2019 Coventry Stakes (G2) winner Arizona is the most recent stallion to affix the exodus to Turkey, with the 7-year-old son of No Nay By no means transferring from Coolmore’s Castlehyde Stud to Yigit Stud in a deal brokered by Michael Shefflin.
Arizona had his first runners this yr and the listed Star Attraction Stakes winner Proper And True was his finest performer, with the Aidan O’Brien-trained colt profitable twice and ending positioned on three events.
Arizona’s first crop, bred on a €7,000 price, has yielded seven winners from 28 runners. He’s second solely to Sands of Mali within the ranks of Irish-based first-season sires, on winners, earnings, and stakes winners.
Refik Yigit, proprietor of the eponymous farm the place Arizona will stand, mentioned: “We’re very completely satisfied that Arizona has been delivered to our nation. As a son of No Nay By no means, one in every of Europe’s main stallions, Arizona actually has a champion’s pedigree.
“Together with his dam line’s stamina and his sire line’s velocity, we imagine he’ll be very profitable in Turkey.”Join BloodHorse Every day
Arizona is out of the English Channel mare Girl Ederle and was a €260,000 (US$297,388) buy by M.V. Magnier at Arqana’s 2018 August Yearling Sale. Educated by O’Brien, he was a precocious juvenile and after his Royal Ascot success would go on to be positioned on the highest degree behind Pinatubo within the Vincent O’Brien Nationwide (G1) and Dewhurst (G1) stakes.
His year-older sister is 2019 Mrs. Revere Stakes (G2T) winner Nay Girl Nay . Their dam Girl Ederle is a half sister to Rumored, dam of 2011 Prix Morny (G1) winner and sire Dabirsim .
Having coated giant books of mares in 2023 and 2024 of 180 and 129 respectively, this will not be the final we see of Arizona in western Europe. It won’t be the final we see of Yigit Stud both.
“After bringing Licensed again to Eire with our buddy Ger O’Neill final yr, we’re very completely satisfied to have introduced Arizona to our nation this yr with our buddy Michael and we plan to proceed growing our collaborations between Turkey and Eire within the coming years,” mentioned Yigit.
Shefflin has been busy brokering stallion offers this autumn, with Arizona one in every of 5 stallions he has been concerned in buying; the others embody Twilight Son , to face at his personal Anshoon Stud in Kilkenny.
“It has been a busy season and it is a whole lot of stallions to maneuver,” mentioned Shefflin. “We have had loads of inquiries about Twilight Son, he is fairly a industrial prospect and we’re hoping he’ll be prepared for viewing for the Irish Stallion Path.”
Shefflin has additionally bought former Tally-Ho sire Inns of Courtroom to face at Razza dell’Orso in Italy for 2025, and, for Turkey, Converse In Colors .
Kuroshio is the opposite member of the quintet Shefflin has brokered a deal to maneuver, and he too might be set for international climes having been at Starfield Stud for the previous 5 seasons.
