Frankel colt Giant Sequoia is bred to be a Derby contender next year and the Aidan O’Brien trained 2YO ended his juvenile season claiming the last G1 of the British flat season when taking out the William Hill Futurity Trophy (1m) at Doncaster overnight.
Giant Sequoia was sent off at 11-1 with Dylan Browne McMonagle to ride after failing at his previous start in the Group I National Stakes at the Curragh last month, but made a lie of that form when scoring a dominant three length win.
Giant Sequoia has the overall record of three wins from five starts with this victory his second in a Black Type race and bookmakers have cut his price for next year’s Epsom Derby to 12-1.
Giant Sequoia blows them away! ?? Aidan O'Brien extends his tally to 13 in the William Hill Futurity Trophy! ?? @DoncasterRaces https://t.co/ufwh0diAJK
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“Giant Sequoia ran badly in the National Stakes when all the horses were sick at the time and obviously he was under the weather. He's a proper horse. He's a Guineas, Derby, French Derby horse I'd say,” said Aidan O'Brien.
Bred in Kentucky and foaled at John Stewart’s farm, Giant Sequoia runs for Stewart’s Resolute Racing in partnership with the Coolmore partners.
He is the first winner from stakes-winning Camelot mare Pink Dogwood, who was also placed in the G1 Epsom and Irish Oaks, and is a full sister to Group I Irish Derby winner Latrobe.
The family has also had an update this year with Group I Irish Derby winner Benvenuto Cellini also on the page and he too is by Frankel.
Giant Sequoia is the 44th Group I winner for Frankel, who has sired 36 stakes-winners in 2026 and five of those are G1 winners.
