new stallion

Multiple Group 1-winning miler Charyn (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) will retire at the end of the year and stand his first season for Sumbe at Haras de Montfort et Preaux in 2025. A fee for the Roger Varian trainee will be announced later. "I am delighted to announce that Charyn, the leading miler in Europe and impressive winner of this year's G1 Queen Anne Stakes and G1 Prix Jacques Le Marois, will retire at the end of the racing season to become the fifth Group 1 winner on Sumbe's stallion...

Group 1 winner Big Rock (Fr) (Rock Of Gibraltar {Ire}) will stand at Haras de Grandcamp beginning in 2025, Jour de Galop reported on Friday. A fee for the 2023 G1 Queen Eliazabeth II Stakes victor will be announced in due course. The Yeguada Centurion homebred, the first foal out of Hardiyna (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}), also won the G3 Prix de Guiche, G3 Prix la Force, and the Listed Prix Maurice Caillault at three. He was second in the 2023 editions of the G1 Prix du Jockey Club,...

Timberlake (Into Mischief), a 'TDN Rising Star' and Grade I winner at two, will stand the upcoming breeding season at WinStar Farm and his stud fee will be set at $20,000 S&N, according to a press release from the company on Thursday morning. "Being an attractive and imposing son of top sire Into Mischief, Timberlake showed tremendous precocity in winning the GI Champagne and being second in the GI Hopeful at two," said David Hanley, senior vice president/bloodstock services for WinStar Farm. "With his exceptional physical and his unique depth...

Group 1-placed Gamestop (Ire) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) will stand at Haras du Taillis next season, Jour de Galop reported on Friday. A fee will be announced at a later date. The Wertheimer et Frere homebred won his debut for Christophe Ferland and was third in the G3 Prix La Rochette and second in the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at two. A winner from two through four, the son of Your Game (Fr) (Montjeu {Ire})'s current record is 11-2-1-2 and he has $138,608 in earnings. He is a half-brother to...

Listed winner God Blessing (Ire) (Siyouni Fr}) will stand his first season at stud at Karwin Farm in France, Jour de Galop reported on Tuesday. He will stand for €3,000. The son of Galaxe (Fr) (High Chaparral {Ire}), herself a half-sister to G2 Prix Hocquart runner-up Galaxie Gold (Fr) (Dariyan {Fr}), was bred by Jose Delmotte's Haras d'Haspel. Raced by his breeder and trainer Damien de Watrigant, he is the third foal out of his dam, who was placed twice at the listed level in France. A €70,000 RNA Arqana...

Dual Champion Elite Power (Curlin--Broadway's Alibi, by Vindication), a new stallion of 2024, has had the first mare he covered checked in foal, according to an announcement from Juddmonte late Tuesday. The mare, Candy Strike (Candy Ride {Arg}), is a 4-year-old out of GSW & MGISP Scarlet Strike (Smart Strike), who is a half-sister to GISWs Tara's Tango (Unbridled Song) and Visionaire (Grand Slam). Elite Power, a two-time winner of the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint, is standing his first season at Juddmonte Farms near Lexington, where his 2024 fee is...

Spendthrift Farm's Mo Donegal, the classic-winning son of Uncle Mo, sired his first reported foal this week when a colt was born at WinStar Farm in Versailles, the stallion's farm said in a release Friday afternoon. Bred by Alfredo Gastaneta, the bay colt is out of the Declaration of War mare Andavete, a half-sister to 2020 GI Kentucky Derby third-place finisher Mr. Big News (Giant's Causeway) and hailing from the immediate family of champion sire Saint Ballado. "This is a good size colt with good bone and leg underneath him,"...

South African wunderkind Charles Dickens (SAf) (Trippi--Demanding Lady (SAf), by Dynasty {SAf}) has been retired to Drakenstein Stud in South Africa, according to published reports. Bred and raced by Drakenstein, the 4-year-old won 10 of his 13 starts and was placed in his other three for total earnings of R5,119,813 (£211,799/€247,085/$268,544). An undefeated stakes winner at two, the chestnut went six-for-eight at three with a score in the G1 Cape Guineas, followed by runner-up efforts in the G1 L'Ormarins King's Plate and G1 Cape Derby. Back in the winner's enclosure...

Multiple group winner Speak In Colours (GB) (Excelebration {Ire}--Maglietta Fina {Ire}, by Verglas {Ire}) has been retired and will stand at Haras des Fontaines for €1,900 next year. The Jour de Galop reported the news on Saturday. Bred by Scuderia Archi Romani, the half-brother to G1 Nassau S. heroine Lady Bowthorpe (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) won a total of six stakes over a six-year career, and was also third in the 2019 G1 Prix de la Foret. He won the G3 Phoenix Sprint S. in 2018, the G3 Renaissance S. in...

Group 3 winner Kenway (Fr) (Galiway {GB}--Kendam {Fr}, by Kendargent {Fr}) will stand for €3,000 at Coolagown Stud in partnership with his owners, the Chehboub family, next year, Jour de Galop reported. Bred by Guy Pariente Holding, he was a €56,000 Arqana August buy for the Cheboubs' Haras de la Gousserie, who campaigned him across five seasons and 38 starts. Successful in the G3 Prix la Rochette and a trio of listed races, the 6-year-old was also group-placed another four times and has earned $338,774. "We are delighted with this...

Marie's Diamond (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}--Sindiyma {Ire}, by Kalanisi {Ire}) has been retired and will stand at Diamond Stud Bellewstown in 2024. The G3 Angelsey S. victor will stand for €6,000. There are also limited breeding rights available. "I believe he is a very important stallion for the future of the Irish Thoroughbred, boasting an excellent 2-year-old record while showing great progression and soundness throughout a long and successful career," said Diamond Stud's Ciaran de Barra. "This horse had an incredible constitution, he is free from Danzig, Sadler's Wells, and Acclamation...

Group 1 stallion Tasleet (GB) (Showcasing {GB}), who was placed in three top-level sprints, has been acquired by Dr. Anhad Sidhu's Star Born Stud and will stand in India in 2024. A fee for the bay will be announced at a later date. "Tasleet [is] getting ready to head to India," said New Approach Bloodstock's Ajay Anne on X, who assisted with the deal. "Congratulations to Star Born Stud on acquiring this smart stallion. Thank you Shadwell Stud and Hissa Hamdan. All the best to Anhad Sidhu." The 10-year-old son...