Introducing Roadshow, an exceptionally well-bred 4-year-old gelding, now in training with 14-time Champion Trainer, Paul Nicholls OBE. Roadshow is a former Coolmore horse, who has a page littered with Black Type. He was bought for €67,000 at the Arqana Summer Sale by Highflyer Bloodstock on behalf of Old Gold Racing. Roadshow was trained by 31-time French champion trainer, Andre Fabre, for whom he won on debut as a two-year-old in good fashion, beating his nearest rival by 3½ lengths. Click here to watch the race. He went on to run on four occasions, placing twice, including in the Listed Prix de l’Avre at ParisLongchamp. The winner of that race has since gone on to place at Group level. Roadshow is a son of the great Galileo, who was the champion 3yo of his generation and who earned over £1.6 million in his two seasons in training. This places Roadshow in the family of Sadler’s Wells - one of racing’s most successful and influential thoroughbred bloodlines. Sadler’s Wells’ other offspring include Milan, Kayf Tara, Yeats, Ask, Old Vic and Opera House, to name just a few. At stud Galileo built on his racing achievements by becoming Champion Sire on 12 occasions and before earning himself a private fee, he stood for €150,000. Some notable progeny include the unbeaten champion and subsequent Champion Sire, Frankel, along with the likes of Graded race winners Celestial Halo, Supasundae and Mystical Power over Jumps. Roadshow’s dam, Acapulco, is herself a Group winner. She was trained by Wesley Ward in the USA, from whose yard she won the Queen Mary at Royal Ascot, scored in a Listed race at Churchill Downs and placed in the Group 1 Nunthorpe at York. She later moved to Aidan O’Brien in Ireland for what would be her final race. It was a Listed race at the Curragh, which she won. Across her career, which included four successes from a total of seven runs, she earned over £200,000 in prize money. Acapulco is by Scat Daddy, a multiple Group winner before retiring to stud where he sired US Triple Crown winner Justify, who himself has now sired the likes of the 2024 Derby winner City Of Troy. Roadshow was gelded immediately after he came over to England and has since spent a month out at grass. Paul is hugely excited about this horse’s prospects, noting that he’s a “beautiful horse by Galileo and I’m absolutely thrilled with him”. He informed us that “he’s twice the horse now for that time off" Roadshow made his debut for Old Gold Racing in March and finished in the placings. He has since put in consistently solid performances, placing on every start but two, where he was hampered and unseated his rider and on unsuitably soft ground conditions. He finally fulfilled the promise shown at home to go one better, winning in good style at Sedgefield. It was great to see him get his head in front with such a gutsy performance and it will have done his confidence the world of good. On his next start at Kempton, unfortunately, rain stopped play for Roddy! Significant rainfall throughout the day made the going unsuitably slow for Roadshow to perform to his best. Paul has decided to give Roadshow his well deserved winter break - sensibly avoiding unsuitable winter ground. Roadshow has run consistently this year, including a win at Sedgefield. He will return to training in the spring and should benefit from having some time to strengthen and mature.