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Magna Grecia off the mark

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First runner is a winner for Coolmore Stud's first season sire

MAGNA GRECIA winning the Qipco 2000 Guineas Stakes (Group 1) during the QIPCO Guineas Festival at Newmarket in Newmarket, England.
MAGNA GRECIA winning the Qipco 2000 Guineas Stakes (Group 1) during the QIPCO Guineas Festival at Newmarket in Newmarket, England. Picture: (Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images)

Coolmore Stud's Group 1 2000 Guineas (1m) winner Magna Grecia (Invincible Spirit) sired his first winner when his first runner, Myconian (2 c ex Sirici by Choisir), won on Thursday in France. 

Under Mickael Barzalona, the colt pulled three quarters of a length clear of The Fixer in the Prix du Debut (900m) at Saint-Cloud. 

The Amy Murphy-trained Myconian was bought for €27,000 by LDS Bloodstock at last year's Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale from the draft of Whitehall Stud. He is out of the Listed winning and Group 3 placed Choisir (Danehill Dancer) mare Sirici. 

A son of Invincible Spirit (Green Desert), Magna Grecia's fee at Coolmore Stud is advertised at €15,000 this year, down from €17,500 a year ago. 


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