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( 1600m ) success . Victorious in the Group 1 Poule d ’ Essai des Poulains ( 1600m ; Deauville ) at three , the son of Shamardal continued to race and win as a four-year-old . He served one of the larger books of 154 mares in his first year , with yearlings realising impressive figures at the sales . Towards the lower end of the spectrum , there are multiple exciting options for commercial breeders and a Leading First-Season Sire is likely to be amongst them . In the UK , Newsells Park Stud ’ s A ’ Ali has made a flying start to his stallion career with yearlings selling up to 200,000 guineas at the sales – forty times his £ 5,000 opening stud fee . A Royal Ascot Group 2 winning two-year-old , A ’ Ali has the pedigree to match his precocious results on the racetrack . His sire Society Rock achieved Champion European First Season Sire status in 2017 from a similar stud fee of 8,000 euros before his untimely death aged nine-years-old .
Or perhaps another ...? Across the Irish Sea , Yeomanstown Stud stands an exciting freshman stallion in the shape of Supremacy . By Leading First-Season Sire in Europe ( 2020 ) Mehmas , he enjoyed a tremendous juvenile campaign , winning the Group 2 Richmond Stakes ( 1200m ) before defeating fellow first-season sire Lucky Vega in the Group 1 Middle Park Stakes ( 1200m ). Disappointing at three , Supremacy hails from the family of Xtension and Harry Angel – the latter achieving twenty-five juvenile winners from his first crop – and early signs suggest the stallion is throwing precocious types . Whilst Roseman does not offer the Group-winning form of the aforementioned stallions , his pedigree provides breeders an exciting prospect for a lowly £ 4,000 . Successful in the
Listed Ben Marshall Stakes ( 1600m ) at Newmarket and placed in the Group 1 QEII Stakes ( 1600m ) behind Palace Pier , the son of Kingman boasts a page littered with Black Type performers . Dam Go Lovely Rose has produced four individual Black Type performers and is a full-sister to the high class Immortal Verse , victorious in the Group 1 Coronation Stakes ( 1600m ) and the Group 1 Prix Jacques le Marois ( 1600m ). Immortal Verse ( Pivotal ) has translated her racing success to the breeding shed , with the Group 1-winning Tenebrism and Breeders ’ Cup hero Henri Matisse . With the class of 2025 comprising of Classic winners and speed-oriented stallions with lofty pedigrees , the upcoming race for Leading First-Sire Sire in Europe is set to be a mouthwatering prospect . Although Palace Pier and St Mark ’ s Basilica look sure to have long and successful careers at stud , 2025 could prove the perfect opportunity for another small-fee sire to continue the recent statistical trend and make an explosive start to their new career .
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By Jacob Pritchard Webb
A LOOK AT JUMP STALLIONS
The final spotlight at the dawn of this new breeding and racing season is on jump stallions . Jacob Pritchard Webb explores the market , its trends , and the leading names to watch .
It ’ s fair to say that people outlook for
2025 will vary from person to person . Personally , for myself I will be looking to invest in my career more by getting out and about to more places … the more plane tickets the better . For breeders , well they will be hoping that the mares they currently have in foals are cooking the next superstar with four perfectly straight legs , a good shoulder and an attractive head that will stand out in the sale grounds . For the people who own and run stallions the outlook will cover fear , anticipation and excitement . A positive outlook is needed for these stallions with their first runners in 2025 as they themselves earned a place at stud based on their efforts on the racecourse that much hope lies in their progeny doing the same . 20 stallions entered stud both flat and jump in 2021 including some big names such as Hello Youmzain and Persian King but I shall be focusing on the national hunt stallions and the trend seems to be that if you were a son of Martaline , you went to stud in 2021 .
IF YOU WERE A SON OF MARTALINE , YOU WERE A STALLION IN 2021
Three of his sons entered the stallion ranks that year with the Gr . 1 winning 4-yo Moises Has being the best performer out of the three on the track . He won the Prix Renaud du Vivier Gr . 1 at Auteuil on his final start by a head which showed his fight and determination , a trait many breeders who used him will rub off on his progeny . He is a son of the mighty Martaline who bred 116 black type winners before passing away , including recent Gr . 1 winners Juntos Ganamos and Losange Bleu . Moises Has has 110 foals from his first crop which is a healthy number to go to war with and has been well touted
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