ALLIGATE
grey GELDING (gb) 2018
archipenko - albanova (alzao)
STORY
ALLIGATE was bought for €75,000 at the 2019 Goffs Orby Yearling Sale in Ireland and bred by Kirsten Rausing’s Staffordstown Stud in England.
He has a genuine staying pedigree and was given the time to grow throughout his 2yo season.
He made a late start to his career as a 3yo but progressed well during his five runs and after finishing 4th in the Swedish St. Leger he won by more than 8 lengths on his last outing of 2021.
Back with a bang: Alligate made all in a canter in his first run of 2022, winning by 11 lengths for a new Official Rating of 94.
pedigree
Pedigrees rarely come better than the one of Alligate.
A son of multiple Group 1 winning sire Archipenko (by Kingmambo) out of triple Group 1 winning Champion Albanova (by Alzao), Alligate hails from one of the most prolific lines in the stud book.
His dam won the G1 Rheinland-Pokal, G1 Deutschlandpreis and G1 Preis von Europa, and she herself is an own-sister to Alborada, the Champion 3yo filly worldwide on International Classifications, who won the G1 Dubai Champion Stakes twice.
Alligate is own brother to Group 3 Arc Trial winner Algometer (by Archipenko) – pictured – and half-brother to Listed winners Alwilda (by Hernando) and All At Sea (Sea The Stars).
Alwilda herself is now the dam of treble Group 1 heroine Alpinista (by Frankel).
TRAINER
NIELS PETERSEN
ØVREVOLL, NORWAY
RACE RECORD
6 STARTS – 2 WINS
Distant Star Handicap, Øvrevoll
Maiden, Øvrevoll
4th in Swedish St. Leger
Prize money: 140.672 NOK
Highest Official Rating (OR): 94
