Iberian, a group-winning son of Lope De Vega, has been retired and will stand at Haras du Mazet in France, according to published reports. The G2 Champagne Stakes hero's opening fee is €3,000.
Bred by Ballylinch Stud, the five-year-old won the 2023 edition of the Champagne, and was also placed in that year's G2 Vintage Stakes. A winner of three of 13 lifetime starts, the Ballylinch and Teme Valley-campaigned Iberian was also second in last year's Listed Cammidge Trophy Stakes.
Out of the stakes-winning High Chaparral mare Bella Estrella, the Charlie Hills trainee sold for 200,000gns as a Tattersalls October Book 2 yearling before being picked up for 55,000gns out of the Tattersalls Autumn Horses-in-Training Sale by Durcan Bloodstock last autumn.
His granddam Uncharted Haven (Turtle Island) won the GII San Clemente Handicap and the GII San Gorgonio Handicap and also foaled G3 St. Simon Stakes heroine High Heeled (High Chaparral), who was third in both the G1 Oaks and G1 Coronation Cup. Irish 1000 Guineas heroine Just The Judge (Lawman) is also a member of Iberian's extended family.
Not a subscriber? Click here to sign up for the daily PDF or alerts.
