The Irish champion completed a remarkable 2009 sweep of the 2000 Guineas, Epsom Derby, Eclipse Stakes, International Stakes, Irish Champion Stakes and Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. He won eight of nine starts before becoming a leading European sire at Gilltown Stud.
View five-generation pedigree| # | Achievement and record |
|---|---|
| 1 | Six consecutive Group 1 victories during the 2009 season. |
| 2 | Led the 2009 World Thoroughbred Rankings with an official rating of 136. |
| 3 | Sire of 26 Group 1 winners and more than 150 Stakes winners according to Aga Khan Studs in 2026. |
| 4 | His Aletaq-linked progeny include Daryz and Maltese Cross. |
A son of Green Desert out of Park Appeal, Cape Cross won the Group 1 Lockinge Stakes and became an internationally influential sire through Sea The Stars, 1000 Guineas and Oaks heroine Ouija Board, and Epsom Derby winner Golden Horn.
Winner of the 1993 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and one of modern breeding’s most influential broodmares. She produced both Sea The Stars and Galileo, anchoring two bloodlines that reshaped international Thoroughbred racing and breeding.
Daryz