Galileo's death has left the staying division at a critical crossroads - but there's also an opportunity to be seized
Beyond the fact they were all trained by Aidan O'Brien and ran for one combination or another of the Coolmore partners, what do St Leger runners Jan Brueghel, Illinois and Grosvenor Square all have in common?
The answer is strikingly similar bloodlines. In fact, the three of them share the same father in Galileo, the sire who has easily had the biggest influence on the Leger this millennium.
Colleague Craig Thake last week shared his view that O'Brien was almost single-handedly keeping the "St Leger alive" but where would O'Brien and the Leger be without Galileo?
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