James Garfield (Ire) has been purchased by polo player Colonel Kuldeep Garcha and will stand at Gee Stud Farm in India next year. A fee will be announced later. The news was first reported by the Racing Pulse.
The son of Exceed And Excel (Aus) was bred by Stetchworth and Middle Park Studs, and claimed both the G2 Mill Reef S. and G3 Greenham S., as well as a second-place finish in the G1 Prix Maurice de Gheest.
Out of stakes winner Whazzat (GB) (Daylami {Ire}), the 8-year-old spent five seasons at Rathbarry Stud in Ireland. Of his 71 foals of racing age, 53 are runners with 27 winners among them. His two stakes winners are Maria Branwell (Ire), and Man With The Plan (Ire), while Littlejames (Ire) was also third in the G3 Premio Primi Passi. James Garfield is from the family of the blue hen Rafha (GB) (Kris {GB}).
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