Alpine Star, Miesque and the Niarchos Family’s Breeding Program
Having recently written about Champion super-filly Alpha Centauri’s 2020 mating with Galileo, I was fascinated when her half-sister, Alpine Star, won the Group One Coronation Stakes at 2020 Royal Ascot. What a year for this wonderful equine family, and for the Niarchos Family breeding program.
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Having recently written about Champion super-filly Alpha Centauri’s 2020 mating with Gali....
In a glorious 2020 Royal Ascot meet, one horse stood out among all others: Stradivarius, who won his third Gold Cup-G1 in a row, by ten lengths, with Frankie Dettori up. The horse put on a brilliant display of superiority and turn of foot, leaving a good field in the dust. Age means nothing to this magnificent creature: at six, he is every bit as impressive as he always has been. 
One Thousand Guineas day, 2020, at the Curragh was all about déjà vu: Aidan O’Brien, Seamie Heffernan, and of course, the greatest sire on the planet, Galileo. Peaceful was victorious in the Irish 1000 Guineas-G1, while Lancaster House took the Gladness S.-G3, and fabulous Magic Wand won the Lanwades S.-G2. 
The 2020 Group One 1000 Guineas, like any horse race, wasn’t a beauty contest. However, if it had been, the result would have been the same. The filly Love, going to post, was the most gorgeous in the field: the most appropriately named race filly of all time. 
