Mattmu (GB)

Dream Ahead anchors the 2023 Bearstone Stud roster and will stand for an unchanged fee of £7,500. He is the sire of 32 stakes winners (13 group) and four Group 1 winners worldwide led by GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint heroine Glass Slippers (GB). Joining the son of Diktat, as announced on Thursday, is Belardo (Ire) at £6,500. Washington DC (Ire) will command £3,000, down from £3,500 in 2022. Mattmu (GB)'s fee has been reduced an identical amount, and he is priced at £2,000.

Group 2 winner Mattmu (GB) (Indesatchel {Ire}), who was born and raised at Bearstone Stud, will stand there for £2,500 (Oct. 1st SLF) in 2022. Successful in the G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte and G3 Phoenix Sprint, the bay was also third in the G1 Nunthorpe S. at York. From a select first crop of foals, Mattmu has a pair of winners from five runners, and one of his winners, Favourite Child (GB), ran second at listed level in France. Terry Holdcroft, owner of Bearstone Stud, commented, "Mattmu has impressed us...

Bearstone Stud's first-season sire Mattmu (GB) (by Indesatchel {Ire}) became the latest to get off the mark as Favourite Child (GB) captured Redcar's racingtv.com EBF Restricted Novice S. on Monday. Sent off at 8-1, the Karl Burke-trained filly who had been fourth on debut at Southwell Apr. 26 tracked the leaders early and after seizing the advantage with 1 1/2 furlongs remaining held on to score by a neck from Chief's Will (Ire) (Slade Power {Ire}). The winner is the last known foal out of the dam, who is a half-sister...