Endorsement
Second to the current Derby favourite Benvenuto Cellini on debut at Killarney; best display at two when second to Pierre Bonnard in the Zetland Stakes; this year's course form involves links to Derby candidates; stuck to his task to take second when Pierre Bonnard flopped in the Ballysax; pick of these on his close third behind James J Braddock and Pierre Bonnard in the Derby Trial.
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Ownership history
- Derrick Smith/Mrs John Magnier/Michael Tabor/WesterbergCurrent
- Derrick Smith/Mrs John Magnier/Michael Tabor/Westerberguntil 12 Aug 2025
Newest first. Dates mark when the horse left each owner.
Breeding
- Sire
- Wootton Bassett
- Dam
- Embellish
- Damsire
- Galileo
From the connections
“Endorsement is a horse to go into all those nice staying races, but he's a horse to look forward to for next year and it is nice to get his maiden out of the way. He is still a bit babyish and he'll come on a lot mentally and physically from this run. He could go to the Zetland at Newmarket and then on to the Group 1 races in France, but he's a horse who'll be a lovely middle-distance horse next year - Chris Armstrong, Aidan O'Brien's stable representative.”
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