new euro sires
New names in Europe Some exciting new sires are joining stallion rosters in France and Germany for 2019
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ecoletos, the dual Group 1 winner of the Prix d’Ispahan and the Prix du Moulin, is the most expensive sire retiring to stand in France for 2019. He is standing at Haras du Quesnay at a fee of €8,000. He is a son of Whipper, a winner of the Group 1 Prix Maurice de Gheest. He is by Miesque’s Son, a three-quarters brother to the five-time Group 1 winner Divine Proportions. Recoletos ran just once in November as a two-year-old, reappearing in March to collect three on the bounce, a hat-trick which culminated in Group 2 success over 1m2f
in the Prix Greffulhe. He claimed his first Group 1 form when third in the Prix du Jockey-Club, just a short-head and a length behind Brametot and Waldgeist. He collected the Prix du Prince d’Orange (G3) in September before finishing fourth to
Cracksman, Poet’s Word and Highland Reel in the British Champion Stakes (G1). At four he once again kicked his season off on a winning note taking the Prix du Muguet (G2) before that first Group 1 success came his way in the 1m1f Prix d’Ispahan. A down-the-field run in the Queen Anne Stakes (G1) preceded a second in the Prix du Jacques le Marois behind the 2018 star filly Alpha Centauri. He then took the Prix du Moulin (G1) by a head from Wind Chimes and subsequent Breeders’ Cup Mile scorer Expert Eye. He retired off a career-high mark of 121.
Cloth Of Stars: the Group 1-winning son of Sea The Stars has a top level Classic pedigree and is standing at Haras du Logis
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