Fresh from siring his first Stakes winner at his first attempt on Sunday, Teofilo recorded his fourth individual winner at Haydock when his daughter, Viola d'Amour, stayed on well to run out a game neck winner of a well-contested six-furlong Maiden. Commenting afterwards, her trainer Tom Dascombe stated that he thought she was a Stakes filly in the making.
A €44,000 yearling, she was bred by Denis Brosnan and Patsy Byrne and is a half-sister to the Stakes winning mare, Dawnus, herself the dam of Halling's 2011 Stakes winner, Longhunter. From the great family of Sun Princess and Saddlers' Hall, Viola d'Amour's dam, Dame's Violet also has yearling colt by New Approach.
Teofilo has started off in tremendous fashion at stud. Not only is he responsible for siring next seasons 1,000 Guineas favourite in Teolane, his other two Maiden winners are also highly-regarded; Mezmaar, rated 89P by Timeform, appears in the five-day entries for the G2 Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot and Parish Hall, who won well on debut at Leopardstown beating two subsequent winners.
