Stud Career
Galileo was retired to stand as a stallion for the Coolmore Stud. He has operated as a "shuttle" stallion, standing at Coolmore's main farm at Fethard, County Tipperary Ireland during the Northern Hemisphere breeding season and moving to its Australian branch in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales for the Southern Hemisphere breeding season. However, as of 2012, he stands exclusively in Ireland.
His 2008 fee for a live foal was reported to be 225,000 Euros. His 2009 stud fee was reduced to 175,000 Euros reflecting the general trend in stallion fees. In 2012, his fee is listed as "private" by Coolmore.
In September 2008, he underwent surgery for colic
As of 16 October 2011, he has sired twenty-six individual Group one or Grade 1 winners worldwide. By August 2011, he had sired 100 stakes winners from only seven crops of racing age.
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