Group 1 Winner Marsha Foals Galileo Filly

Coolmore announced the arrival of one of the most valuable prospects in the bloodstock world, with sprinting champion Marsha delivering a filly by Galileo.

Marsha was bred by the Elite Racing Club out of its listed-winning Marju mare Marlinka and was kept to race in its colors with Mark Prescott.

She rose through the ranks as a 3-year-old, taking listed events at Ayr and York before a glittering performance under Luke Morris to capture the 2016 Qatar Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp (G1) at Chantilly.

Kept in training at 4, she won the Longholes Palace House Stakes (G3) and finished third to Lady Aurelia in the King's Stand Stakes (G1) before reversing the placings in dramatic style when she ran down the U.S. raider right on the line in the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes (G1).

Marsha could not quite defend her Abbaye title against Battaash and finished her career placing sixth in the 2017 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (G1) before a date with the sales beckoned.

Offered by Elite through Prescott's stable at Tattersalls that December, she broke the European record for a Thoroughbred at auction when sold for six million guineas ($8,491,140) to Coolmore's M.V. Magnier.

A cover by the sport's preeminent sire was an obvious fit, and this is the first foal she has produced. While Elite Racing Club could celebrate a huge payday in 2017, it still had much of the family, and Marsha's half brother Judicial rounded off another successful season by landing the listed Golden Rose Stakes at Lingfield in November.