Anthony Van Dyck was a bay colt with a white blaze bred in Ireland. He was sired by Galileo, who won the Derby, Irish Derby, and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 2001. His dam Believe’N’Succeed was a successful racemare in Australia, winning the Blue Diamond Prelude Fillies in 2008.
About Anthony Van Dyck (horse) in brief
Anthony Van Dyck was a bay colt with a white blaze bred in Ireland by Orpendale, Chelston & Wynatt, a breeding company associated with the Coolmore Stud. He was sired by Galileo, who won the Derby, Irish Derby, and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 2001. His dam Believe’N’Succeed was a successful racemare in Australia, winning the Blue Diamond Prelude Fillies in 2008. She was a granddaughter of the Alabama Stakes winner November Snow and a female-line descendant of the American broodmare Blue Denim. The colt was a top-class two-year-old in 2018 when he won three of his seven races including the Tyros Stakes and the Futurity Stakes as well as finishing second in the National Stakes. He won the derby Trial Stakes before taking the Epsom Derby on 1 June. Later that year he was placed in the Irish Derby,. Irish Champion Stakes, and Breeders’ Cup Turf. He remained in training as a four-year -old in 2020, winning the Prix Foy and running second in both the Coronation Cup and the Caulfield Cup.
He was euthanised after breaking down in the 2020 Melbourne Cup on 3 November 2020. The horse was owned by a partnership of Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, and Susan Magnier. The official details of his ownership have changed from race to race but he was usually described as being owned by Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith. The racehorse was a very late foal in having been born on 19 May. Anthony Van Dycck made his seasonal debut in the Derby Trial Stake over one half miles at Lingfield Park on 11 May 2019. He started 21 favourite against nine-trained opponents and came home third behind Too Darn Hot and Advertise. For his final run of the season, he was sent to the United States to contest the Breeders’ Turf Cup at Churchill Downs.
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