stallion on the move

Classic winner Capri (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) will move from Coolmore's Grange Stud to Willow Wood Farm in the UK for next season, the latter confirmed on X (formerly Twitter) on Friday. The deal was brokered by Richard Venn. A fee for the grey, whose eldest foals are 2-year-olds of 2023, will be announced later. The 2017 G1 Irish Derby winner and G1 St Leger hero also took the G2 Beresford S. as a juvenile for Aidan O'Brien and the Coolmore partners.

Dual-purpose stallion Kamsin (Ger) (Samum {Ger}) will move to Haras de la Baie for the 2024 breeding season, Jour de Galop reported on Wednesday. The 2008 G1 Deutsches Derby hero will stand for €2,500. The deal was brokered by Paola Beacco and Richard Venn. The 18-year-old started his career in Germany, prior to moving to France in 2017. He has spent the past three seasons at Annshoon Stud in Ireland. His runners have excelled under both codes, and he has a sextet of stakes winners on the Flat including group...

German Horse of the Year and established sire Iquitos (Ger) (Adlerflug {Ger}) will move to Gestut Rottgen beginning in 2024, the stud announced on Tuesday. Standing for a partnership of Gestut Ammerland, Gestut Graditz and Mulligan Stable, his fee will be €6,000. A multiple Group 1 winner, the son of Irika (Ger) (Areion {Ger}) has already been represented by Group 3 winner Mr Hollywood (Ire), who was second in the G1 Deutsches Derby, and listed winner and group-placed Drawn To Race (Ger) from his first crop of just five foals...

Group 1 winner Dariyan (Fr) (Shamardal) will move to Haras du Mont Goubert in 2024. A fee will be announced later. Formerly at His Highness The Aga Khan's Haras de Bonneval, the Prix Ganay hero has been represented by G3 Prix la Force hero Mister Saint Paul (Fr), as well as seven other stakes horses including the group-placed horses Princesse De Saba (Fr), Galaxie Gold (Fr), second in the G2 Prix Hocquart, Elizar (Fr), and My Kurkum (GB). His dam Daryakana (Fr) (Selkirk) has also thrown a four other stakes...

Multiple Group 1 winner Postponed (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) will move to Yorton Stud for the 2024 breeding season after Yorton and James & Jean Potter, Ltd. purchased the stallion from Darley. A fee will be announced later for the four-time Group 1 winner. Previously under the Darley banner at Dalham Hall Stud, the bay will stand to the Futter family's stud near Welshpool in Powys. Richard Venn brokered the deal. David Futter said of the son of Ever Rigg (GB) (Dubai Destination), "Postponed is a proper horse that any stallion...

Group 1 winner Marianafoot (Fr) (Footstepsinthesand {GB}) will move from Haras de Saint-Vincent to Haras des Faunes for the 2024 breeding season, Jour de Galop reported on Wednesday. A fee for the son of Marianabaa (Fr) (Anabaa) will be announced in due course. Alain Chopard of Haras des Faunes told the JDG, "He's a great recruit...He fits well with the profile I like. Marianafoot has a lot of arguments in his favour and he deserves to be given a chance." Haras de Saint-Vincent's Thierry Dalla Longa remains involved with Marianafoot's...

Group 1 sire Lawman (Fr) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) has been transferred to Haras du Mazet for the 2024 breeding season, Jour de Galop reported on Thursday. His fee will be €4,000. A winner of both the G1 Prix du Jockey Club and the G1 Prix Jean Prat in 2007, the 19-year-old has sired 38 stakes winners. Of his 22 group winners, six have scored at the highest level, including Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Just The Judge (Ire), 2020 Cartier Champion 2-Year-Old Filly Pretty Gorgeous (Fr), Most Improved (Ire), Law Enforcement...

Classic hero Flag Of Honour (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) will move to Ballycurragh Stud in Co Carlow for 2023, the stud announced on Tuesday. A stud fee for the former National Stud resident will be announced later. Willie Murphy of Ballycurragh Stud said, "We are delighted to have Flag of Honour joining our stallion roster, he will be a great option for Irish breeders as a group-winning 2-year-old and Classic-winning 3-year-old. He is a superb physical with a great walk from a fantastic family. We have seen quite a few of...

Gustav Klimt (Ire), who has sired 10 winners in his first crop, will move to Haras d'Annebault in France next year, the stud announced on Twitter. The G2 Superlative S. scorer will stand for €3,500. Also placed in a quartet of Group 1s including the Irish 2000 Guineas, the 7-year-old is a son of Galileo (Ire) and the Danehill mare Massarra (GB), who won at listed level and was second in a pair of group races. His second dam is the blue hen producer and G1 French Oaks heroine Rafha...

Group 3 winner Cappella Sansevero (GB) (Showcasing {GB}) will move to Italy's Allevamento Renaccino in 2023 where he will stand for €3,000, Renew Italian Breeding announced on Saturday. The G3 Round Tower S. victor who was also second in the G2 Coventry S. and third in the G1 Phoenix S. has been represented by G2 Mill Reef S. hero Pierre Lapin (Ire).

Stakes-siring stallion Editorial (War Front--Playa Maya, by Arch), a half-brother to successful sire and champion Uncle Mo (Indian Charlie), will move to Rancho San Miguel in California to stand for $3,500 live foal guaranteed next year. He most recently stood at Anchor & Hope Farm in Maryland. His oldest foals are 3-year-olds. "If I were to compare the U.S. stallion market to the U.S. stock market, I would say we are acquiring an emerging stock at the optimal time for California breeders," said Rancho San Miguel owner Tom Clark. "Editorial...

Successful National Hunt stallion Malinas (Ger) (Lomitas {GB}) will moved to Coolagown Stud in County Cork next year in a joint-venture with Rathbarry Stud. A fee for the four-time Group 1-placed G2 Oppenheim-Union-Rennen hero winner will be announced later. At stud to date, the 20-year-old has left Grade 2 winners Black Thunder (Fr), Medinas (Fr), Mister Malarky (GB), Touch The Eden (Fr) and Union Dues (Fr), as well as Scottish Grand National hero Mighty Thunder (GB), Greatwood Handicap Hurdle scorer Harambe (GB) and Grade 1-placed hurdlers Baltazar D'Allier (Fr), Easter...