Lope de Vega will stand for a career-high price of €175,000 (US$185,646, €1=US$1.07) as Ballylinch Stud introduced its roster for 2025, with Waldgeist set to be transferred to Gestut Lunzen.
The son of Shamardal loved a banner yr this time period with two traditional winners in Poule d’Essai des Pouliches (G1) heroine Rouhiya and Prix du Jockey Membership (G1) victor Look de Vega , along with Dewhurst Stakes (G1) and Center Park Stakes (G1) winner Shadow of Mild .
Different top-level winners in 2024 embrace American grade 1 scorers Program Buying and selling and Carl Spackler , whereas the previous Dermot Weld-trained Duke de Sessa captured the Caulfield Cup (G1) final month. Lope de Vega was priced at €125,000 this yr.
Managing director John O’Connor stated: “At Ballylinch Stud our stallion roster has a mixture of confirmed excessive achievers and younger expertise with enormous potential. We sit up for working with our shoppers to assist them obtain continued success each on the racetrack and within the gross sales ring.
“Lope de Vega continues to show himself as a world sire sensation. He has once more confirmed his effectiveness on the very highest stage with probably the most group 1 winners, European traditional winners, and black-type horses of any stallion worldwide this season. His ongoing success is underscored by his worldwide enchantment within the gross sales ring and the constant outcomes his progeny obtain on the worldwide stage. His price enhance will coincide with a diminished e-book measurement for 2025.”Join BloodHorse Each day
Waldgeist, having sired stakes winners Forest Fairy, Might It Be, and Waldora from his first crop, returns to his feminine household’s house roots in Germany.
“Waldgeist has sired three stakes winners from his first crop this yr, the extremely regarded fillies Might It Be, Waldora, and Forest Fairy. Along with his switch to Gestut Lunzen in Germany underneath the administration of Nikolas Schenke, Waldgeist returns to his roots, the place his illustrious feminine household has thrived. We anticipate a vivid future for Waldgeist as he continues to make an affect from his new house base.”
Prime-class sire New Bay , accountable for group 1 winners Saffron Seaside , Bay Bridge , and fellow Ballylinch resident Bayside Boy , will retain his 2024 price of €75,000.
The Prix du Jockey Membership hero by Dubawi is accountable for unbeaten Champagne Stakes (G2) winner Bay Metropolis Curler , German Two Thousand Guineas hero (G2) Satan’s Level , and group 3 winner Alcantor this time period. The last-named was additionally a half-length third within the Poule d’Essai des Poulains (G1).
O’Connor added: “New Bay’s newest crop of 2-year-olds has reaffirmed his standing as considered one of Europe’s best sires, producing a plethora of extremely rated and unbeaten juveniles.
“His success on the monitor has resonated strongly within the gross sales ring, with yearlings promoting for as much as €620,000 and averaging €140,000 in 2024—virtually 4 occasions their masking price. With ever-improving books of mares, his future as a number one sire is assured and we anticipate an enormous yr for New Bay in 2025.”
The aforementioned Bayside Boy, a winner of the 2022 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes (G1) and 2021 Champagne Stakes, will stand for a trimmed €12,500, down from €15,000 in his first two seasons.
O’Connor stated of the 5-year-old: “Bayside Boy is New Bay’s most precocious and quickest son so far. He is been given a fantastic probability at stud with wonderful books of mares in his first two seasons, the truth is with these books he lined the very best share of each winners and black-type mares of any second-season sire in Eire.
“His foals look robust, nicely muscled, and really athletic, and now could possibly be a really shrewd time to put money into him.”
Make Consider , a confirmed group 1 sire courtesy of good globetrotter Mishriff , has additionally been trimmed. His new price is €8,000, down from €10,000 this yr. His main progeny this time period embrace Italian group 2 scorers Lazio and Klaynn in addition to Prix Penelope (G3) scorer Making Goals and Prix Sigy (G3) winner Sajir .
“Make Consider’s black-type success charges are distinctive for a stallion at his price, and his statistics rival a number of the high sires in Europe, the truth is his share of group winners to runners is similar as Siyouni, Havana Gray, Too Darn Scorching, and Mehmas.
“With seven stakes winners, together with 4 group winners in 2024 alone, he gives breeders an unparalleled alternative to breed top-class performers at a extremely accessible price. Trainers constantly reward his progeny for his or her angle and can to win.”
