Novara Park Stud is proud to announce that The Foxes (IRE), from one of the greatest and most influential dam lines in the world, will join the stallion roster this season.
Luigi Muollo is thrilled about the new addition to Novara Park’s stallion ranks. “The Foxes is living proof that legendary blood still breeds true at the very highest level. He retires to stud with an outstanding race record that marks him as one of the most consistent and high-class middle-distance performers of his generation, having competed successfully in England, Ireland, North America, Hong Kong, Qatar and Saudi Arabia.”
Sired by champion miler Churchill — a proven son of Champion Sire Galileo — The Foxes displayed elite precocity as a two-year-old, winning twice over 7f and 1m, including a dominant success in the Royal Lodge Stakes (Group 2), where he defeated subsequent Group One winner Dubai Mile.
He went on to forge an outstanding career as a multiple Group 2 winner, landing the time honoured Dante Stakes (the premier Derby trial), the Huxley Stakes, and a commanding victory in the Churchill Stakes, where he defeated Dubai Honour, a multiple Group One winner in Australia by an impressive three lengths.
Demonstrating his enduring class and toughness, The Foxes produced a superb effort on his second-to-last start when finishing a close second to the nine-time Group 1 winner Rebel’s Romance in the Al Uqda HH The Amir Trophy (Group 3) in Qatar.
Crowning a brilliant career, he then signed off in style by winning the Group 2 Huxley Stakes at his last start — a fitting finale that showcased his quality as a five-year-old.
He also produced elite Group 1 performances, finishing 2nd in the Belmont Derby (G1) and delivering strong placings in the Epsom Derby (G1), Juddmonte International (G1), and Hong Kong Cup (G1). With total earnings exceeding $2.8 million, The Foxes combined blistering speed, tenacity, and genuine Classic stamina throughout his distinguished international campaign.
Luigi Muollo - “The Foxes was exceptionally consistent and won at Group or Stakes level in every year of his racing career — delivering black-type success as a two-year-old, three-year-old, four-year-old, and five-year-old. If you can breed horses that can race over multiple seasons, that’s really going to keep the breeders interested as well as the buyers.”
An outstanding individual, The Foxes was a NZ$1.15 million yearling.
Luigi Muollo- “The Foxes is a striking bay stallion of exceptional quality — athletic, well-balanced, and powerfully built with a commanding presence, a beautiful shoulder, and the scope and substance to stamp his stock with speed, stamina, and commercial appeal.”
His sire, Churchill (by Galileo), has quickly established himself as a highly successful son of Galileo at stud. The dual 2000 Guineas winner and former European Champion 2-year-old, standing at Coolmore Stud, has sired multiple Classic winners and elite performers from his early crops. Standout progeny include Vadeni (Prix du Jockey Club and Eclipse Stakes, Gr.1), Blue Rose Cen (French Champion juvenile and Classic winner), and in Australia, his son Attrition who landed Group 1 honours in the Toorak Handicap.
The Foxes’ dam, Tanaghum (by Darshaan), is a phenomenal super-producer. A Listed-placed winner herself, she has produced 12 winners from 13 runners to date, including an incredible six Group/Graded stakes winners, headed by Matterhorn (Gr.1). True to her genetic dominance, she has also produced the stakes-performed Zahoo, who is the dam of multiple Group winners Marbaan and Convergence, while another daughter is the dam of Champion Miler and six-time Group 1 winner Ribchester.
His second dam is Mehthaaf, (by Nureyev) Champion 3YO Filly and Irish 1000 Guineas (Gr.1) winner, in turn the dam of Champion 3YO Najah while his third dam Elle Seule is a Gr.2 winner and dam of July Cup (Gr.1) hero Elnadim, and is ancestress of stars such as Intello (Prix du Jockey Club Gr.1) and Mondialiste (Arlington Million & Woodbine Mile Gr.1).
Luigi Muollo- “The Foxes is bred on the exact same Sadler’s Wells sire line over a Darshaan mare that produced the outstanding sire and sire-of-sires High Chaparral. Breeders will also love the depth of this pedigree — he carries a second dam by the legendary Nureyev, the same influential broodmare sire that powered Zabeel to greatness.”
The Foxes’ fourth dam is the legendary blue hen Fall Aspen - USA Broodmare of the Year 1994, producer of nine stakes winners, of which a staggering eight were Group 1 winners or performers. These include Timber Country (Belmont Champagne S. Gr.1, Breeders’ Cup Juvenile S. Gr.1, Pimlico Preakness S. Gr.1), Fort Wood (Grand Prix de Paris Gr.1), Hamas (July Cup G1), Bianconi, and Colorado Dancer — dam of Dubai World Cup legend Dubai Millennium, the sire of Dubawi.
Luigi Muollo- “This exceptional depth of black-type quality from one of the most productive and influential families in breeding dramatically strengthens The Foxes’ credentials as a stallion prospect. He brings not only his own proven Group race ability and international class, but also the proven sire family running through a remarkable broodmare line whose progeny continue to deliver elite performers across multiple generations. Breeders will particularly respect that The Foxes has only one dam on his packed pedigree page — a testament to the extraordinary consistency and success of this family at the highest level. The Foxes confirms that exceptional bloodlines still breed true at the absolute elite level.”
The Foxes will stand at Novara Park in 2026 at an introductory fee of $10,000 plus GST with a live foal guarantee.
