Teofilo had his third individual winner on Sunday, May 29, as Teolane scored a comfortable win at Leopardstown over 1400m.
The Jim Bolger trained filly won the two-year-old maiden race by five-and-a-half lengths and now is being aimed at the Albany Stakes during the Royal Ascot meeting, a route already well known by her trainer with a win in the Stakes in 2008.
Teolane is out of the Erins Isle mare Masnada, winner of nine races in Ireland and six of them at Leopardstown. Teolane was bred and is owned by her trainer, who also bred, owned and trained Teofilo. Teolane now joins Teofilo’s list of winners that includes the impressive colt's Parish Hall and Mezmaar, a winner two days prior at Haydock.
Unbeaten in five career starts highlighted by his back-to-back G1 victories in the National and Dewhust Stakes, Teofilo is by Galileo out of a Danehill mare, the same cross that has produced the impressive classic winners Frankel, Roderic O'Connor and Golden Lilac already in Europe this season.
Teofilo covered an extremely impressive line up of mares during his first southern hemisphere season which included G1 winners Tully Thunder and Not Related; dams of G1 horses Gallant Tess, Black Bean and Regimental Gal; plus siblings and daughters of a further 15 G1 winners - the progeny of those matings are now selling as weanlings throughout the Australia and New Zealand.
Standing the forthcoming breeding season at Darley Kelvinside for a fee of $22,000 (inc GST), Teofilio is bound to once again attract a star-studded book of quality mares.
