G1 Prix de Ganay winner Cloth of Stars (Ire) (Sea the Stars {Ire}-Strawberry Fledge, by Kingmambo), also placed behind Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) in the last two G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphes, has been retired from racing and will stand at Darley's Haras du Logis in France.
A 400,000gns yearling, Cloth of Stars was trained by Andre Fabre and won the G3 Prix de Chenes at two and was runner-up in the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud. His four starts at three included wins in the G3 Prix La Force and the G2 Prix Greffulhe, and at four he was never worse than second, his three wins coming in the G3 Prix Exbury, the G2 Prix d'Harcourt and the Ganay. Cloth of Stars rounded out that season with a runner-up effort to Enable in the Arc, and after a pair of thirds in the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic and the Ganay earlier this year, he filled third behind Enable at Longchamp three weeks ago.
Cloth of Stars is out of Strawberry Fledge (Kingmambo), a full-sister to G1 Oaks winner Light Shift and also the dam of Ulysses (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Other top-class Niarchos representatives to appear under the second dam include Smoking Sun (Smart Strike) and Main Sequence (Aldebaran).
Sam Bullard, Darley's director of stallions, said, “Cloth of Stars has an awful lot going for him. He's a Timeform champion and a Group 1 performer every season from two to five, who was absolutely top-class. He's beautifully bred, and a quality individual. Cloth of Stars is in exalted company and we're delighted to be offering him to breeders.”
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