in which he again faced Holy Roman Emperor who had won the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardère since their last meeting. Teofilo started slowly, but was moved into the lead a furlong out. He was immediately challenged and headed by Holy Roman Emperor, but stayed on strongly to regain the lead near the line and win by a head.{{cite web |url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/38/newmarket/2006-10-14/414133 |publisher=Racing Post |title=Dewhurst Stakes |date= |accessdate=2011-08-31 |archive-date=30 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230194533/https://www.racingpost.com/results/38/newmarket/2006-10-14/414133 |url-status=live }} Immediately after the race, Teofilo was favourite for the following season's 2000 Guineas and Derby at odds of 5-2 and 4-1 respectively.{{cite web |url=http://www.the-racehorse.com/racing/news/teofilo_battles_to_fighting_win |title=Teofilo battles to fighting win |publisher=the-racehorse.com |date=2006-10-14 |accessdate=2011-08-31 |archive-date=30 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930072626/http://www.the-racehorse.com/racing/news/teofilo_battles_to_fighting_win |url-status=live }} Jim Bolger emphasised his opinion that whatever Teofilo had already achieved, he would be better as a three-year-old running over middle distances; "you won't see the true horse until he goes over a mile and a half".{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/racing-perfect-pride-proves-deadly-420147.html |title=Perfect Pride proves deadly |work=The Independent |date=2006-10-15 |accessdate=2011-08-31 |location=London |first=Sue |last=Montgomery |archive-date=12 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121112014721/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/racing-perfect-pride-proves-deadly-420147.html |url-status=live }}

=2007: three-year-old season=

In April 2007, as Teofilo was being prepared for the 2000 Guineas when rumours began to circulate that "all was not well"{{cite news |author=J A McGrath |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/2311225/Guineas-confusion-as-Teofilo-price-drifts.html |title=Guineas confusion as Teofilo price drifts |work=Telegraph |date=2007-04-17 |accessdate=2011-08-31 |location=London |archive-date=28 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828160801/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/2311225/Guineas-confusion-as-Teofilo-price-drifts.html |url-status=live }} Jim Bolger responded by confirming that the colt had suffered a minor setback, but was still on target.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/racing-swimming-and-walking-for-teofilo-after-setback-445128.html |title=Swimming and walking for Teofilo after setback|work=The Independent |date=2007-04-18 |accessdate=2011-08-31 |location=London}} A week before the race, Teofilo was reported to be exercising impressively, reviving speculation about a Triple Crown challenge.{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/racing-teofilo-on-course-for-guineas-challenge-446662.html |title=Teofilo on course for Guineas challenge|work=The Independent |date=2007-04-29 |accessdate=2011-09-10 |location=London}} Four days later, however, Teofilo was withdrawn from the race after suffering a knee injury in training.{{cite web |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/sport/article-23394891-injured-favourite-teofilo-withdrawn-from-2000-guineas.do |title=Injured favourite Teofilo withdrawn from 2000 Guineas |work=This Is London |date= |accessdate=2011-08-31 |archive-date=11 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711094850/https://www.thisislondontickets.co.uk/ |url-status=live }} His connections kept him in training, with the hope of returning later in the season, but he never ran again, and his retirement was announced in August 2007.{{cite web |url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/racing/2007/0803/teofilo.html |title=Bolger star Teofilo is retired |publisher=RTÉ |date=2007-08-03 |accessdate=2011-08-31 |archive-date=10 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710082514/http://www.rte.ie/sport/racing/2007/0803/teofilo.html |url-status=live }}

Race record

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! style="background:#dacaa4;"| Race

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! style="background:#dacaa4;"| Class

! style="background:#dacaa4;"| Prize (£K)

! style="background:#dacaa4;"| Odds

! style="background:#dacaa4;"| Runners

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! style="background:#dacaa4;"| Margin

! style="background:#dacaa4;"| Time

! style="background:#dacaa4;"| Jockey

! style="background:#dacaa4;"| Trainer

! style="background:#dacaa4;"| Cite

|Jumeirah EBF Maiden

|Curragh

|Maiden

|8/1

|10

|Neck

|1:26.30

|Kevin Manning

|Jim Bolger

| {{cite web |url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/178/curragh/2006-07-16/413672 |publisher=Racing Post |title=Jumeirah EBF Maiden |date= |accessdate=2011-09-10 |archive-date=11 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711094916/https://www.racingpost.com/results/178/curragh/2006-07-16/413672 |url-status=live }}

|KRA Tyros Stakes

|Leopardstown

|22

|7/2

|11

|1.75

|1:30.00

|Kevin Manning

|Jim Bolger

| {{cite web |url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/187/leopardstown/2006-07-29/414399 |publisher=Racing Post |title=Tyros Stakes |date= |accessdate=2011-09-10 |archive-date=3 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103050301/https://www.racingpost.com/results/187/leopardstown/2006-07-29/414399 |url-status=live }}

|Galileo EBF Futurity Stakes

|Curragh

|51

|6/4

|Head

|1:22.60

|Kevin Manning

|Jim Bolger

| {{cite web |url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/178/curragh/2006-08-26/413227 |publisher=Racing Post |title=Futurity Stakes |date= |accessdate=2011-09-10 |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425124502/https://www.racingpost.com/results/178/curragh/2006-08-26/413227 |url-status=live }}

|Laing O’Rourke National Stakes

|Curragh

|124

|2/1

|1.25

|1:26.40

|Kevin Manning

|Jim Bolger

| {{cite web |url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/178/curragh/2006-09-17/409715 |publisher=Racing Post |title=National Stakes |date= |accessdate=2011-09-10 |archive-date=21 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221081217/https://www.racingpost.com/results/178/curragh/2006-09-17/409715 |url-status=live }}

|Darley Dewhurst Stakes

|Newmarket

|141

|11/8

|15

|Head

|1:26.12

|Kevin Manning

|Jim Bolger

| {{cite web |url=https://www.racingpost.com/results/38/newmarket/2006-10-14/414133 |publisher=Racing Post |title=Dewhurst Stakes |date= |accessdate=2011-09-10 |archive-date=30 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230194533/https://www.racingpost.com/results/38/newmarket/2006-10-14/414133 |url-status=live }}

Assessment

Teofilo was the highest rated European two-year-old of 2006 with a rating of 123. At the launch of the ratings, he was described by the senior Irish Handicapper Gary O'Gorman as a "monster".{{cite news |last=Armytage |first=Marcus |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/2306262/Teofilo-is-top-of-the-class.html |title=Teofilo is top of the class |publisher=Telegraph |date=2007-01-17 |accessdate=2011-08-31 |location=London |archive-date=23 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160623195017/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/horseracing/2306262/Teofilo-is-top-of-the-class.html |url-status=live }} He was awarded the title of European Champion Two-Year-Old at the Cartier Racing Awards.

Stud career

Teofilo stands as a stallion for the Darley Stud. He is based at the Kildangan Stud, County Kildare for the first part of the year, and has been "shuttled" to the Kelvinside Stud, NSW for the Southern Hemispehere breeding season.{{cite web |url=http://www.darleyaustralia.com/stallions/our-stallions/teofilo |title=Darley |publisher=Darleyaustralia.com |date= |accessdate=2011-08-31 |archive-date=25 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025031718/http://www.darleyaustralia.com/stallions/our-stallions/teofilo |url-status=live }}

His first offspring appeared on the racecourse in 2011, and include the Tyros Stakes winning filly Remember Alexander.{{cite web |url=https://www.racingpost.com/profile/horse/649434/teofilo |title=Teofilo stud record |publisher=Racing Post |date= |accessdate=2011-08-31 |archive-date=26 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926071548/https://www.racingpost.com/profile/horse/649434/teofilo |url-status=live }} In October Teofilo had his first Group One winner when Parish Hall emulated his sire by winning the Dewhurst Stakes for Jim Bolger.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/15229767|title=Parish Hall extends Bolger record|work=BBC Sport|access-date=9 June 2020|archive-date=11 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711094848/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/15229767|url-status=live}} Other Group race winners in Teofilo's first two crops include Light Heavy (Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial), Havana Gold (Somerville Tattersall Stakes) and Loch Garman (Critérium International). On 29 June Teofilo had his most important success as a stallion when Trading Leather won the Irish Derby. On the following day Havana Gold won the Prix Jean Prat. In September 2013, Teofilo's first-crop daughter Voleuse de Coeurs won the Irish St. Leger.

Subsequent major winners for the stallion have included three time Group 1 winner Happy Clapper (Epsom Handicap, Canterbury Stakes, Doncaster Handicap), Pleascach, Arod (Summer Mile Stakes), Royal Empire (Geoffrey Freer Stakes), Special Fighter (Al Maktoum Challenge, Round 3), Humidor (Australian Cup, Memsie Stakes), Cross Counter, Twilight Payment (Melbourne Cup) and Exultant (Hong Kong Vase).

=Major winners=

c = colt, f = filly, g = gelding

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| style="width:35px;"| Foaled

| style="width:120px;"| Name

| style="width:35px;"| Sex

| style="width:700px;"| Major wins

2009

| c

2009

| f

2010

| g

| Epsom Handicap, Canterbury Stakes, Doncaster Handicap

2010

| Havana Gold

| c

| Prix Jean Prat

2010

| Quest For More

| g

| Prix du Cadran

2010

| Loch Garman

| c

| Critérium International

2010

| Trading Leather

| c

| Irish Derby

2011

| Kermadec

| c

| Doncaster Handicap, George Main Stakes

2011

| Special Fighter

| c

| Al Maktoum Challenge, Round 3

2012

| Humidor

| c

| Australian Cup, Makybe Diva Stakes, Memsie Stakes

2012

| Palentino

| c

| Australian Guineas, Makybe Diva Stakes

2012

| Pleascach

| f

| Irish 1,000 Guineas, Yorkshire Oaks

2013

| Ajman Princess

| f

| Prix Jean Romanet

2013

| Twilight Payment

| g

| Melbourne Cup

2014

| Exultant

| g

| Hong Kong Vase, Hong Kong Gold Cup, Hong Kong Champions & Chater Cup (twice), Queen Elizabeth II Cup

2015

| Cross Counter

| g

| Melbourne Cup

2016

| Donjah

| f

| Preis von Europa

2017

| Subjectivist

| c

| Prix Royal-Oak, Ascot Gold Cup

2017

| Tawkeel

| f

| Prix Saint-Alary

2017

| Without A Fight

| g

| Caulfield Cup, Melbourne Cup

2018

| Gear Up

| c

| Criterium de Saint-Cloud

2018

| Scope

| c

| Prix Royal-Oak

2019

| Nations Pride

| c

| Saratoga Derby Invitational Stakes, Bayerisches Zuchtrennen, Canadian International Stakes

Pedigree

{{Pedigree

|name = Teofilo (IRE), bay stallion, 2004{{cite web |url=http://www.equineline.com/Free-5X-Pedigree.cfm?page_state=ORDER_AND_CONFIRM&reference_number=7266474®istry=T&horse_name==Teofilo%20(IRE)&dam_name=Speirbhean%20(IRE)&foaling_year=2004&nicking_stats_indicator=Y |title=Teofilo pedigree |website=Equineline |date=2012-05-08 |accessdate=2012-06-30 |archive-date=11 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711094849/http://www.equineline.com/Free-5X-Pedigree.cfm/Free-5X-Pedigree.cfm?page_state=VERIFY&reference_number=7266474®istry=T&horse_name==Teofilo%20(IRE)&dam_name=Speirbhean%20(IRE)&foaling_year=2004&nicking_stats_indicator=Y&CFID=273360316&CFTOKEN=9ff4d9004f96e813-4BF42DB7-5056-BE0C-978DC90EE82BAD50 |url-status=live }}

|inf =

|f = Galileo (IRE)
1998

|m = Speirbhean (IRE)
1998

|ff = Sadler's Wells (USA)
1981

|fm = Urban Sea (USA)
1989　

|mf = Danehill (USA)
1986　

|mm = Saviour (USA)
1987

|fff = Northern Dancer

|ffm = Fairy Bridge

|fmf = Miswaki

|fmm = Allegretta

|mff = Danzig