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Breeders’ Cup Winner Highland Reel To Stand In Japan In 2023

Seven-time Group 1 winner Highland Reel (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) will transfer to Takaya Shimikawa's S T Farm on Hokkaido next season. The sire of three stakes winners, led by G2 Premio Dormello heroine Atamisque (Ire) and GIII Surfer Girl S. victress Comanche Country (Ire), the Coolmore Stud stallion is currently serving the Southern Hemisphere season at Swettenham Stud in Australia for A$16,500.

An S T Farm spokesperson told Yahoo Japan, “During his racing days, Highland Reel was a horse whose performances were outstanding, not only in Europe, but overseas. I feel that his progeny show good speed, and although they have achieved results in Europe and the United States, I feel that the Japan may be a better fit.”

Out of the G2 South Australian Oaks second and G2 Schweppes Oaks third Hveger (Aus) (Danehill), he is a full-brother to three stakes winner led by multiple group winner Idaho (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who was placed in both the G1 Derby and G1 Irish Derby, as well as G1 Caulfield S. winner Cape Of Good Hope (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}).

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Highclere Releases Land Force’s 2023 Fee

Land Force (Ire), a half-brother to dual Grade I winner Photo Call (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), will stand for an unchanged fee of £5,000 in 2023. From the family of Group 1 winners Auguste Rodin (Ire) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) and Victoria Road (Ire) (Saxon Warrior {Jpn}), the 6-year-old son of No Nay Never won the G2 Richmond S. and was third in the G2 Norfolk S. as a juvenile. His oldest foals are yearlings and he will have his first runners in 2023.

“Land Force's fee will remain at £5,000 (Oct. 1, SLF) for the 2023 season,” said Highclere's Jake Warren. “His yearlings have sold extremely well this autumn averaging £36,008 which is seven times his stud fee. His highest price lot was 180,000gns and his incredible immediate family have produced two Group 1-winning 2-year-old colts this year in August Rodin and Victoria Road. Considering the strength of No Nay Never and Sioux Nation's progeny on the track, with this dominant sire line, his wonderful pedigree and good looking stock, Land Force is showing himself to be a very appealing bet for breeders looking for a big up.”

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Belardo Moves To Bearstone Stud

Dual Group 1 winner Belardo (Ire) will move to Bearstone Stud in Shropshire for the 2023 breeding season. A former Darley stallion, he will stand for £6,500 next year.

The son of Lope De Vega (Ire) already has eight stakes winners worldwide with six of them successful at group level. Isabella Giles (Ire) won the G2 Rockfel S. and G3 Prestige S., while both Bellabel (Ire) and Gold Phoenix (Ire) won graded races at Del Mar in California. The former was also second in the GI Del Mar Oaks and third in the GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup. Lullaby Moon (GB), Elysium (Ire), and Verona (NZ) are his other group winners.

Terry Holdcroft, owner of Bearstone Stud, said, “We are delighted that Darley has entrusted us with a stallion who

has made such a promising start at stud and was bred to 215 mares in the last two years. We purchased breeding rights in Belardo when he retired and were rewarded with Lullaby Moon. As a son and grandson of two exceptional stallions and with a ratio of group winners to runners that compares favourably with many of the best stallions at stud today, we are confident Belardo will prove extremely popular with British breeders.”

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Group 1-Winning Juvenile Thunder Moon Retired To Haras De Bouquetot, As 2023 Roster Revealed

Group 1-winning juvenile Thunder Moon (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}–Small Sacrifice {Ire}, by Sadler's Wells) has been retired and will stand at Al Shaqab Racing's Haras de Bouquetot in 2023. The 'TDN Rising Star' will stand for €6,000 on their nine-strong roster next season and will be available for viewing at Bouquetot during the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale.

Bred by Aidan and Annemarie O'Brien's Whisperview Trading, the colt was named a 'Rising Star' after his debut win at the Curragh and claimed the G1 National S. in his next outing before running third in the G1 Dewhurst S. Owned by Mrs. C C Regalado-Gonzalez, the Joseph O'Brien trainee was only a head shy of adding the G1 Prix Jean Prat to his resume at three, and he was also third in the G3 Gladness S. this term. He retires with a mark of 13-2-2-2 and $365,398 in earnings.

“Thunder Moon was defined by his natural class and strong turn-of-foot,” said O'Brien. “His performance in the G1 National S. really showcased this and his brilliance as a 2-year-old beating a field packed with Group 1 winners and future group performers. He also came within a whisker of winning the Prix Jean Prat the following year. We are really looking forward to training his progeny in the years to come.”

The son of Small Sacrifice is a half-brother to stakes winner Table Rock (Ire) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}). His third dam is the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Trusted Partner (Affirmed), dam of GI Matriarch S. heroine Dress To Thrill (Danehill) and her full-sister, the blue hen Polished Gem (Ire) (Danehill), the dam of eight stakes winners.

Haras de Bouquetot's Stud Manager Benoit Jeffroy said, “We're delighted to welcome Thunder Moon at Haras de Bouquetot for 2023. He is a precocious horse of 1m60 (15.3 hh) who has shown plenty of speed winning the National S. like Dubawi (Ire), Danehill Dancer (Ire) and Teofilo (Ire) did before him. We were looking for a Group 1 winner at 2 excelling over seven furlongs, not dissimilar to the profiles of recent French successes Wootton Bassett (GB) and Siyouni (Fr).”

Leading the Haras de Bouquetot roster is Zelzal (Fr), who has sired three stakes winners led by multiple graded winner Dolce Zel (Fr) and GIII Sweet Life S. heroine Ouraika (Fr), and is priced at €15,000. G1 Prix de l'Abbaye hero Wooded (Ire) has his first yearlings in 2023 and is €12,000. As previously announced, Group 1 sire Galileo Gold (GB) has moved to Bouquetot in a joint-venture with his former home, Tally-Ho Stud, and he will stand for €7,000, the same price as G1 Irish 2000 Guineas victor Romanised (Ire), who has his first yearlings. Group 1 winner and stakes-siring Al Wukair (Ire), G3 Molecomb S. scorer and G1 Middle Park S. third Armor (GB) expecting his first foals, and multiple Group 1 winner Ectot (GB) will each command €5,000. Rounding out the roster is Olympic Glory (Ire), the sire of 13 stakes winner, at €4,000.

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