Three-time group winner Chindit (Ire) (Wootton Bassett {GB}) has been purchased by Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla, and will remain with trainer Richard Hannon for a European campaign prior to a stallion career in India. The former Michael Pescod-owned runner will stand at Poonawalla Stud Farms upon retirement. The news was first reported by the Racing Post.
A winner of the G2 Champagne S. at two, the G3 Greenham S. at three and the G2 Summer Mile S. in 2022, the 5-year-old has also been placed twice in the G1 Lockinge S., including a second-place effort in May.
“We are pleased to announce our brilliant, seven-time winning miler Chindit, has been bought by Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla,” Hannon said on Twitter. “He'll remain in training with us for the foreseeable [future] and looks to have a future stallion career in India. We wish his new connections the best of luck with him.”
Bred by J. C. Bloodstock and R. Mahon, the relative of G1 Derby hero Motivator (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}) was a 65,000gns Tattersalls October Book 2 graduate when purchased by Peter and Ross Doyle from Kilminfoyle House Stud. He is the first foal out of the winning Oasis Dream (GB) mare Always A Dream (GB).
The deal was brokered by bloodstock agents Gaurav Rampal, Ross Doyle, and Richard Venn.
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