Haras de la Hetraie

Great Pretender will stand for €10,000 in 2026, Haras de la Hetraie announced via press release on Tuesday. Successful with his progeny on either side of the English Channel, the stallion will likely be standing his final season in 2026, according to the farm. All posted fees exclude VAT. Grade 1 stallion Nirvana Du Berlais will stand for €7,500 and already has a pair of Grade 1 winner in Lulamba and Leader Sport from his first crop of four-year-olds. Bathyrhon's fee remains unchanged at €6,000. He is among the top...

Internaute, the son of two Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winners in Sea The Stars and Solemia, will join the National Hunt stallion roster at Haras de la Hêtraie for 2026. The deal was brokered by Cécile Adonias of CAVA Associates. The Wertheimer homebred retires as the winner of two of his 10 career starts for Christopher Head, including the Listed Prix de la Porte de Madrid at Saint-Cloud in March this year. Beaten just a neck behind the subsequent Group 1 winner Sibayan in July's G2 Prix Maurice de Nieuil...

Leon Du Berlais (Fr) will stand at Haras de la Hetraie this year, the French stud announced on Friday. The son of Authorized (Ire) is a Grade 3 winner over hurdles for the Arnaud Chaille-Chaille stable and also placed at the highest level in that sphere. The stud's Pascal Noue said, "I have been interested in Leon Du Berlais for a long time. I always liked the horse. At Auteuil, in the parade ring, all eyes were on him. He ran against a great generation.  "He is a grandson of...

Group 1 winner Feed The Flame (GB) (Kingman {GB}) will stand at Haras de la Hetraie in 2025, the stud announced on Saturday. The G1 Grand Prix de Paris victor's fee will be €4,500. Retired in September, the bay was bred by Monceaux, Lordship Stud and Clear Light SAS. Offered by Ecurie des Monceaux at the 2021 Arqana August Sale, he brought €270,000 from SAS Larrieu Gerard, and would go on to run for Jean-Louis Bouchard. The 'TDN Rising Star' was kept in training at four, and he placed three...

Mare Australis (Ire) (Australia {GB}--Miramare {Ger}, by Rainbow Quest), a winner at the highest level in France, has been sold to Pascal Noue of Haras de la Hetraie and will stand there next year, www.galopponline.de reported on Tuesday. The deal was brokered by Tina Rau and Richard Venn. A fee for the dual-purpose stallion will be announced later. Bred by Stall Ullmann and raced by Gestut Schlenderhan and Andre Fabre, the 5-year-old won on debut at Munich in November of his juvenile year. In three starts at three, he scored...