Planteur

Planteur (Ire), sire of the outstanding stayer Trueshan (Fr), heads the trio of stallions at Roisin Close's Chapel Stud, where his fee remains at £4,000 for 2024. Both Planteur and Bangkok (Ire), who has first foals on the ground this year, including four for sale at Tattersalls, are owned by Simon Davies's DalhBury operation, sponsor of the Coronation Cup at Epsom. Bangkok's fee is also unchanged at £3,000, while the fee for Hellvelyn (GB) remains at £2,500.  Chapel Stud director Roisin Close said, "Planteur continues to produce results on the...

The winning owner and breeder of Saturday's 'The Planteur at Chapel Stud Steeple Chase' at Sandown will win a free nomination to Planteur (GB), who recently relocated from France to stand at Chapel Stud in Britain for £3,000. The nominations are gifted by Planteur's owner and breeder Simon Davies. "The aim is to get more high quality NH stallions standing in England and Planteur definitely meets that criteria, and has lots of exciting progeny coming through," Davies said. "By providing quality, hopefully it will encourage small and large breeders to...