ITM irish Stallion showcase 2022
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ITM IRISH STALLION SHOWCASE 2022
Intro Anngrove Stud Annshoon Stud Arctic Tack Stud Ballyhane Stud Ballylinch Stud Blackrath Stud Boardsmill Stud Burgage Stud Castlehyde Stud Castlefield Stud Coolagown Stud Coolmore Stud Derrinstown Stud Bloodstock Jury Gilltown Stud Glenview Stud Grange Stud Irish National Stud Kedrah House Stud Kilbarry Lodge Stud Kildangan Stud Knockhouse Stud Meelin Stud Rathasker Stud Rathbarry Stud Roveagh Lodge stud Springfield House Stud Starfield Stud Sunnyhill stud Tara Stud The Beeches Stud Whytemount Stud Woodfield farm Stud Yeomanstown Stud
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After going virtual in 2021, the ITM Irish Stallion Trail returns as an in-person event on January 14-15, 2022. Though limited to the breeding industry due to Covid-19, the event will again draw the spotlight onto Ireland’s fantastic stallion roster and provide breeders with the opportunity to view an array of world-class stallion farms within a condensed period. Alongside the in-person Trail, this Irish Stallion Showcase digital presentation in association with Racing Post Bloodstock will allow readers to virtually assess stallions at many of Ireland's leading farms, where champions of the Flat and National Hunt produce the superstars of tomorrow.
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2021 was an exceptional year for thoroughbred sales in Ireland. Irish breeders, consignors and sales companies deserve great credit for keeping the show on the road, and it was spiriting to see such vibrant trade featuring buyers from across the globe at all levels of the market. A lot of this success can be tied back to Ireland’s formidable stallion roster, which offers a uniquely diverse array of proven, up-and-coming and new stallions to suit any mare or budget. Horses sired and bred in Ireland were again to the fore in 2021. IREs won more than 50 Group/Grade 1 races across five continents. Irish-breds took home the Derby, Irish Derby, St Leger, Prix de Diane, Cox Plate, Sheema Classic, multiple Breeders’ Cup races, 20 of 28 Cheltenham Festival races, and there were many more notable victories. Visit www.itm.ie/breeding/stallions for an up-to-date list of stallions in Ireland and contact info@itm.ie or call +353 (0) 45443060 for further information or any queries. Follow Irish Thoroughbred Marketing on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook for the best of Irish racing, breeding, and sales. Charles O’Neill – CEO, Irish Thoroughbred Marketing
Set in 350 acres in Mountmellick, County Laois, Anngrove Stud took in its first stallion, Lucifer, in 1970 and since then has been home to such as Monksfield, Pollerton, Sexton Blake, Prince Regent, Belfalas, Welsh Term, Treasure Hunter, Arctic Lord and Alderbrook. Breeding success on the racecourse varies from Royal Ascot to the Cheltenham Festival, for example Night Of Wind in the Queen Mary Stakes to Champion Bumper winner Wither Or Which. Services include boarding, sales preparation for yearlings, mares and foals, as well as breaking and pre-training.
Famous Name Dansili - Fame At Last (Quest For Fame) 2022 fee €1,000
Stallions for 2022
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Anngrove
website
anngrove.com
Marcel Lawman - Mauresmo (Marju) 2022 fee €3,000 Vendangeur Galileo - Vahine (Alysheba) 2022 fee €2,000
Promising former French-based duo Night Wish (a son of Sholokhov) and Saintgodrel (Saint des Saints) have been added to the Annshoon Stud roster recently, and give a really interesting angle to Michael Shefflin’s stud in Ballintlea, in the south of County Kilkenny. Also on the roster is Kamsin, a champion in his native Germany and also a Grade 1 winner-producing sire, who should have a good chance of making the grade with larger crops to run for him over the next few years, alongside Frankel’s brother Proconsul and Danehill Dancer’s son Sumbal, who was recruited at the end of 2019. The late and much-missed Fruits Of Love is among the Annshoon alumni; he stood there from 2006 to 2017.
Kamsin Samum - Kapitol (Winged Love) 2022 fee €3,500 Night Wish Sholokhov - Night Woman 2022 fee €4,000
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Saintgodrel Saint Des Saint - Loumie 2022 fee €2,500
Annshoon
annshoonstud.com
The exploits of Jet Away’s early progeny mean the sire’s name is on the lips of NH breeders when it comes to County Wexford-based Arctic Tack. Breeding has long since superseded farming at owner/manager Eoin Banville’s 300-acre family operation, whose first stallion Heron Island had Cheltenham success. From a top Juddmonte family, Jet Away has covered three-figure books in each of his first five seasons and the son of Cape Cross has started in auspicious fashion. Montjeu stallion Ol’ Man River looks the part; the Beresford Stakes winner’s oldest crop are now five. Another potentially very exciting addition to the Arctic Tack roster for 2022 is the arrival of Dee Ex Bee, who looked every bit a National Hunt stallion in the making in his racing career. A gutsy second in Masar’s Derby and a distinguished career as a stayer after that marks him out as one to watch for the future.
Jet Away Cape Cross - Kalima (Kahyasi) 2022 fee POA Ol’ Man River Montjeu - Finsceal Beo (Mr Greeley) 2022 fee €1,500 Dee Ex Bee Farhh - Dubai Sunrise 2002 fee €3,500
arctic tack stud
jetaway.ie
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Ballyhane Stud is a family-run farm located in the heart of the south-east, in Leighlinbrdge, County Carlow. Since its establishment in 1991, the facilities at Ballyhane have been continuously developed to provide a wide range of services. With a current roster of five stallions - the newest being Group 1 winner Sands Of Mali - boarding and foaling facilities, sales prep and all-weather gallops for pre-training and training, Ballyhane can take a horse from conception through to the racetrack. Group and Stakes winners produced include Soldier’s Call - now on the roster as a stallion - Space Traveller, River Boyne, Peniaphobia, Living In The Past, Lord Of The Lodge and Rainfall.
Dandy Man Mozart - Lady Alexander (Night Shift) 2022 fee €15,000 Elzaam Redoute’s Choice - Mambo In Freeport (Kingmambo) 2022 fee €5,000 Prince Of Lir Kodiac - Esuvia (Whipper) 2022 fee €3,500
Sands Of Mali Panis - Kadlania (Indian Rocket) 2022 fee €5,000 Soldier’s Call Showcasing - Dijarvo (Iceman) 2022 fee €7,500
Ballyhane
denisnolan2.wixsite.com/website
Set in the stunning surroundings of the Mount Juliet estate on the banks of the River Nore near Thomastown, County Kilkenny, Ballylinch boasts a long and proud tradition as a source of excellence to many generations of Irish breeders. The stud was founded by Major Dermot McCalmont over a century ago to stand The Tetrarch at the end of his unbeaten racing career. Renowned for its select stallion portfolio, Ballylinch is now owned by John and Leslie Malone and has been overseen for three decades by John O’Connor. A four-strong team for 2022 is headed by Lope De Vega, who has established a global reputation with G1 winners spread across four continents. Also appearing on the roster are rising star New Bay, Make Believe (wonderfully represented by the versatile and talented Saudi Cup winner Mishriff), and Arc winner Waldgeist, the most accomplished son of Galileo since Frankel. It is also an outstanding nursery, with a broodmare band numbering over 70, housed both at Ballylinch and sister farm Castlemartin Stud.
Lope De Vega Shamardal - Lady Vettori (Vettori) 2022 fee €125,000 Make Believe Makfi - Rosie’s Pony (Suave Dancer) 2022 fee €17,500
New Bay Dubawi - Cinnamon Bay (Zamindar) 2022 fee €37,500 Waldgeist Galileo - Waldlerche (Monsun) 2022 fee €15,000
Ballylinch Stud
ballylinchstud.ie
New Bay
Make Believe
Lope De Vega
Waldgeist
As well as being a Cheltenham Festival-winning trainer at his County Kildare base, Peter Maher has another string to his bow as stallion master at Blackrath Stud. Headline act for Blackrath over the past few years has been Policy Maker, whose talents have been advertised far and wide by Chacun Pour Soi. Clondalkin native Maher, who says he does “a bit of everything!”, is the grandson of Ted Latham, largely responsible for the influx of French blood into the Irish NH scene via the likes of Vulgan and Le Bavard and producing Grand National and Cheltenham winners such as Team Spirit, Foinavon and L’Escargot. Maher’s sire team also includes dual G1 winner Saddex, Tough As Nails, a first-crop son of Dark Angel, and the German-bred Eliot. His boutique training operation is located at nearby Ashfield Stud.
Eliot Tiger Hill - Esposita (Sternkoenig) 2022 fee €1,000 Policy Maker Sadler’s Wells - Palmeraie (Lear Fan) 2022 fee POA
Saddex Sadler’s Wells - Remote Romance (Irish River) 2022 fee POA Tough As Nails Dark Angel - Soreze (Gallic League) 2022 fee €1,500 (All filly foal concession, Oct 1 SLF terms)
Blackrath Stud
petermaherracing.com
Numerous successful stallions have stood at the Flood family’s Boardsmill since the County Meath-based stud was founded in 1935 by the late Jack Flood on the banks of the River Boyne, four miles west of Trim. One of the longest-serving independent stallion farms in Ireland, Boardsmill has been responsible for a multitude of major jumps winners, with a series of Cheltenham Festival scorers to the fore from the progeny of sires like French-bred pair J’Accours and Trouville in the early days through to hugely popular Furry Glen and Orchestra towards the end of the 20th century and the current team featuring Poet’s Word, whose first crop are three-year-olds in 2022. Newest addition to the roster is Sumbal, a Gr.2 winning son of Danehill Dancer.
Court Cave Sadler’s Wells - Wemyss Bight (Dancing Brave) 2022 fee €4,000
Poet’s Word Poet’s Voice - Whirly Bird (Nashwan) 2022 fee €6,000 Sumbal Danehill Dancer - Alix Road 2022 fee €2,500 (All Oct 1 terms, filly concession available)
Boardsmill Stud
boardsmillstud.com
Burgage Stud has recently taken on Fascinating Rock, standing him as a dual-purpose sire, with the horse aiming to fill the sizeable boots of former Burgage stalwart Shantou, John Gosden’s first Classic winner, who sadly died last year after a remarkable 18 seasons on the County Carlow farm’s stallion roster. Burgage Stud’s picturesque family-run farm, originally converted from a working farm by Terence Vigors in 1946, has a tremendous NH heritage thanks to Shantou and the wonderful Bob Back, while current stallion Jukebox Jury is a G1-winning source of winners under both codes. The son of Montjeu’s virtues have been advertised on the Flat by top-class G1-winning filly Princess Zoe; with Triumph Hurdle winner Farclas being his most high profile jumper so far. Studmate Sea Moon’s first crop turn four in 2022.
Jukebox Jury Montjeu - Mare Aux Fees (Kenmore) 2022 fee €6,500 (October 1st) Sea Moon Beat Hollow - Eva Luna (Alleged) 2022 fee €4,000 (October 1st) Fascinating Rock Fastnet Rock - Miss Polaris 2022 fee €4,000 (October 1st)
Burgage Stud
Coolmore has a mixed offering at 200-acre Castlehyde, bought by John Magnier in 1973 and now one of three studs in the breeding giant’s formidable NH division alongside Grange and The Beeches. A powerful NH team at the Fermoy base includes leading jumps sires such as Ascot legend Yeats and fellow Gold Cup winner Westerner, plus a third Gold Cup hero in Order Of St George. Dual G1-winning miler Maxios, from a top Niarchos family, is in his third season at Coolmore, while the roster also includes St Leger star Kew Gardens, a second St Leger winner at Castlehyde alongside Kingston Hill. New for 2022 is the Irish Derby and Royal Ascot winning Santiago.
Kew Gardens Galileo - Chelsea Rose (Desert King) 2022 fee €5,000 Kingston Hill Mastercraftsman - Audacieuse (Rainbow Quest) 2022 fee €2 ,000 Maxios Monsun - Moonlight’s Box (Nureyev) 2022 fee €7,000
NH stallions for 2022
Order Of St George Galileo - Another Storm (Gone West) 2022 fee €6,500 Westerner Danehill - Walensee (Troy) 2022 fee €5,000 Yeats Sadler’s Wells - Lyndonville (Top Ville) 2022 fee €5,000 Santiago Authorized - Wadyhatta 2022 fee €4,500
Castlehyde Stud
coolmore.com
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Arizona No Nay Never - Lady Ederle (English Channel) 2022 fee €6,000 (at Castlehyde) Footstepsinthesand Giant’s Causeway - Glatisant (Rainbow Quest) 2022 fee €12,500 (at Castlehyde) Gustav Klimt Galileo - Massarra (Danehill) 2022 fee €4,000 (at Castlehyde) Holy Roman Emperor Danehill - L’On Vite (Secretariat) 2022 fee €10,000 (at Castlehyde)
Rock Of Gibraltar Danehill - Offshore Boom (Be My Guest) 2022 fee €5,000 (at Castlehyde) Sioux Nation Scat Daddy - Dream The Blues (Oasis Dream) 2022 fee €10,000 (at Castlehyde) Starspangledbanner Choisir - Gold Anthem (Made Of Gold) 2022 fee €35,000 (at Castlehyde) Gleneagles Galileo - You'resothrilling 2022 fee €15,000 U S Navy Flag War Front - Misty For Me 2022 fee €12,500
Flat Stallions for 2022
This year Mirage Dancer, a Group 1-winning son of champion sire Frankel, joins Ger O’Neill’s growing Castlefield Stud roster in County Kilkenny, along with Group 2 scorer Alkumait, a Mill Reef Stakes winning son of Showcasing. Mirage Dancer was bred by Juddmonte and is one of four black-type performers out of Matriarch and Beverly D Stakes heroine Heat Haze, a sibling to fellow Group/Grade 1 winners Banks Hill, Cacique, Champs Elysees and Intercontinental, as well as top sire Dansili, out of blue hen Hasili. Mirage Dancer and Alkumait join Hunting Horn, a Hampton Court Stakes and Moonee Valley Gold Cup winning son of Camelot, who also placed in the Belmont Derby Invitational and the Prix Niel.
Alkumait Showcasing - Suelita (Dutch Art) 2022 fee €5,000 Hunting Horn Camleot - Mora Bai (Indian Ridge) 2022 fee €2 ,000
stallions for 2022
Mirage Dancer Frankel - Heat Haze (Green Desert) 2022 fee €3,500
Castlefield Stud
www.itm.ie/Breeding/Stallions
Coolagown Stud, which prides itself as the ‘Home of the gallopers’, was established over 20 years ago in a lovely village near Fermoy in County Cork by Travado’s breeder Bernie Stack. Under the management of his son David, the stud has developed an excellent reputation for its warm welcome and personal touch – and as a value destination for primarily NH breeders. Former stallions include Daylami and Papal Bull, while the current roster includes French G1 winner Way To Paris, . He joins Carlotamix, sire of dual French Champion Hurdle winner Gemix, plus up-and-coming pair Shantaram (by Galileo) and Zambezi Sun (by Dansili). The exciting Malinas stands at Coolagown for 2022 in conjunction with Rathbarry and Glenview Stud.
Carlotamix Linamix - Carlitta (Olympio) 2022 fee €2,000 Shantaram Galileo - All’s Forgotten (Darshaan) 2022 fee €1,000
Way To Paris Champs Elysees - Grey Way (Cozzene) 2022 fee €3,500 Zambezi Sun Dansili - Imbabala (Zafonic) 2022 fee €2,000 Malinas Lomitas - Majoritat 2022 fee €3,500
Coolagown
coolagown.ie
Not for nothing is Coolmore renowned as the world’s foremost bloodstock organisation. Originally a small agricultural farm, the Magnier family’s thoroughbred breeding colossus now covers over 7,000 acres with branches in America and Australia plus a NH division at home in Ireland to complement its hallowed main base at Fethard, County Tipperary – and not forgetting, of course, a pre-eminent racing set-up at Ballydoyle under peerless trainer Aidan O’Brien. Built up from the mid-70s mainly via big-money US purchases from the Northern Dancer line, Coolmore boasts a long list of Classic winners and champions on its past and present rosters headed by the legendary likes of Sadler’s Wells, Danehill and modern-era phenomenon Galileo, the most successful sire of individual G1 winners in history. A truly formidable stallion band for 2022 includes the extremely eye-catching Wootton Bassett, the increasingly impressive No Nay Never, the breathtaking French Guineas, French Derby Coral-Eclipse and Irish Champion Stakes winning St Mark’s Basilica, a hugely promising son of Deep Impact in Saxon Warrior, Arc winner Sottsass, and an enviable selection of sons of the late, great Galileo in Australia, Gleneagles, Churchill, Circus Maximus, alongside the much-too-good-to-only-mention-in-passing Calyx, Camelot, Magna Grecia, Ten Sovereigns, US Navy Flag, Footstepsinthesand, Starspangledbanner and many more.
Australia Galileo - Ouija Board (Cape Cross) 2022 fee €35,000 Calyx Kingman - Helleborine (Observatory) 2022 fee €12,500 Camelot Montjeu - Tarfah (Kingmambo) 2022 fee €75,000 Churchill Galileo - Meow (Storm Cat) 2022 fee €25,000 Circus Maximus Galileo - Duntle (Danehill Dancer) 2022 fee €12,500 Highland Reel Galileo - Hveger (Danehill) 2022 fee €10,000
Magna Grecia Invincible Spirit - Cabaret (Galileo) 2022 fee €17,500 No Nay Never Scat Daddy - Cat’s Eye Witness (Elusive Quality) 2022 fee €125,000 Saxon Warrior Deep Impact - Maybe (Galileo) 2022 fee €20,000 Sottsass Siyouni - Starlet’s Sister (Galileo) 2022 fee €25,000 Ten Sovereigns No Nay Never - Seeking Solace (Exceed And Excel) 2022 fee €17,500 Wootton Bassett Iffraaj - Balladonia (Primo Dominie) 2022 fee €150,000 St Mark's Basilica Siyouni - Cabaret (Galileo) 2022 fee €65,000
Coolmore Stud
Wootton Bassett
Based in Maynooth, County Kildare, internationally renowned Derrinstown is the Irish arm of the late Hamdan Al Maktoum’s celebrated bloodstock operation alongside the Shadwell estate in Newmarket and Shadwell Farm in the US. Between them, the three have been responsible for more than 100 G1 winners, while a plethora of household names – many homebreds – have carried the late sheikh’s famous blue-and-white silks on all four corners of the globe. Purchased in 1982, Derrinstown has been extended from what was originally 350 acres into an operation encompassing 11 farms and more than 2,000 acres. It has bred 21 individual G1 winners, with Tawkeel and Nazeef added to the list in 2020. Three well-bred, competitively-priced stallions stand for 2022 - proven G1 sire Tamayuz, promising Awtaad and 2000 Guineas runner-up King Of Change.
Awtaad Cape Cross - Asheerah (Shamardal) 2022 fee €5,000 King Of Change Farhh - Salacia (Echo Of Light) 2022 fee €6,000
Tamayuz Nayef - Al Ishq (Nureyev) 2022 fee €7,000 (All special live foal Jan 1)
Derrinstown Stud
derrinstown.com
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Awtaad
King Of Change
Tamayuz
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What did you make of trade at the sales in 2021? Following 2020 it was hard to look at the year ahead with any degree of confidence. However, a remarkable trade and recovery was witnessed, which culminated in Goffs setting the highest recorded turnover in the history of the company. What are you looking forward to most this year? I always feel there are a lot of things to look forward to at the start of any new year. But I suppose spring is a powerful time - the clock changes, stock are out on the land, longer evenings, and there is always great expectations for the year ahead. What are you most apprehensive about for 2022? The knock-on effects of the wonderful people we have lost within the industry throughout 2021. Which new sire in Ireland excites you the most? St Mark’s Basilica is an obvious choice - a beautifully bred champion that looks to tick all the boxes. Space Blues also must get a mention, last year’s Breeders’ Cup Mile winner. Who would you rate as the best value sire in Ireland? Elzaam. He has done it the hard way, is excellent value and has Paddy Twomey’s Classic hope Limiti Di Greccio and Henry de Bromhead’s exciting Star Girls Aalmal, amongst others, to run for him this year. Can you give us a young horse to follow for this year? A two-year-old filly by Kodiac out of Fikrah, who was sold by Alice Fitzgerald at last year’s Orby sale and purchased by Peter and Ross Doyle. Good luck to connections, she looked a queen.
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What did you make of trade at the sales in 2021? It was remarkably healthy trade throughout the entire year. What are you looking forward to most this year? Less of Covid-19, an uninterrupted sales industry, going racing regularly, and for everyone to have the confidence to attend sales in person. What are you most apprehensive about for 2022? I’m positive by my nature - though my family would disagree with this assertion - so I’m not really apprehensive as the demand for horses is extremely strong. Which new sire in Ireland excites you the most? I think there are several; I was taken by Saxon Warrior and Sioux Nation yearlings. Of those in the UK, I liked the Zoustar yearlings as well Who would you rate as the best value sire in Ireland? That’s subjective of course, but Kuroshio is good value as his yearlings looked very racy, Kodi Bear is a proven sire and looks to me to be excellent value. Can you give us a young horse to follow for this year? Over jumps, our Derby Sale graduate Jonbon, and on the Flat the Book 1 graduate Luxembourg looks very progressive along with Craven graduate Native Trail, who has nothing to prove.
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Andrew Nolan, Goffs
Simon Kerins, Tattersalls Ireland
What did you make of trade at the sales in 2021? I think it’s the same the world over. The market is very strong. People have changed their buying habits; luckily for the thoroughbred industry, we have benefited from that. What are you looking forward to most this year? I’m looking forward to crowds and the general public being allowed back to race meetings, and things getting back to normal. What are you most apprehensive about for 2022? Covid-19 will be in the back of my mind, and the risk of more disruption. But I'm a positive-thinking person, so I’m trying not to dwell on it. Which new sire in Ireland excites you the most? Obviously Lucky Vega is a big one for me due to my connection with him. Also, St Mark’s Basilica, I think he has a great chance. Who would you rate as the best value sire in Ireland? It’s a tie between Elzaam and Kodi Bear. Both are capable of upgrading mares. Can you give us a young horse to follow for this year? An unnamed Dubawi colt out of Attraction. I bought him at Book 1 for 410,000gns and he’s now in training with Jessica Harrington.
What did you make of trade at the sales in 2021? 2021 trade was particularly strong. Over the last several years we have seen the top level of the market remain vibrant, however I felt 2021 was a year where the commercial end of the market also saw a significant increase. From premier sales to lower-end sales there was good depth to the market, backed by buyers both domestic and international. What are you looking forward to most this year? Hopefully the end of Covid! I am looking forward to another great year working in the racing business. We have a great industry with great people. Racing, sales, and buying fast horses are always worth looking forward to. Ireland winning the Six Nations rugby is also up there! What are you most apprehensive about for 2022? I try not to get too apprehensive about things I cannot control. I will keep my head down and keep kicking! Which new sire in Ireland excites you the most? St Mark’s Basilica jumps off the page as the most obvious. Pedigree, performance and physical, he is another top prospect in Coolmore. On a more commercial level I feel Supremacy presents a great opportunity. His sire Mehmas has been a revelation. Supremacy has a speedy pedigree, he won the Group 1 Middle Park (as did Dark Angel who stands at the same farm) and a Richmond stakes (which his sire Mehmas won). On the jumping scene, Hillstar looks a very exciting stallion. His early runners have done the business and they look progressive sorts who will improve. Who would you rate as the best value sire in Ireland? Cotai Glory at Tally-Ho stands for €8,500. He had 35 two-year-old winners in his first year. He has good books coming through and he gets solid good-looking horses. He makes sense to me. Can you give us a young horse to follow for this year? Sea King - he is a son of Sea The Stars I bought as a yearling. He broke his maiden towards the end of the 2021 season and looks to be a horse with a bright future.
Michael Donohoe, BBA Ireland
Barry Lynch, agent
Steeped in a history dating back to the 17th Century, Gilltown is the Aga Khan’s public stud, the picturesque Kilcullen flagship of the world’s most celebrated racing and breeding operations and home to Sea The Stars, whose magnificent racing career has been followed by formidable success at stud. The likes of Zarkava and Dalakhani were raised in Ireland, where the Aga Khan’s glorious racing successes are remembered in larger-than-lifesize bronzes of Shergar and Sinndar, reflective of the operation’s stated aim of producing potential Derby winners. A five-strong roster is spread between Gilltown in County Kilkenny and Haras de Bonneval in France, which stands Siyouni, sire of Arc winner Sottsass. Sea The Stars, who has 14 G1 winners, is joined at Gilltown by his son, the dual Derby winner Harzand, whose first crop turned four this year.
Harzand Sea The Stars - Hazariya (Xaar) 2022 fee €5,000 Sea The Stars Cape Cross - Urban Sea (Miswaki) 2022 fee €150,000
Gilltown Stud
agakhanstuds.com
Since being purchased in 1991 by the late Liam Cashman, 375-acre Glenview has been home to the world-leading NH division of the Cashman family’s Rathbarry operation, based two miles away in Fermoy, County Cork. Rathbarry and Glenview have been responsible for some of the finest jumps sires in the business via the likes of Strong Gale, Phardante, Good Thyne, Robin Des Champs and the late outstanding four-time champion Presenting, sire of Denman, War Of Attrition and Ballabriggs. Old Persian, a hardy G1-winning son of Dubawi, appears on a roster also featuring Shirocco, sire of Minella Rocco and Annie Power over jumps and Prince Of Arran on the Flat, Sholokhov, responsible for Don Cossack and star novice chaser Shishkin, and Blue Bresil, the ex-French sire of the impressive recent Tolworth winner Constitution Hill. Eagles By Day, the staying son of Sea the Stars, is a new addition to the roster for 2022.
Blue Bresil Smadoun - Miss Recif (Exit To Nowhere) 2022 fee Private Old Persian Dubawi - Indian Petal (Singspiel) 2022 fee Private Eagles By Day Sea The Stars - Missunited (Golan) 2022 fee Private
Shirocco Monsun - So Sedulous (The Minstrel) 2022 fee Private Sholokhov Sadler’s Wells - Le Meilleure (Lord Gayle) 2022 fee Private Youmzain Sinndar - Sadima (Sadler’s Wells) 2022 fee Private
Glenview
rathbarrystud.com
Shirocco
The Magnier family has been involved in NH breeding since the 1850s and many of Coolmore’s litany of champion NH sires have been stationed at the famous Grange Stud in Fermoy, County Cork. Having earned prominence by standing Cottage, the sire of Vincent O’Brien’s three-time (1948-50) Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Cottage Rake, Grange was the sole stud farm of significance in the family business when the young John Magnier took over before he added Castlehyde in 1973. Among former inmates were 14-time champion Deep Run, and other hugely significant jumps sires such as Be My Native, Supreme Leader and Oscar. The current roster features the usual band of former middle-distance Classic horses and G1 performers. Douvan and Min top Derby runner-up Walk In The Park’s CV, while Milan’s current performers include chasing stars Santini and Monalee. Irish Derby/St Leger winner Capri is in his third season, with Getaway (represented by Sporting John and Verdana Blue), and the fellow Monsun-sired Vadamos also on the roster.
Capri Galileo - Dialafara (Anabaa) 2022 fee €4,000 Getaway Monsun - Guernica (Unfuwain) 2022 fee €9,000 Vadamos Monsun - Celebre Vadala 2022 fee €6,000
Leading Light Montjeu - Dance Parade (Gone West) 2022 fee €3,000 Milan Sadler’s Wells - Kithanga (Darshaan) 2022 fee €8,000 Walk In The Park Montjeu - Classic Park (Robellino) 2022 fee private
Grange
In non-Covid times the Irish National Stud combines an active role in the development of Irish bloodstock as a “gateway for ordinary people” alongside its status as one of the country’s foremost tourist attractions with famed Japanese Gardens, horse museum featuring Arkle’s skeleton and resident ‘Living Legends’ such as Beef Or Salmon, Hardy Eustace and Hurricane Fly. Based at Tully in County Kildare, the stud has a rich history dating back to the days of Colonel William Hill Walker, the most successful breeder of his age, in the early years of the 19th century. Royal Derby winner Minoru and the great Sun Chariot were among the luminaries raised here before the newly-formed Irish Government took over the land from the British Crown in 1943. The roster is headed by Invincible Spirit, with 20 G1 winners to his name, with leading sprint sire Equiano, Irish Champion Stakes winning Decorated Knight, and intriguing new shuttling addition Lucky Vega also standing in 2022.
Decorated Knight Galileo - Pearling (Storm Cat) 2022 fee €7,500 Dragon Pulse Kyllachy - Poetical (Croco Rouge) 2022 fee €2,000 in advance of covering Elusive Pimpernel Elusive Quality - Cara Fantasy (Sadler’s Wells) 2022 fee €2,000 Equiano Acclamation - Entente Cordiale (Ela-Mana-Mou) 2022 fee €2,000 in advance of covering Lucky Vega Lope De Vega - Queen of Carthage (Cape Cross) 2022 fee €15,000
Free Eagle High Chaparral - Polished Gem (Danehill) 2022 fee €5,000 Invincible Spirit Green Desert - Rafha (Kris) 2022 fee €60,000 Phoenix Of Spain Lope De Vega - Lucky Clio (Key Of Luck) 2022 fee €12,000 Nando Parrado Kodiac - Chibola (Roy) 2022 fee €6,000
Irish National Stud
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The regally bred Rich History now stands as a dual-purpose sire at Kedrah House Stud in south Tipperary, joining a roster that includes Well Chosen and Berkshire. Rich History was bred by Moyglare Stud Farm and is out of the operation's superstar producer Polished Gem, making the son of Dubawi a half-brother to Prince of Wales's Stakes scorer and Irish National Stud sire Free Eagle, plus the two-time Irish St Leger heroine Search For A Song. Tom Meagher of Kedrah House Stud says: "We are delighted that Rich History is joining Well Chosen and Berkshire. He was acquired from the Middle East, where he won twice and was placed 11 times, but it is his unique pedigree that makes him such an ideal stallion.”
Berkshire Mount Nelson - Kinnaird (Dr Devious) 2022 fee €3,500 Rich History Dubawi - Polished Gem 2022 fee €3,500
Well Chosen Sadler’s Wells - Hawajiss (Kris) 2022 fee €7,500
Kedrah House Stud
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Founded by the More O’Ferralls on the site of Kildangan Castle near Monasterevin in County Kildare, Kildangan Stud is the fabled Irish base of Sheikh Mohammed’s pioneering global racing and breeding operation. Purchased in 1986 and extending to almost 1,500 acres, it is home to an outstanding band of Darley stallions, although the roster is missing two of its former marquee attractions following the tragic loss of Shamardal and Exceed And Excel’s retirement from shuttling duties. The team for 2022 includes the regally-bred Ghaiyyath, by Dubawi out of a Galileo mare and the world’s No.1 racehorse in 2020, and homebred Earthlight, who joins star sprinter Blue Point as a son of Shamardal at Kildangan. Established stars include 2,000 Guineas winner Night Of Thunder – the young sensation whose fee rests at €75,000 on the back of a great number of stakes performers in his first three crops – and Teofilo, who added six G1 winners in 2020 to a record of at least one G1 winner in every crop. Other big names on the roster include Profitable, Ribchester, Belardo and Breeders Cup winning new addition Space Blues.
Belardo Lope De Vega - Danaskaya (Danehill) 2022 fee €9.000 Blue Point Shamardal - Scarlett Rose (Royal Applause) 2022 fee €40,000 Earthlight Shamardal - Winters Moon (New Approach) 2022 fee €18,000 Ghaiyyath Dubawi - Nightime (Galileo) 2022 fee €25,000 Space Blues Dubawi - Miss Lucifer (Noverre) 2022 fee €17,500
Night Of Thunder Dubawi - Forest Storm (Galileo) 2022 fee €75,000 Profitable Invincible Spirit - Dani Ridge (Indian Ridge) 2022 fee €12,500 Raven’s Pass Elusive Quality - Ascutney (Lord At War) 2022 fee €7,500 Ribchester Iffraaj - Mujarah (Marju) 2022 fee €12,500 Teofilo Galileo - Speirbhean (Danehill) 2022 fee €30,000
Kildangan Stud
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National Hunt Stallions have stood at Kilbarry Lodge Stud since 1997 and we are grateful to the breeders who have supported our stallions down through the years. Success Days by the ill fated Jeremy has made a blistering start at stud with the quality of his sale topping foals catching the eye at the recent foal sales. On the back of this and the unparalleled success of his sire Jeremy as a sire, he is one of the most talked about new National Hunt Stallions and we expect him to be very well supported in 2022. Pillar Coral comes from one of the best Juddmonte pedigrees sharing his dam Coraline with Champion French sires Martaline, Coastal Path and Reefscape plus Beat Hollow and Kingman in his second dam. He is producing all bay foals with great size and scope and good action and we now await his 3 year olds in 2022. Diamond Boy is now entering his fifth breeding season in Ireland and despite his few runners due to his small French crops, his winners to runners strike rate is high with 15 Black Type Horses from just 4 Crops of 80 runners. His progeny continue to attract high prices at the sales. We are excited by his recent youngsters winning on the track and look forward to his 3 year olds in 2022. The farm runs a broodmare band and their offspring in combination with a herd of pedigree Aberdeen Angus cows. Our aim is to produce top quality national hunt horses and the stud consigns horses at the principal National Hunt auctions. As a family owned farm, we look forward to welcoming and assisting breeders old and new in 2022 and hope you have a safe and successful year.
Diamond Boy Mansonnien - Gold Or Silver (Glint Of Gold) 2022 fee POA Pillar Coral Zamindar - Coraline (Sadler’s Wells) 2022 fee €1,500 (€500 filly)
Success Days Jeremy - Malaica (Roi Gironde) 2022 fee €2,500 (€1,250 filly)
Kilbarry Lodge Stud
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From family roots in showjumping, Sean and Janet Kinsella’s Knockhouse Stud has developed a long tradition of producing top-class NH stock. The 450-acre farm at Kilmacow, County Kilkenny has been associated with hundreds of winners from the point-to-point field right through to G1 on both sides of the Irish Sea, notably with progeny of the late, great NH sire Roselier, whose home was Knockhouse for 17 years until his death in 1998. The current roster offers a luminary in seven-length Derby winner Workforce, who scored in track-record time at Epsom before winning the Arc. His first Irish crop are now four, while studmate Tirwanako has the hugely promising Listed winner Adrimel, a winning pointer sold for six figures.
Libertarian New Approach - Intrum Morshaan (Darshaan) 2022 fee POA Kap Rock Video Rock - Kaprika (Cadoudal) 2022 fee POA Boscaccio Mount Nelson - Bianca De Medici 2022 fee Private
Tirwanako Sin Kiang - Alhena (Kaldoun) 2022 fee POA Workforce King’s Best - Soviet Moon (Sadler’s Wells) 2022 fee €2,500
Knockhouse
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Workforce
Paddy McCarthy is rightly proud that his Meelin Stud, near Bandon in County Cork, is the new home of Irish 2,000 Guineas and Breeders’ Cup Turf winner Magician, a son of Galileo who is standing his first season in Ireland as a dual-purpose sire, The 12-year-old, who was top class on the track and also won the Dee Stakes and Mooresbridge Stakes, has previously seen stud duty in the United States, France and Italy, and will hopefully hit it off back in his homeland. His studmates at the ambitious farm are Son Of Rest, a winning son of Pivotal, and Flash Gordon, the Group 3-placed son of sire-of-sires Kodiac.
Magician Galileo - Absolutelyfabulous (Mozart) 2022 fee €4,000 (big filly and blacktype dam concessions) Flash Gordon Kodiac - Oasis Sunset (Oasis Dream) 2022 fee €1,000
Son of Rest Pivotal - Hightime Heroine (Danetime) 2022 fee €1,000 Zebadiah Zebedee - Kiva (Indian Ridge) 2022 fee €500
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Situated on 400 acres of top-quality Kildare land, Rathasker Stud has been run by the Burns family for 35 years. The roster features top-value options headed by Bungle Inthejungle, who has quickly developed a reputation for progeny with speed and class after siring Group-winning juveniles in each of his three crops, including Cornwallis Stakes heroine Winter Power and Acapulco Gold, one of France’s top-rated juvenile fillies. Stalwart Clodovil’s son Gregorian also stands alongside the statistically impressive young sire Coulsty, a son of Kodiac who had five stakes performers from his first crop and a 40 per cent winners-to-runners strike-rate.
Bungle Inthejungle Exceed And Excel - Licence To Thrill (Wolfhound) 2022 fee €8,000
Coulsty Kodiac - Hazium (In The Wings) 2022 fee €4,000 Gregorian Clodovil - Three Days In May (Cadeaux Genereux) 2022 fee €4,500 (All Oct 1 terms)
Rathasker Stud
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The Cashman family’s Fermoy-based Rathbarry has progressed steadily in its 85-year history to become an industry leader since Paul Cashman stood his first stallion Royal Pom in the 1930s. Augmented by its garlanded NH offshoot Glenview since 1991, the County Cork operation has been home to a string of high-profile sires since the late stallion master Liam Cashman (Paul’s son) decided to focus extra attention on the Flat, with Kampala, Taufan, Alzao, Namid and Barathea among names to have graced the roster alongside NH greats like Strong Gale and Presenting. The current Flat team is headed by Acclamation, a proven top-class source of talent who sired leading stallion Dark Angel and sire sensation Mehmas among a multitude of stakes horses. The venerable Tagula, sire of top-class Canford Cliffs and Limato, stands at a private fee, alongside James Garfield, and a promising son of Kodiac in Kodi Bear.
Acclamation Royal Applause - Princess Athena (Ahonoora) 2022 fee €27,500 James Garfield Exceed And Excel - Whazzat (Daylami) 2022 fee €4,000
Kodi Bear Kodiac - Hawaatef (Mujtahid) 2022 fee €15,000
Rathbarry Stud
A welcome addition to the ITM Irish Stallion Trail this year is Roveagh Lodge in Kilcolgan, County Galway, just about the most westerly stop on the trail. It is home to Fuisse and Monitor Closely. The former was a highly talented performer on the track, winning half of his 14 starts, notably the Group 1 Prix du Moulin. In which he had now star sires Siyouni and Lope De Vega behind him. Fuisse, who is also a half-brother to two top-flight winners, is sire of Group 2 winner Tour To Paris and looks good value at €2,000. His studmate, likewise 16 and standing for the same fee, was a two-year-old winner who went on to take the Great Voltigeur Stakes and finish third in the St Leger in his Classic year. Monitor Closely, half-brother to late sire and dual Group 1 hero Mount Nelson, stood his first half-dozen years at stud in France and has been a welcome addition to the Irish National Hunt stallion ranks.
Fuisse Green Tune - Funny Feerie ( Sillery) 2022 fee €2,000
Monitor Closely Oasis Dream - Independence (Selkirk) 2022 fee €2,000
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Fuisse
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Linda and Reddy Coffey’s Springfield House Stud at Knock, County Tipperary, is a division of the Oak Lodge operation, which has a worldwide reputation for providing a personal and professional service. Godolphin’s Royal Ascot sensation Blue Point and multiple G1 winner Marsha, sold to Coolmore for 6m gns as a broodmare prospect, are among those foaled and raised at the stud, whose sole stallion is Unfortunately, now standing his third season in Ireland under the Cheveley Park banner, having started off in Newmarket in 2019. A fast and precocious son of the late Society Rock, who produced a number of Group-winning two-year-olds during three seasons at Tally-Ho, Unfortunately was a champion in France at two, where he won the G1 Prix Morny and G2 Prix Robert Papin.
Unfortunately Society Rock - Unfortunate (Komaite) 2022 fee €3,500
Springfield House
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The roster under Micheál Orlandi's Compas Stallions banner stands at six for the team’s third year in new surroundings at Starfield Stud, a purpose-built facility on the shores of Lough Owel, near Mullingar in County Westmeath. After learning his trade with Maurice Burns at Rathasker, Orlandi spent two seasons in a bloodstock and marketing role with trainer Mark Johnston before setting up on his own. Having opened its doors in 2020, Starfield is already earning a big reputation with an exciting team of stallions led by Cappella Sansevero, whose first crop included Mill Reef Stakes winner Pierre Lapin. Sprint star Far Above – who suffered a career-ending injury in winning the Palace House Stakes – also appears on the roster alongside St Leger winner Galileo Chrome. The son of Australia has been recruited as a NH sire and has clear potential in that sphere.
Far Above Farhh - Dorraar (Shamardal) 2022 fee €5,000 Galileo Chrome Australia - Curious Minds (Dansili) 2022 fee €4,000
Kuroshio Exceed And Excel - Arctic Drift (Gone West) 2022 fee €5,000 Smooth Daddy Scat Daddy - Prairie Maiden (Badger Land) 2022 fee €4,000
Starfield Stud
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A leading consignor at all NH sales in Ireland, the Hickey family’s Sunnyhill Stud has been based since 1979 at Kilcullen, four miles from the Curragh racecourse. The County Kildare operation has made headlines with world-record prices for NH colt and filly foals, while star former residents include top jumps stallions Montelimar and Old Vic, between them responsible for a stack of high-profile performers including four Grand National winners plus Gold Cup hero Kicking King. Sadler’s Wells stallion Doyen is the resident star, with G1 winner Battleoverdoyen and promising novice chaser Andy Dufresne among his progeny on the track, where he has an enviable strike-rate above 50 per cent of winners-to-runners. He is joined by Deutsches Derby winner Lucky Speed, whose first crop are five in 2022, and Fifty Stars, a Group 1 winning son of Sea the Stars.
Doyen Sadler’s Wells - Moon Cactus (Kris) 2022 fee private Lucky Speed Silvano - Lysuna (Monsun) 2022 fee €2,000 Fifty Stars Sea The Stars - Swizzle Stick 2022 fee €3,000
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Tara Stud, run by three generations of the Iceton family, consists of 1,000 acres of top-quality County Meath farmland adjacent to Tattersalls Ireland. Established as a stud in 1906, Tara has produced numerous top-class winners including Haymaking and Wassl – and River Boyne, a G1-winning turf miler in the US who is a second-season sire for 2022. A leading light on the Californian turf scene for several seasons, he has a fee of €5,000 and is the first son of Dandy Man to stand in Europe. Also on the roster are two sons of Dark Angel in dual G2 winner Estidhkaar, who had his first runners in 2020, and Alhebayeb, a tough, versatile dual-purpose sire with stakes winners on the Flat and jumping progeny including leading juvenile hurdler Duffle Coat.
Alhebayeb Dark Angel - Miss Indigo (Indian Ridge) 2022 fee €3,000 Estidhkaar Dark Angel - Danetime Out (Danetime) 2022 fee €3,000 River Boyne Dandy Man - Clytha (Mark Of Esteem) 2022 fee €5,000 (All SLF, Oct 1 terms)
Tara Stud
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Coolmore’s division in County Waterford, The Beeches is one of three offshoots hosting a strand of the operation’s mighty band of NH stallons alongside Grange and Castlehyde. The retirement in August 2020 of dual champion Flemensfirth after 23 seasons left some sizeable shoes to fill but hopes are high his successor is already on-site in Prince of Wales’s Stakes winner Crystal Ocean, who topped the world rankings for 2019 alongside Enable and Waldgeist, and has already had some excellent sales results. The son of Sea The Stars stands as a dual-purpose sire alongside Derby winners from Britain and Ireland in Wings Of Eagles and Soldier Of Fortune, who added Galway Plate winner Early Doors to his CV in 2020. Mahler has high-class chaser Chris’s Dream among current representatives. Perhaps the most interesting of all the new additions to the roster is the fascinating coup in capturing Germany Derby winning and Arc runner-up In Swoop, a son of the much-missed Adlerflug. It will be fascinating to see how he gets on in his new career with a flock of supporters extremely likely.
Crystal Ocean Sea The Stars - Crystal Star (Mark Of Esteem) 2022 fee €8,000 Idaho Galileo - Hveger (Danehill) 2022 fee €3,500 Mahler Galileo - Rainbow Goddess (Rainbow Quest) 2022 fee €5,000 In Swoop Alderflung - Iota (Tiger Hill) 2022 fee €4,500
Ocovango Monsun - Crystal Maze (Gone West) 2022 fee €2,500 Soldier Of Fortune Galileo - Affianced (Erins Isle) 2022 fee €8,000 Wings Of Eagles Pour Moi - Ysoldina (Kendor) 2022 fee €4,000 Mogul Galileo - Shastye (Danehill) 2022 fee €4,000
The Beeches Stud
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Based at Kells in County Kilkenny, Ronnie O’Neill’s Whytemount Stud gained renown in the NH world as home to the late rags-to-riches stallion Stowaway, whose talents continue to be advertised five years after his death by top jumping stock like Monkfish and Put The Kettle On. Another statistical phenomenon is already occurring at Whytemount, with current resident Affinisea being the busiest sire in Britain or Ireland in 2021, covering 324 mares. Breeders have no doubt felt encouraged to support the stallion due to his wonderful pedigree, as a Sea The Stars three-parts brother to Irish Derby winner and accomplished jumps sire Soldier Of Fortune out of a half-sister to another top source of National Hunt stars in Sholokhov, and because he has the looks to match – as proven by his €850,000 price tag as a foal. The roster also features Valirann, a G2-winning son of Nayef whose first crop are now six, and Feel Like Dancing, a son of Galileo in his third season in Ireland.
Affinisea Sea The Stars - Affianced (Erins Isle) 2022 fee private Feel Like Dancing Galileo - Maid Of Killeen (Darshaan) 2022 fee private
Whytemount
Manatee Monsun - Galatee (Galileo) 2022 fee €3,000 Valirann Nayef - Valima (Linamix) 2022 fee POA
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Located in the shadow of the beautiful Comeragh Mountains near Dungarvan, County Waterford, the Norris family’s Woodfield Farm celebrated its 30th birthday in 2020. The stud, which grew from Liam Norris’s involvement in point-to-points, currently holds the rare distinction of standing not one but two sons of the great Sadler’s Wells. Gorgeous-looking Bullet Train, who played such a pivotal role in the legend of his three-quarter brother Frankel, stands as a promising dual-purpose sire having posted a G2 success in Australia with Chapado. Studmate Curtain Time could hardly be more beautifully bred and is a proven source of NH winners.
Bullet Train Sadler’s Wells - Kind (Danehill) 2022 fee private Curtain Time Sadler’s Wells - Alidiva (Chief Singer) 2022 fee private
Woodfield farm
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Yeomanstown Stud boasts an environment to match its roster with state-of-the-art facilities set within 600 acres of lush Kildare pasture. A stud since 1921, the Naas-based operation has gone from strength to strength for four decades under owners Gay and Annette O’Callaghan via a string of G1 performers – many of them progeny of the hugely successful Dark Angel, whose talents have long been advertised by the blistering Battaash. Europe’s leading sire of sprinter/milers by prize-money in 2020, Dark Angel heads a five-strong stallion team boosted by the addition of first-season sire Supremacy, a G1-winning son of sire sensation Mehmas. Others on the roster include a son of the much-missed Shamardal in the high-class Shaman, well-bred sprinter Invincible Army and the intriguing Scat Daddy sired El Kabeir.
Dark Angel Acclamation - Midnight Angel (Machiavellian) 2022 fee €60,000 El Kabeir Scat Daddy - Great Value (Unbridled’s Song) 2022 fee €6,000
Invincible Army Invincible Spirit - Rajeem (Diktat) 2022 fee €7,500 Shaman Shamardal - Only Green (Green Desert) 2022 fee €5,000 Supremacy Mehmas - Triggers Broom ( Arcano) 2022 fee €12,500
Yeomanstown
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Supremacy new for 2022