Lord Kanaloa (GB) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}) leads the Shadai Stallion Station roster for 2021. The sire of recent dual G1 Japan Cup heroine and Horse of the Year Almond Eye (Jpn), he will command ¥15,000,000 (US$143,654/£107,013/€119,227) tops among the 30-member roster next year. Shadai welcomes three new recruits for the upcoming breeding season-GI Arkansas Derby hero Nadal (Blame) (¥4,000,000), G1 Irish 2000 Guineas victor Siskin (First Defence) (¥3,500,000) and G1 Champions Cup winner Le Vent Se Leve (Jpn) (Symboli Kris S) (¥1,500,000).
A trio of stallions stand at ¥10,000,000 and are already fully booked for 2021-dual Japanese Classic scorer Duramente (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}); Epiphaneia (Jpn) (Symboli Kris S), the sire of this year's Japanese Fillies' Triple Crown victress Daring Tact (Jpn); and young sire Kizuna (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}). Maurice (Jpn) (Screen Hero {Jpn}), the “Beast from the East”, will stand for ¥8,000,000. The 2019 Horse of the Year Bricks and Mortar (Giant's Causeway), who retired to Shadai for 2020, will command ¥6,000,000, as will fellow second-year sire and MG1SW Rey de Oro (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}). A price of ¥4,000,000 has been set for Harbinger (GB) (Dansili {GB}), the sire of globetrotting MG1SW Deirdre (Jpn), as well as for Rulership (Jpn) (King Kamehameha {Jpn}), sire of 15 black-type winners. Dual G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hero Orfevre (Jpn) (Stay Gold {Jpn})'s fee is ¥2,500,000, while New Year's Day (Street Cry {Ire}), whose best progeny is notorious MGISW Maximum Security, is at ¥2,500,000. Two sons of the breeding-shaping Sunday Silence remain on the roster and the venerable pair of Daiwa Major (Jpn) and Heart's Cry (Jpn) are both listed as private.
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