Dual Group 1 Winner Vandeek Retired And Will Stand At Cheveley Park Stud

Vandeek (GB), the brilliant dual Group 1-winning juvenile, has been retired and will stand at Cheveley Park Stud. 

The highest-rated son of Havana Grey (GB), Vandeek landed the Prix Morny and the Middle Park Stakes in what was a spellbinding two-year-old campaign in 2023. 

Last seen finishing third being Mill Stream in the July Cup, the Simon and Ed Crisford-trained Vandeek retired as a winner of four of his six starts and with a peak official rating of 119. He joins Twilight Son, Ulysses and Unfortunately on the Cheveley Park Stud roster. 

Cheveley Park's managing director Chris Richardson said, “Patricia Thompson [stud owner] is delighted to have been able to secure Vandeek, in partnership with Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa, to stand at Cheveley Park Stud in Newmarket, making this very exciting son of Havana Grey available to British and international breeders and thus further enhancing the long established history of Cheveley Park Stud standing world-class stallions”.

Simon Crisford added, “Vandeek was a brilliant two-year-old for Sheikh Khalid and his amazing turn of foot set him apart from the others. He had a wonderful temperament and he was such a great pleasure to train. His Juddmonte Middle Park victory was sensational and I don't think I've ever seen a better winner of that race. He was pure class and it is such a great shame he didn't have the opportunity to fulfil his potential this year.”

Vandeek is rightly considered something of a poster boy for the breeze-up sales. A high-profile graduate of Roderic Kavanagh's Glending Stables, he was purchased by Anthony Stroud for 625,000gns on behalf of KHK Racing at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-Up Sale in 2023. His stud fee will be announced in due course.