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How is Duke of Marmalade higher than Dylan Thomas???? Makes no sense. One kept his form right through the season, raced against and beat some good horses and the other beat Pipedreamer, Phoenix Tower and Papal Bull, and lost his way quite badly at the end of the season.
 
Presumably Duke of Marmalade is more expensive because he's a first-season sire and therefore more in demand?
 
Powerscourt said:
High Chaparral is in a no win situation competing with the likes of Galileo and Montjeu.. would like to see him shipped off to the States or elsewhere.

He has no chance where he is.
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Agreed that HC is in a no win situation.
Some of these look expensive given the current economic situation, apart from anything else.
 
High Chaparral's fortunes increased dramatically when his first crop reached 3. They obviously need time but I think he is capable of siring a top horse which is more than can be said for a lot of the ones they stand. Choisir for me is value. He can get tough and early types.Night shift was a good servant.
 
Dalakhani's fee has been increased to €50,000, whilst both Sinndar and Azamour have had €10,000 reductions, from €20,000 and €25,000 respectively.

Sinndar looks quite the value sire to my eyes.
 
So what is "private"...obviously deals to be done depending on your mare but Galileo, Montjeu and Danehill Dancer's average individual fee?
 
racingpost.co.uk​


CURLIN, still rated the world's top racehorse by official handicappers, has been retired to stand at Lane's End Farm in Kentucky, it was confirmed on Friday.

Owner Jess Jackson has ruled out the possibility of one last hurrah for the highest prize-money earner in US racing history, who will stand at a fee of $75,000 for the 2009 covering season.

The four-year-old son of Smart Strike - also a Lane's End sire standing at $150,000 in 2009 - is retired after winning 11 of his 16 career starts for earnings of just over $10.5million.

Trained for most of his career by Steve Asmussen, Curlin was never ridden by anyone other than Robby Albarado, under whom he established himself as unquestionably the world's top dirt performer.
After finishing third in the Kentucky Derby, Curlin won three of the most prestigious races in the States last year, namely the Preakness, Jockey Club Gold Cup and Breeders' Cup Classic.

After routing his rivals in the Dubai World Cup in March, he won the StephenFoster at Churchill Downs, the Woodward at Saratoga and another Jockey Club before being beaten behind Raven's Pass on an unfamiliar all-weather surface at the Breeders' Cup in Santa Anita.

Will Farish of Lane's Endsaid: "Curlin's performance on the track, his pedigree and his conformation make him the most exciting sire prospect to retire in many years.

"We are honoured to have him join his champion sire Smart Strike at Lane's End."
 
Royal Academy is permanently in Australia now, only serving minimal books. They have left him down here due to climate. Would say his best two horses were Bel Esprit, who was the Champion Australia 2YO of his season in Australia and outstanding 3yo sprinter at WFA and Bullish Luck who won 4 Group 1 races (3 in Hong Kong, 1 in Japan and placed 3rd in a Dubai World Cup).

Other news from stallions around the globe, and courtesy of www.breedingracing.com:

* Octagonal Son Laverock To Stud In France
In France, former Australian Horse-Of-The-Year & 10-times Gr1-winning Woodlands & now Darley sire Octagonal's Gr1-winning 6YO son Laverock (Octagonal-Sky Song, by Sadler's Wells) "is to stand at Haras L'Abbaye at a fee of €1,500 (A$2,850) for 2009," reported thoroughbredinternet.com. Laverock (1 of 4 Gr1-winners to date sired by Octagonal) won 5 of his 27 starts, including victories in both 2006's French Gr1 Prix d'Ispahan (1850m) at Longchamp & Italian Gr1 Gran Premio del Jockey Club (2400m) at San Siro, as well as 2005's French Gr3 Prix Andre Baboin-Grand Prix De Provinces (2000m) at Bordeaux. His long list of international stakes-placings include: 2005's French Gr2 Grand Prix Eugene Adam (1800m) at Maisons-Laffitte, as well as 3rd across-the-line in the Gr1 Prix du Jockey Club (French Derby), only to be relegated to 6th in the stewards' room; 2006's French Gr1 Grand Prix De Saint-Cloud (2400m) & Germany's Gr1 Grosser Dallmayr-Preis Bayerisches Zuchtrennen (2000m) at Munich: & 2007's Gr1 Gran Premio Del Jockey Club (2400m) at San Siro & UK Gr2 Princess Of Wales's Stakes (12 furlongs) at Newmarket. (Nov 20)

Gr1 Star Linngari To Stud At German Gestut Romerhof
In Germany, multiple European Gr1-winning Irish-bred 6YO entire Linngari (Indian Ridge-Lidakiya, by Kahyasi) "is to retire to stud at Gestut Romerhof," reported thoroughbredinternet.com. Linngari "is expected to run his last race in Hong Kong in December before his move to Germany". This year Linngari (bred by the Aga Khan) won Germany's Gr1 Grosser Dallmayr-Preis Bayerisches Zuchtrennen (2000m) at Munich, as well as placing in both the UK Gr1 Champion Stakes (10 furlongs) at Newmarket & Turkey's Gr2 Topkapi Trophy (1600m on turf) at Veliefendi; & in 2007 he won Italy's Gr1 Premio Vittorio di Capua (1600m) at San Siro, as well as finishing runner up in the Gr1 Dubai Duty Free at Nad Al Sheba. And in 2006 he finished runner-up in France's Gr1 Prix de la Foret (1400m) at Longchamp. (Nov 18)

Rob Roy Retired To UK Hedgeholme Stud
Also in England, 6YO stallion Rob Roy (Lear Fan-Camanoe, by Gone West) has been retired to stand the 2009 season at Darlington-based Hedgeholme Stud in County Durham at a fee of £2,000 (A$4,800). On the track, Rob Roy: won both the 2006 UK Gr2 Sandown Mile over 8 furlongs at Sandown & 2005 Gr3 Joel Stakes over 8 furlongs at Newmarket; finished 2nd in the 2006 UK Gr1 Champion Stakes over 10 furlongs at Newmarket, 2008 UK Gr2 Sandown Mile over 8 furlongs at Sandown & 2005 UK Gr3 Craven Stakes over 8 furlongs at Newmarket; & finished 3rd in the 2006 UK Gr1 Sussex Stakes over 8 furlongs at Goodwood & 2007 US Gr1 Eddie Read Handicap over 9 furlongs at Del Mar. (Nov 12)
 
Powerscourt said:
High Chaparral is in a no win situation competing with the likes of Galileo and Montjeu.. would like to see him shipped off to the States or elsewhere.

He has no chance where he is.
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Am surprised both him and Hurricane Run are still in the UK, and not in Japan at stud.

Anyone remember Oath, the 1999 English Epsom Derby winner? He was sold earlier this year and now stand's at the Maharaj Rajendrasingh Idar's Pratap Stud Farm in India.
 
Grand Armee said:
Am surprised both him and Hurricane Run are still in the UK, and not in Japan at stud.

Anyone remember Oath, the 1999 English Epsom Derby winner? He was sold earlier this year and now stand's at the Maharaj Rajendrasingh Idar's Pratap Stud Farm in India.
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Early yet to be sending Hurricane Run to Japan without him having his first runners over here.
 
I agree with Sheikh, Choisir looks the best value there provided you have the right mare
 
Grand Armee said:
Am surprised both him and Hurricane Run are still in the UK, and not in Japan at stud.

Anyone remember Oath, the 1999 English Epsom Derby winner? He was sold earlier this year and now stand's at the Maharaj Rajendrasingh Idar's Pratap Stud Farm in India.
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Yes, saw him at Goresbridge before he was sold, smallish but well bred.
 
Oath never got a fair shot tbh Grand Armee. He won the Derby and fractured a shoulder/pelvis (I forget which) exiting the stalls in the King George - far worse Derby winners got better chances than Oath ever did.

Ex-Ballydoyle inmate Yehudi is at stud in South Korea too.
 
Darley bought Saoire Abu at the mares sale yesterday and Unsung Heroine has been sold and is off to Austrailia.
 
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