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Group 1 winner Switzerland (Aus) (Snitzel {Aus}) will stand at Coolmore Australia for A$60,500 (inc. GST) in his first season, Coolmore announced on Wednesday. Bred by Arrowfield Group, the colt was an A$1.5 million Inglis Ester yearling and would go on to take the G2 Todman Stakes. At three, he added the G2 Roman Consul Stakes and the G1 Coolmore Stud Stakes, the same double completed by successful stallion Zoustar (Aus). Rated 125 by Timeform for his effort in the Coolmore Stud Stakes, Switzerland also eclipsed a 20-year-old record with...

Alflaila (GB), Shadwell's dual winner of the G2 York Stakes, has been retired and will begin his stallion career later this year at White Robe Lodge in New Zealand, the stud announced on Monday. Trained by Owen Burrows, Alflaila retires as the winner of seven of his 19 career starts and over £550,000 in prize-money. His other notable victories included the G3 Strensall Stakes at York and G3 Darley Stakes at Newmarket in 2022, while last year he also finished fourth in the G1 Prince Of Wales's Stakes at Royal...

GI Man o'War Stakes winner Highland Chief (Ire) has arrived at Arvez Farm in France where the son of Gleneagles (Ire) will stand alongside Honolulu (Ire) and Roman Candle (GB) at a fee of €2,500 for 2025. Last seen finishing fifth in the GIII Singspiel Stakes at Woodbine in October, he retired as the winner of four of his 22 career starts and nearly $800,000 in total prize-money. Jim and Fitri Hay's homebred started his career in Britain with Paul and Oliver Cole, with his biggest success on these shores coming...

The G3 Commonwealth Cup Trial Stakes winner Cold Case (GB) has arrived at Haras des Granges in France and will stand for a fee of €2,500 in 2025. Bred by Whitsbury Manor Stud, Cold Case initially sold for 100,000gns at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale, before being purchased by trainer Karl Burke for 160,000gns when he returned to Park Paddocks for Book 2 of the October Yearling Sale. Burke saddled the son of Showcasing (GB) to win four of his 11 career starts for owner Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum,...

The G1 Saudi Cup hero from a year ago, Senor Buscador, will aim to continue the legacy of his sire Horse of the Year Mineshaft at Lane's End as he stands for $7,500 LFSN, the farm said via a press release on Friday. Bred in Kentucky by Joe R. Peacock, Sr. and Joey Peacock, Jr., Senor Buscador retires from racing with $12,944,427 in earnings and was trained by Todd Fincher. The 7-year-old had shipped last week to Gulfstream Park where he was set to make another start in the GI...

When champion miler Charyn (Ire) joined the lineup of stallions at Nurlan Bizakov's Sumbe for 2025, he was welcomed as the fifth Group 1 victor to call the young stallion operation home, following on the heels of Golden Horde (Ire) in 2021 and the trio of Mishriff (Ire), Belbek (GB) and Angel Bleu (Fr) in 2024. Yet Sumbe's Mathieu Le Forestier is confident in saying that this talented individual is more than simply the latest addition to a growing roster. "To put things into perspective, it's not only another Group 1...

Multiple group winner Point Lonsdale (Ire) (Australia {GB}) has been sold and will stand at the Jacobs family's Maine Chance Farms in South Africa later this year, according to published reports. The 6-year-old's fee will be announced later. Trained by Aidan O'Brien, Point Lonsdale would go on to be named a 'TDN Rising Star' when winning his debut, and quickly added the Listed Chesham Stakes at Royal Ascot, the G3 Tyros Stakes at Leopardstown and the G2 Futurity Stakes. He was second in the G1 National Stakes, and, after running...

German Derby winner Sisfahan (Fr) (Isfahan {Ger}) will stand at Haras de Longechaux in France beginning this year. His fee has been set at €2,800. Jour de Galop first reported the news. A rare paternal descendant of Mill Reef (GB), the Darius Racing and Michael Motschmann runner enjoyed his biggest day in the sun in the 2021 G1 Deutches Derby and was also a Group 2 winner in Italy for Henk Grewe. Through five seasons of racing, Sisfahan was placed three more times at the highest level in Germany, and...

Like any vibrant metropolis, Haras d'Etreham is somewhere that embraces the diversity of its inhabitants. At one time the roster featured everything from a dual Group 1-winning sprinter in Hello Youmzain (Fr), now one of the most expensive Flat stallions in France, to the leading National Hunt sire Saint des Saints (Fr), who in October this year was pensioned from stud duties. "We just need as many options as possible," says Etreham's Nicolas de Chambure, speaking more generally about the evolving stallion scene domestically which, in his words, had a...

Aesop's Fables (Ire) (No Nay Never) will stand at Starfield Stud next season, Compass Stallions announced on Monday. The G2 Futurity Stakes winner will command a fee of €6,500, with limited breeding rights available. Trained by Aidan O'Brien, Aesop's Fables retires as the winner of three of his 17 career starts. He also won this year's Listed Sole Power Sprint Stakes at Naas in May, having produced two of his best efforts at the end of last season when finishing third in both the G1 Prix de l'Abbaye at Longchamp...

Classic hero Metropolitan (Fr) (Zarak {Fr}), who will stand at Haras d'Etreham beginning next year, will be available for viewing at Haras du Thenney on Friday, Dec. 6 and Saturday, Dec. 7, during the Arqana Vente d'Elevage from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Metropolitan won the G1 Poule d'Essai des Poulains and was third in the G1 St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot. He was also a close second in the G1 Prix Jacques le Marois, and will be available for €15,000 in 2025. Etreham's Nicolas de Chambure said,...

This spring's GII Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes winner Mr Fisk (Arrogate--Plein Air {Ire}, by Manduro {Ger}) has officially been retired from racing and will stand the 2025 season at Pleasant Acres Stallions near Morriston, Florida. The Bob Baffert trainee was on a two-race graded win streak after victories in the Gold Cup in late May and the GIII Californian Stakes in April when it was discovered he'd suffered a condylar fracture and subsequently had surgery. The decision was eventually made to retire him rather than bring him back to the...