This year's G1 July Cup winner Mill Stream (Ire) will begin his stallion career at Yeomanstown Stud next season, the stud announced on Friday. A stud fee will be revealed at a later date.
Raced by Peter Harris and trained by Jane Chapple-Hyam, the 4-year-old was a juvenile winner and took the Listed Prix Moonlight Cloud and G3 Prix de Meautry in succession at three. However, he enjoyed his best season on the track this term, which began with a second-place finish in the G3 Abernant Stakes, and a victory in the G2 Duke Of York Stakes. Third in the G1 Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Stakes in June, he clawed out a neck victory in the July Cup. His current record stands at 16-5-3-2 and $859,650 in earnings.
Anthony Stroud, who selected the son of Gleneagles (Ire) for 350,000gns out of Book 2 at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, said, “Mill Stream was purchased by Mr Harris at the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. Bred by Redpender Stud, he was an exceptionally good-looking individual who was athletic, light on his feet, with a lot of quality and presence. In training, Mill Stream went on to display a supreme temperament and raced consistently at the highest level. He possesses many of the key attributes necessary to become a top stallion.”
Yeomanstown Stud's Gay O'Callaghan said of the son of the winning Swirral Edge (GB) (Hellvelyn {GB}), “I was blown away when I went to see Mill Stream. With his physique, strength, action and quality, I knew we had to have him. The July Cup is always the most important Group 1 sprint of the year. It's the one everybody wants. And he got it in style.”
A half-brother to G2 Richmond Stakes winner and G1 Prix Morny third Asymmetric (Ire) (Showcasing), Mill Stream is from the same family as G2 Flying Childers Stakes and G3 Molecomb Stakes winner Wunders Dream (Ire) (Averti {Ire}).
The Yeomanstown roster is led by Great Britain and Ireland Champion Sire elect Dark Angel (Ire).
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