Paulele (foaled 7 October 2018) is a Group 1 winning Australian Thoroughbred racehorse.

Paulele
Racing Silks of Godolphin
SireDawn Approach
GrandsireNew Approach
DamChatoyant
DamsireFlying Spur
SexColt
Foaled7 October 2018
CountryAustralia
ColourChestnut
BreederGodolphin
OwnerGodolphin
TrainerJames Cummings
Record21: 8-4-2
EarningsA$2,404,300[1]
Major wins
Kindergarten Stakes (2021)
Roman Consul Stakes (2021)
Eskimo Prince Stakes (2022)
Schillaci Stakes (2022)
Winterbottom Stakes (2022)

Background edit

Paulele is a homebred of Godolphin by stallion Dawn Approach, who shuttled to Australia as a stallion between 2014 and 2018.[2]

Paulele is one of seven winners bred from her dam, Chatoyant. This makes Paulele a three-quarter brother to the 2013 Thoroughbred Breeders Stakes winner, Montsegur, and a half-brother to the 2016 Canonbury Stakes winner Tessera.[3]

Racing career edit

As a two-year-old, Paulele raced on five occasions for three victories, culminating in his first stakes win in the 2021 Kindergarten Stakes at Randwick when ridden by Damien Oliver. Oliver commented on the horse after the race stating, "He is a bit of a weapon this horse”.[4]

At the age of three, Paulele was successful in the 2021 Roman Consul Stakes when ridden by James McDonald and the 2022 Eskimo Prince Stakes when ridden by Kerrin McEvoy. Paulele would finish his three-year-old career with three minor placings at Group 1 level when running third in the T J Smith Stakes behind Nature Strip and second placings in the Doomben 10,000 and Kingsford-Smith Cup.

As a four-year-old, Paulele won the 2022 Schillaci Stakes at Caulfield, before winning his first Group 1 in the Winterbottom Stakes, when he came from last on the turn in a field of sixteen, to win by a head margin.[5]

Pedigree edit

Pedigree of Paulele (AUS) 2018[6]
Sire
Dawn Approach (IRE)
2010
New Approach (IRE)
2005
Galileo Sadler's Wells
Urban Sea
Park Express Ahonoora
Matcher
Hymn Of The Dawn (USA)
1999
Phone Trick Clever Trick
Over The Phone
Colonial Debut Pleasant Colony
Kittihawk Miss
Dam
Chatoyant (AUS)
2002
Flying Spur (AUS)
1992
Danehill Danzig
Razyana
Rolls Mr. Prospector
Grand Luxe
Decidity (AUS)
1993
Last Tycoon Try My Best
Mill Princess
Classy Twig Moss
Pirouette

References edit

  1. ^ "Paulele Horse Profile Search". racenet.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Paulele a second group 1 winner for Dawn Approach". racingpost.com. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Is there a Group 1 for Paulele?". breednet.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Paulele and Oliver strong in Kindergarten". thoroughbrednews.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Paulele claims elusive G1 in Winterbottom Stakes". justhorseracing.com.au. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Paulele Horse Profile". pedigreequery.com. Retrieved 27 November 2022.