France will add another son of Scat Daddy to its stallion ranks next year when the G2 Champagne S. winner Seahenge (Scat Daddy-Fools In Love, by Not For Love) joins the roster at Haras de la Haie Neuve. American Grade III winner Seabhac (Scat Daddy) also enters stud in France next year at Haras de Saint-Arnoult.
Seahenge will stand alongside fellow former Ballydoyle runners Pedro The Great (Henrythenavigator) and Whitecliffsofdover (War Front) at Haie Neuve. Seahenge was a $750,000 Keeneland September yearling who won the Champagne at two before finishing third behind U S Navy Flag (War Front) in the G1 Dewhurst S. He has made five starts this year, his best finish being a third in the Listed Patton S.
Seahenge is out of the stakes-winning Fools In Love, who is a sister to three stakes winners including three-time graded winner International Star (Fusaichi Pegasus). Fools In Love has produced two other stakes-placed winners.
Emmanuel de Seroux brokered the deal, and he said, “Scat Daddy has emerged as one of the most influential stallions in the world with high-class horses on both sides of the Atlantic, Japan and South America. He could produce horses with tremendous class, speed and precocity who could also carry their speed to the Classic distances at the highest level. Seahenge was a high-class 2-year-old in England, a beautiful, strong horse who has a tremendous stallion's pedigree. Like Scat Daddy, his progeny should perform as well on turf and dirt. He represents an unparalleled opportunity for French breeders.
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