Champion sire Galileo added an 81st stakes-winner to his tally when the Robert Hickmott trained import Muir (GB) took out the Group II SAJC Adelaide Cup at Morphettville on Monday, reports Breednet.com.au.Tara Madgwick's report says: Ridden a perfect race by Darren Gauci, Muir worked swiftly across from his outside gate to sit just behind the leader and when asked for an effort in the straight forged clear to win the 3200 metre feature by a long neck.Part-owner Nick Williams paid tribute to Gauc

Champion sire Galileo added an 81st stakes-winner to his tally when the Robert Hickmott trained import Muir (GB) took out the Group II SAJC Adelaide Cup at Morphettville on Monday, reports Breednet.com.au.

Tara Madgwick's report says: Ridden a perfect race by Darren Gauci, Muir worked swiftly across from his outside gate to sit just behind the leader and when asked for an effort in the straight forged clear to win the 3200 metre feature by a long neck.

Part-owner Nick Williams paid tribute to Gauci's ride on Muir, labelling it as 'magnificent'.

"Isn't it fantastic for Darren Gauci?," Williams said. "It (barrier 19) wasn't ideal but we had a lot of faith in this horse. He ran Saturday week ago, Gauch said 'I couldn't pull him up'... It's just terrific."

The win was the first major success of prominent owner Lloyd Williams's large-scale purchase of stayers from top European stables to race in Australia, albeit Mourayan (IRE) did finish second in last year's Group I Metropolitan (2400m) at Randwick.

"We put so much effort into these horses we bought off Aidan O'Brien over there in Ireland," Nick Williams said. "There is a bunch of people, all friends, who have shown their faith in us to take shares in all these horses and come for the ride. It's just great to pull off a cup for them."

A son of champion Coolmore based sire Galileo( pictured), who shuttled to Australia for a number of seasons, Muir had won four races in Europe and was fourth in a Group III event at Leopardstown, but this is his first Black Type victory. He is one of three winners from the Royal Academy mare Belle Allemande, a half-sister to stakes-winners Que Belle, Alybgood and Quartier Latin.