Group 1-winning stayer Technician (Ire) has moved from Manton Park to stand in Ireland at Knockmullen House Stud in Co Wexford for 2025.
The son of Mastercraftsman (Ire) will stand for €2,000 alongside fellow Group 1 winner Mekhtaal (Ire), also at €2,000, and Silas Marner (Fr), a Group 3-winning son of Muhtathir (GB), at €1,200.
“I am extremely grateful to Martyn Meade and the team at Manton Park for sending the horse to us,” said Gordon Doyle of Knockmullen House Stud.
“Technician was a top-notch, Classic-winning racehorse of the Group 1 Prix Royal-Oak. He completed the Prix Royal-Oak and Prix Chaudenay double at Longchamp, a notable achievement also completed by top sire Turgeon. He was undefeated at Longchamp in three races and he loved soft ground, an attribute that is so important in National Hunt racing.”
Now eight, Technician spent his first two years at stud in France at Haras de Montaigu before returning to the stallion operation of his former trainer Meade. His eldest crop will be two-year-olds in 2025.
Doyle said, “Technician has a wonderful pedigree to match, being out of a stakes-winning daughter of Sadler's Wells, the most important National Hunt influence of the last 20 years. It's the family of Group 1 winner Recoletos and top stayer Crimson Tide and further traces back to the Aga Khan family of Derby winner Shahrastani.”
He added, “I hope our fees set for 2025 are very competitive as it gives breeders access to two Group 1 winners and a unique opportunity to access the Doctor Dino sire line.”
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