Trained by Mark Johnston, Mildenberger won his first two starts before finishing third in the Group II Vintage Stakes at Goodwood.
He bounced back from that loss to score a determined nose win in the one mile
feature as a short priced favourite after looking beaten two furlongs from
home."Obviously in time he is going to need further as he has got plenty of scope, but it was not until the last 100 yards or so that I thought we might get there," said winning rider Franny Norton.
Bred by Godolphin and raced by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed Al Maktoum, Mildenberger has won three of four starts and is the 70th stakes-winner for Teofilo , who sired his 69th the day before when Fleur Foryste won a Listed race at York.
Mildenberger is the best of two winners from Belle Josephine, a half-sister to stakes-winner Marsh Daisy from a prolific Black Type family that has achieved success in Australia through Group I winning juvenile Pasadena Girl.
Teofilo has been a sporadic visitor to Darley in Australia shuttling in 2009, 2010, 2011, then 2013 and then 2016.
He will have three year-olds running for him this season and they include highly promising Godolphin colt Sanctioned, who finished a good third in the Group III ATC Up and Coming stakes last Saturday.
Teofilo stands at a fee of $44,000 this spring and has two Group I winning sons also at stud with Kermadec at Darley at a fee of $22,000 and Palentino standing at Sun Stud in Victoria at $17,600.
Teofilo is enjoying success as a sire of sires in the Northern Hemisphere this year where his Group I winning son Havana Gold has made a great start to his stud career.
With his oldest progeny just two year-olds, Havana Gold is the sire of 14 winners from 45 runners highlighted by two Group III winners in Havana Grey and Treasuring while another son Headway was second in the Group II Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot.
