Juddmonte Farms is pleased to announce its exciting stallion roster at Banstead Manor Stud in 2010 - Beat Hollow, Champs Elysees, Dansili, Oasis Dream, Observatory, Rail Link, Three Valleys and Zamindar.
BEAT HOLLOW 1997 b h Sadler's Wells - Wemyss Bight (Dancing Brave)
Four-time Gr.1 winner, Beat Hollow is by a Champion Sire out of a Champion Filly. He is the sire of the Prix Marcel Boussac Gr.1 winner Proportional. Beat Hollow has 119 2yo’s to race in 2010 - his biggest crop to date.
CHAMPS ELYSEES 2003 b h Danehill - Hasili (Kahyasi)
Canadian Horse of the Year and Champion Older Horse, Champs Elysees is a Triple Gr.1 winner of the Canadian International Gr.1, Northern Dancer Turf Stakes Gr.1 and the Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes Gr.1. He is a brother to Champion sire Dansili and his dam, Broodmare of the Year Hasili, is the only mare to produce five individual Gr.1 winners in the Northern Hemisphere.
DANSILI 1996 b h Danehill - Hasili (Kahyasi)
Champion sire of 59 blacktype performers and 37 blacktype winners, despite none of his runners being conceived at a fee higher than £12,500. In 2009 Dansili was represented by more 3yo colts and fillies rated above Timeform 117 than any other sire in Europe, headed by Delegator (1st Craven Stakes Gr.3, 2nd 2000 Guineas Gr.1), Zacinto (1st Celebration Mile Gr.2, 2nd Queen Elizabeth II Stakes Gr.1, St James’s Palace Stakes Gr.1) and Father Time (1st King Edward VII Stakes Gr.2) . We look forward to his exciting crop of foals to be born in 2010, 91% of the mares he covered were either blacktype performers or producers.
OASIS DREAM 2000 b h Green Desert - Hope (Dancing Brave)
Record-breaking Champion two-year-old and World Champion Sprinter of 2003, Oasis Dream was the sire sensation of 2009. He has sired the winners of 30 individual black type races worldwide and in 2009 was represented by the winners of over 100 races including Group 1 winners Midday (Breeder’s Cup Filly and Mare Turf Gr.1, Nassau Stakes Gr.1), Arcano (Prix Morny Gr.1) and Aqlaam (Prix Du Moulin Gr.1). Oasis Dream was recognised by the TBA as the leading British-based stallion according to Flat earnings. His yearling colt out of Maganda topped the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale at 700,000gns.
OBSERVATORY 1997 ch h Distant View - Stellaria (Roberto)
World Champion Miler from the Mr.Prospector line. Observatory is the sire of Champion Stakes Gr.1 winner Twice Over, who was also 3rd in the Breeder’s Cup Classic Gr.1, as well as the Sprint Cup Gr.1 winner African Rose. Observatory sired 16 individual 2yo winners in 2009 and has exciting prospects Augumentative, Quiet and Sebastian Flyte to look forward to in 2010.
RAIL LINK 2003 b h Dansili - Docklands (Theatrical)
Champion three-year-old in Europe in 2006. Unbeaten in four Group races, most notably when defeating Pride, Deep Impact, Hurricane Run, Sixties Icon and Shirocco in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Gr.1. Rail Link is the best son to date of leading sire Dansili, and the 2nd highest rated Danehill line sire with a Timeform Rating of 132. His first crop are now yearlings.
THREE VALLEYS 2001 ch h Diesis - Skiable (Niniski)
A Two-year-old of rare brilliance, Three Valley’s eight length winning margin in the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot, where he smashed the two-year-old course record, was the widest in the race since the great Mill Reef. Bred from arguably the most successful family in the stud book, his dam Skiable is a half-sister to Broodmare of the Year Hasili (Dam of Champion Sire Dansili) and Arrive. His first crop are now yearlings.
ZAMINDAR 1994 b h Gone West - Zaizafon (The Minstrel)
Champion sire in France and sire of four Gr.1 winners including unbeaten Champion filly Zarkava and Classic winners Darjina and Zenda. In 2009 his yearlings averaged nearly ten times their conception fee and achieved a top price of 300,000gns. Zamindar has exciting prospects Timepiece (1st Montrose Fillies Stakes L) and Lord Zenith to look forward to in 2010.