breednet.com.au

Merchant Navy Retired

Tara Madgwick - Saturday Jun 30
Australian bred Royal Ascot hero Merchant Navy will be retired from racing without another start and will travel back to Australia as planned to begun the breeding season at Coolmore Australia this spring.

Coolmore Tweeted - Dual G1 winning #RoyalAscot hero Merchant Navy (Fastnet Rock) has been retired and arrived @coolmorestud this morning where he will enter quarantine before travelling to @CoolmoreAus where the world-class sprinter will cover an outstanding first book of mares #CoolmoreSire

Merchant Navy and Tom Magnier"Merchant Navy's amazing win at Royal Ascot means he retires to stud as one of the best sprinting colts of modern times," said Coolmore Australia's Tom Magnier.

"We're very excited about his stallion prospects as he was such a brilliant three-year-old sprinter, just like his sire Fastnet Rock and grandsire Danehill."

Merchant Navy is the first son of Fastnet Rock to stand for Coolmore and has an outstanding profile given his pedigree, race performance and remarkable constitution and temperament that brought him victory in the Group I Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot.

His female family is packed with Black Type and his Group III winning dam Legally Bay is by outstanding speed influence Snippets, while her next two dams are by champion sire Last Tycoon (IRE) and the very influential Twig Moss (Fr), who appears twice in his pedigree as he is also the sire of the third dam of Fastnet Rock.

Merchant Navy is everything his pedigree said he should be and breeders will be hoping he can pass on his brilliance and tenacity in the years to come.

He stands at a fee of $55,000 haring top billing with Newgate Farm's Russian Revolution as the most expensive first season sire in Australia for 2018.


Advertisment
More Reading...
Darley Announce 2027 European Fees -Night of Thunder Soars to €450,000
It will be Dubawi central at Darley in 2027 with the legendary 24YO sire priced at £350,000, but the roster is topped by his champion son Night of Thunder at €450,000 and there are three more G1 winning sons or grand-sons of Dubawi also added to a power packed roster.
2027 Golden Slipper Entries – Sortable Sale Mail – Find Out More
The new season is nearly upon us and that means all over the country a new crop of rising two year-olds are taking baby steps in the best stables in the land with the Australian Turf Club announcing this week they had received 1881 entries for the 2027 Golden Slipper, so who is in the race?
Sires With Winners - Tuesday November 10
Here is the full list of 16 stallions which had winners throughout Australasia today with winners and result details.
Racing Industry Mourns Much Loved Izzy Neale
The thoroughbred racing industry is devastated tonight following news that apprentice jockey Izzy Neale, aged 22, has tragically died as the result of a race fall at Warren on Sunday.
Super Seth 3YO Leads Waller First Four in $100,000 Super Maiden
The $100,000 Super Maiden (1400m) at Warwick Farm on Wednesday delivered a first four for the Chris Waller stable with victory going to the well backed favourite Quarterback, who has a half-brother to be offered at the NZB Ready to Run Sale next week.
Inglis Digital Purchase Iron Hawk to Tackle G3 TAB Mile
Harness racing trainer Barry Purdon bought Iron Hawk last year with New Zealand Cup Week in mind, and now the moment has arrived, with the stakes performer set to tackle the Gr.3 TAB Mile (1600m) at Riccarton on Wednesday.
One to Watch – Mornington
A homebred for Seymour Bloodstock with an intriguing pedigree opened her account with a stylish win at Mornington on Tuesday.
Remembering Northerly – The Greatest Caulfield Cup Winner This Century
It's Caulfield Cup week, and what better moment to revisit the life and times of one of the greatest - if not the greatest - Caulfield Cup winner of the modern era.
Doing Time Wins $100,000 Sprinters Challenge at Riccarton
Lee Callaway shared many jockeys’ rooms with Chris Johnson throughout his riding career, so it was only fitting that the Waikouaiti trainer took out the inaugural running of the Chris Johnson Three-Year-Old Sprinters Challenge (1200m) at Riccarton on Wednesday with Doing Time.
Southern Highlands Thoroughbred Week is Out of the Gate!
Celebrating 140 years of racing and thoroughbred culture, Southern Highlands Thoroughbred Week presented by GROW Southern Highlands will span three weekends, from 19th November to 6th December.