Legendary sire Galileo, has been put to sleep, Coolmore stud have announced. "Regretfully our world-renowned Champion Sire Galileo was put to sleep earlier today on humane grounds owing to a chronic, non-responsive, debilitating injury to the left fore foot," a social media post from Coolmore said. “It is a very sad day,” added John Magnier, “but we all feel incredibly fortunate to have had Galileo here at Coolmore. I would like to thank the dedicated people who looked after him so well all along the way. "He was always a very special horse to us and he was the first Derby winner we had in Ballydoyle in the post M V O’Brien era.

Source: Irish Examiner July 10, 2021 14:48 UTC