Postponed To Stand At Dalham Hall

Postponed | Racing Post

Four-time Group 1 winner Postponed (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}-Ever Rigg {GB}, by Dubai Destination) will enter stud at Darley's Dalham Hall Stud next year, where he will stand for £20,000 alongside his sire.

“Postponed was a real hero of a horse, who earned his Timeform rating of 130 with four magnificent Group 1 wins in some of the greatest races on the calendar,” said Sam Bullard, director of Darley stallions. “He proved himself typical of his great sire Dubawi as an extremely talented and durable performer, defeating no fewer than 27 Group 1 winners during his career. With his grandam a champion juvenile, Postponed's pedigree, race record and good looks give him great commercial appeal and he was very well received by breeders when shown at our recent stallion parade. We are delighted that he will be standing on the Darley roster.”

Initially trained by Luca Cumani, Postponed earned his first top-level score in the 2015 G1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth S. before taking the G2 Qatar Prix Foy. Transferred to Roger Varian shortly thereafter, Postponed was on the sidelines until early 2016, when he reeled off four straight wins: the G2 Dubai City of the Gold and the Group 1 Dubai Sheema Classic, Coronation Cup and Juddmonte International. The bay was fifth as the favourite in the G1 Qatar Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and was beaten in two tries in Dubai this year: a second in the City of Gold and a third in the Sheema Classic. Postponed was officially retired on May 5 after suffering a stress fracture in training.

“Postponed was an absolute pleasure to train and he possessed all of the attributes a trainer looks for in the very best racehorses–speed, power, stamina and the ability to travel like a machine,” said Varian. “He is a beautiful physical specimen and was very straightforward to deal with. He was crowned a champion on the form book and displayed all of the characteristics you could expect in such a special talent–he had everything.”

Postponed is a grandson of G1 Moyglare Stud S. and G2 Lowther S. winner Bianca Nera (GB) (Salsa), and his 3-year-old half-sister God Given (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) is an exciting prospect for St Albans Bloodstock and Luca Cumani, with wins in the G3 Prix Minerve and Listed Aphrodite S. this season.

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