Blackrath Stud

Bolshoi Ballet has departed the Coolmore National Hunt stallion ranks and will stand at Blackrath Stud for the 2026 breeding season. Trained by Aidan O'Brien for the Coolmore partners, Bolshoi Ballet was sent off a short-priced favourite for the 2021 Derby after emulating his sire, Galileo, with back-to-back wins at Leopardstown in the G3 Ballysax Stakes and G3 Derby Trial Stakes. Below form when finishing seventh at Epsom, he bounced back on his next start to win the GI Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes. He also won the GI Sword Dancer...