More Than Ready's handsome son Verrazano (USA) distinguished himself with a near ten length win in the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational and later proved he was up with the best on turf in Europe.
Adelaide went one better by taking on the best in Europe, North America and Australia where he scored that oh so memorable win in the Group 1 WS Cox Plate at Moonee Valley.
Then there is the speed-ball Rubick. The royally bred son of Encosta de Lago has been handpicked to continue his champion sires legacy at Coolmore.
Verrazano (USA) (More Than Ready x Chic Shrine, by Giant's Causeway)
2015 Service Fee - $13,750 inc GST
The success of Sebring has the focussed the spotlight on More Than Ready (USA) as a sire of sires and Coolmore will be standing one of his most striking sons, Verrazano (USA) at Jerry's Plains this spring.
Coolmore bought into Verrazano after a debut win at Gulfstream Park by 7 3/4 lengths before demolishing the opposition by 16 1/4 lengths a month later on the same track.
The son of More Than Ready (USA) went on to establish himself among the best 3-year-olds of 2013 with four Graded stakes victories, highlighted by the Grade 1 Wood Memorial Stakes and the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational by a record 9¼ lengths
Winner of six of his first seven starts for Todd Pletcher, Verrazano was taken to Europe the following season by his sporting owners.
In three starts he finished a close second in the Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot to High Chaparral's champion son Toronado and was third in the Group 1 Lockinge Stakes at Newbury won by Choisir's Olympic Glory.
A half-brother to Grade II winner El Padrino, Verrazano is out of the Giant's Causeway mare Enchanted Rock whose dam Chic Shrine (Mr Prospector) won the Grade 1 Ashland Stakes.
Chic Shrine and is a sister to the Champion mare Queena the winner of the Grade 1 Maskette Stakes, Grade 1 Ruffian Handicap and Grade 1 Ballerina Strakes and dam of the Grade 1 winner Brahms.
Adelaide (IRE) (Galileo x Elletelle, by Elnadim)
2015 Service Fee - $22,000 inc GST
It did not take long for Australians to learn what was already known in Europe and America, Galileo's son Adelaide was a rare talent.
The Aidan O'Brien-trained colt ventured to Australia off the back of his victory in the Grade 1 Secretariat Stakes at Arlington International Racecourse and a luckless third in the Group II Prix Niel at Longchamp.
He gave 13 of the best local and international runners a start and a beating in the Group 1 WS Cox Plate.
Taken back to the rear of the field by Ryan Moore, Adelaide picked off runner after runner around the tricky Moonee Valley circuit to record one of the most memorable wins in the historic race.
The winner of his only start at two, Adelaide retired with a record of four wins, one second and three thirds from nine starts. He was only off the board in one run, his final start in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick run on a bottomless track.
By the all-conquering Galileo, Adelaide has an Australian connection other than his name.
His dam, the 2007 Group II Queen Mary Stakes winner Elletelle, was purchased by the Moonee Valley Racing Club Chairman Bob Scarborough for €825,000 at the 2012 at Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale.
She was carrying a full a full sibling to Adelaide at the time of her sale but tragically Elletelle died just a few months later.
Rubick (Encosta de Lago x Sliding Cube by Rock of Gibraltar)
2015 Service Fee - $17,600 inc GST
Coolmore went in search of the best son of their recently retired champion Encosta de Lago and believed they found him in the Gerald Ryan-trained Rubick.
The talk of the track before he made his first start, Rubick was made a short-priced favourite at his career debut over a 1000 metres at Randwick and justified the faith by winning by almost three lengths.
Ryan took Rubick down to Melbourne for the Group III Blue Diamond Prelude at Caulfield.
His reputation had preceded him. Again sent off as an odds-on favourite, Rubick was untroubled to win by a length.
The unbeaten run came to an end when fourth in the Group 1 Blue Diamond Stakes won by Earthquake and he was done for the season.
Expectations were high when Rubick won the Group II Schillaci Stakes at Caulfield on his seasonal debut but it proved to be his last win.
Consigned by Vinery Stud to the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling sale, Rubick was purchased by David Raphael for $460,000.
The powerfully made bay is the third and penultimate foal of the Group III winner Sliding Cube (Rock Of Gibraltar), a three-quarter sister to Group I winners Redoute's Choice and Platinum Scissors and half-sister to Manhattan Rain.
Sliding Cube died in 2012 but the esteem this family is held can be judged by two sisters to Rubick, Rex Is a Star and Drifting Cube, who made $1,100,000 apiece at the Teeley Asset Dispersal.
This is the prolific family of the imported Nijinsky mare Dancing Show that has produced successful sires Umatilla, Hurricane Sky and Al Maher.
