Grade I winner Unquestionable has been sold to Rathbarry Stud and will stand his first season there in 2026, the stud announced on Saturday morning.
Bred by Guillaume and Camille Vitse and their family, the 2023 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf hero sold to Mandore International Agency on behalf of Al Shaqab Racing and MV Magnier for €340,000 out of the 2022 Arqana August Yearling Sale. The son of Strawberry Lace (Sea The Stars) debuted with a third in the Listed First Flyer Stakes and graduated by 4 1/4 lengths at second asking to kickstart his career. Second by only a nose to subsequent G1 Phoenix Stakes winner Bucanero Fuerte in the G2 Railway Stakes, he was only a length second behind triple Group 1 scorer Rosallion in the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere that October prior to his Breeders' Cup tally.
After Unquestionable's win at Santa Anita, Aidan O'Brien said, “He's a very tough horse who we've always had a lot of faith in. He won very well in the end. He did everything right in the preparations going into the race, so for him to go and win is brilliant.”
A grandson of stakes winner Crying Lightening (Holy Roman Emperor) who was second in the G3 Sweet Solera Stakes, Unquestionable is from the same family as Group 1 sires Cityscape and Bated Breath, as well as Redoute's Choice and El Gran Senor. The 'TDN Rising Star' traces back to incomparable blue hen Best In Show, ancestress of top-level winners Almond Eye (Lord Kanaloa), Arcangelo, Idiomatic (Curlin), Peeping Fawn (Danehill) and Rags To Riches (A.P. Indy).
“We are delighted to add Group 1 winner Unquestionable to our roster,” said Rathbarry's Paul Cashman. “A very good-looking horse, he was a precocious two-year-old who held his form throughout his successful juvenile campaign. He's supported by one of the best families in the stud book and we are confident that he will add to the legacy of his much-missed sire, Wootton Bassett. We look forward to supporting him strongly.”
A 2026 fee for Unquestionable will be announced later.
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