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Galiway Anchors Haras de Colleville Roster

Galiway (GB) (Galileo {Ire})'s fee has been raised to €30,000 for 2022, placing him firmly at the head of the Haras de Colleville roster. Six of his progeny have scored at black-type level in 2021, with Group 1 winner Sealiway (Fr) taking third in the G1 Prix du Jockey Club prior to winning the G1 Champion S. on QIPCO British Champions Day. Esope (Fr) added the G3 Prix de Lutece and another quartet of runners were placed at the group level.

A stalwart of the Colleville roster is Kendargent (Fr) (Kendor {Fr}) with 33 black-type winners. His fee is €17,000. In 2021, the grey's Skalleti (Fr) won the G1 Prix d'Ispahan and the G1 Grosser Dallmayr Preis to become his sire's first Group 1 scorer. Tokyo Gold (Fr) won the G2 Derby Italiano and was runner-up in the GI Belmont Derby in America. Skalleti's full-brother Skazino (Fr) also won at the Group 2 level this term and was second in the G1 Prix Royal Oak, while Kennella (Fr) placed third in the G1 French 1000 Guineas. Kendargent's son Goken (Fr) already has four black-type winners from just two crops of runners led by Group 3 winners Livachope (Fr) and Go Athletico (Fr). His fee is €15,000.

New to the roster is Soft Light (Fr) (Authorized {Ire}–Light Saber {Fr}, by Kendor {Fr}) and he will stand in a dual-purpose capacity at €5,000. A listed winner this term, the bay has placed three times in Group 2 company-the Grand Prix de Deauville (19/20) and last year's G2 Prix Hocquart.

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Classic Winner Santiago to Stand Under Coolmore NH Banner

Classic winner Santiago (Ire) (Authorized {Ire}–Wadyhatta {GB}, by Cape Cross {Ire}) will stand under the Coolmore National Hunt banner at Castlehyde Stud in 2022. A fee for the G1 Irish Derby hero will be announced later.

“Santiago is a Derby winner with a pedigree full of Derby winners and leading sires,” said Coolmore's Cathal Murphy. “He's a big, quality individual with a fantastic action, and I'm sure National Hunt breeders will be very impressed when they see him.”

Purchased for €275,000 in utero at the Arqana July Sale in 2016, the Lynch Bages Ltd.-bred is a half-brother to two-time Group 1-placed filly La Joconde (Ire) (Frankel {GB}). A winner in three starts at two for the Coolmore partners and trainer Aidan O'Brien, the bay improved markedly at three, taking Royal Ascot's G2 Queen's Vase in June of 2020 and the Irish Derby at The Curragh just eight days later. He also ran third in the G1 Goodwood Cup in July of that year and was runner-up in the 2021 G2 Yorkshire Cup S. He sports a record of 11-3-3-1 and earnings of $714,737.

Dual Group 1 winner and veteran sire Tamayuz (GB) (Nayef) is under his stakes-placed third dam, while GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf entrant and G3 Killavullan S. hero Glounthaune (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}) is out of a Nayef half-sister to his winning dam Wadyhatta. Other Group 1 winners in the family include Eshaada (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}) and Anabaa Blue (GB) (Anabaa). Santiago's fourth dam is a half-sister to breed-shaping bluehen and G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe victress Urban Sea (Miswaki).

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Benbatl Retired to Big Red Farm in Japan

Godolphin homebred Benbatl (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}–Nahrain {GB}, by Selkirk), a multiple Group 1 winner in Dubai, Germany and Australia, has been retired from racing and will take up stallion duties at Big Red Farm in Japan. A fee for the 7-year-old, who is Dubawi's top earning, will be announced later.

Trainer Saeed bin Suroor said, “Benbatl was a great horse for Godolphin, winning many important races throughout the world including Group 1 contests in Dubai, Germany and Australia.

“He was the ultimate professional in everything he did, which made him an easy horse to train. Everyone at Godolphin Stables will miss him–but he has a very good pedigree, and we are looking forward to seeing how he performs in his new career.”

A winner on debut at Doncaster for trainer Saeed bin Suroor as a 3-year-old, the bay won the G3 Hampton Court S. that year and was placed twice at group level from seven starts. At four, he won the G3 Singspiel S. first up at Meydan, then added the G2 Al Rashidiya there, ran second in the G1 Jebel Hatta and swooped to victory in the G1 Dubai Turf in March of 2018, his first top-level win. In July, he captured the G1 Grosser Dallmayr-Preis – Bayerisches Zuchtrennen in Munich two starts later and eked out a nose victory in the Caulfield S. Down Under. His final start of the campaign was arguably his best effort-running second to the might Australian mare Winx (Aus) (Street Cry {Ire}) in the G1 Cox Plate that October.

Given 11 months on the sidelines, Benbatl returned in September of 2019 to win his first G2 Joel S. in England–he would run third in 2020. At six, he added the G2 Singspiel S. and the G2 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 2 in January and early February, respectively, before completing the trifecta in the inaugural $20-million Saudi Cup in Riyadh. Lightly raced at seven, Benbatl was a narrow second in the G2 Celebration Mile S. before winning his second Joel S. in his penultimate start. He retires with a mark of 25-11-4-3 and $7,853,165 in earnings.

A full-brother to the stakes-placed Fooraat (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), Benbatl is a son of G1 Prix de l'Opera heroine Nahrain, who also won the GI Flower Bowl Invitational S. and was runner-up in the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf. His fourth dam, La Mer (NZ) (Copenhagen II {GB}), was a New Zealand Horse of the Year.

An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Benbatl would be standing at Darley Japan. We regret the error.

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MGSW & GISP Leinster Retired to Pleasant Acres

Trainer Rusty Arnold's MGSW & 2020 Breeders' Cup-placed Leinster (Majestic Warrior–Vassar, by Royal Academy) has officially been retired from racing and will stand at Joe and Helen Barbazon's Pleasant Acres Stallions in Florida for the 2022 breeding season. He will stand for $5,000 and has already arrived at the farm.

“Leinster is an exceptional addition to the stallion barn at Pleasant Acres Stallions,” said Joe Barbazon. “A world-class turf sprinter, he brings with him two blazing fast track records in graded events and four triple digit Beyers.”

Racing for a partnership that included Amy E. Dunne, Brenda Miley, Westrock Stables LLC, and Jean Wilkinson, Leinster made his racing debut at three and promptly ran into eventual Eclipse champion sprinter Mitole (Eskendereya) in his first start. He waited until the next year to break his maiden, then promptly took three straight at Keeneland, Churchill Downs, and Saratoga, including his first black-type try in the GIII Troy S. Leinster improved at five, winning the GII Shakertown S. and the GII Woodford S. prior to a third-place finish in the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint. His only 2021 start yielded a win in the GIII Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint S. Leinster retires with a record of 24-6-6-5 and earnings of $764,971. He set new course records at both Saratoga and Keeneland, both at 5 1/2 furlongs.

“Track record holder at Saratoga and Keeneland,” said Arnold. “You don't get any faster than that and a beautiful individual to go with it.”

Leinster is a half-brother to four stakes performers, including two-time Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint winner Stormy Liberal (Atormy Atlantic), SW-Ire & MGSP-US Shimmering Moment (Afleet Alex), and GISP Coast Guard (Stormy Atlantic).

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