Multiple Group 1-winning miler Charyn (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) will retire at the end of the year and stand his first season for Sumbe at Haras de Montfort et Preaux in 2025. A fee for the Roger Varian trainee will be announced later.
“I am delighted to announce that Charyn, the leading miler in Europe and impressive winner of this year's G1 Queen Anne Stakes and G1 Prix Jacques Le Marois, will retire at the end of the racing season to become the fifth Group 1 winner on Sumbe's stallion roster,” said Sumbe's Nurlan Bizakov. “A powerful individual with a textbook conformation, Charyn looks set to suit the demands of an increasingly selective market.”
Bred by Grangemore Stud, Charyn was a 250,000gns Tattersalls October Book 2 yearling when offered by his breeder and picked up by Sumbe. A winner of the G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte, he placed in the G3 Greenham Stakes, G1 St James's Palace Stakes, G1 Sussex Stakes, and G2 Celebration Mile Stakes at three. However, Charyn has really come into his own as a 4-year-old, running first or second in all six starts. After a tally in the G2 Bet365 Mile, he ran second in the G1 Lockinge Stakes at Newbury in the spring, and then added both the Queen Anne and Prix Jacques le Marois in succession in June and August, respectively. He was a good second in soft going in the G1 Prix du Moulin in September. His current record stands at 17-6-4-4 and $1,928,756 in earnings.
Varian said of the full-brother to G2 Mill Reef Stakes hero Wings Of War (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), “Charyn has proved to be an exceptional racehorse, showing both durability and class. He was precocious enough to win on his racecourse debut in August as a 2-year-old, and went on to become a Group 2 winning juvenile in the Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte. Charyn has raced consistently throughout his 3- and 4-year-old seasons, showing exceptional soundness of both body and mind, achieving his very best level of form as a 4-year-old and posting some scintillating performances this year.”
Added Bizakov on future targets for the grey, “Charyn's immense talent will be on display again Oct. 19 at Ascot in the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes, followed by possible tilts at either the GI Breeder's Cup Mile Nov. 2 or Japan's G1 Mile Championship Nov. 17, before his final, one-way trip to France to take up stud duties at Haras de Montfort et Préaux. Although he has become a familiar name on the European stage and beyond these past seasons, I cannot wait to unveil Charyn in his new role, and I am already thankful for the incredible hype and growing momentum arising about him.”
The son of the multiple stakes placed Futoon (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) is kin to G2 Mill Reef Stakes hero Galeota (Ire) (Mujadil), G3 Sirenia Stakes hero Burnt Sugar (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}), multiple group winner Brown Sugar (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}), and three-time group winner Oscula (Ire) (Galileo Gold {GB}). His full-sister sells via Grangemore Stud as lot 183 during the second day of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale Book 1 on Wednesday.
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