Champion sprinter Muhaarar, the sire of six individual stakes winners in 2025, is on the move to Haras de Montaigu for the 2026 breeding season, after two seasons at Haras du Petit Tellier.
Back in May, the Saffie Joseph-trained Be Your Best became Muhaarar's third top-level winner when landing the Gamely Stakes at Santa Anita, while other notable runners for the sire in 2025 include Motorious, a dual Grade III winner in America, G3 Bengough Stakes scorer Annaf and Listed-winning two-year-old Clea Chope.
Be Your Best, Motorious and Annaf were all conceived during Muhaarar's six seasons on the Shadwell roster, after the son of Oasis Dream retired to Nunnery Stud as the winner of the Commonwealth Cup, July Cup, Prix Maurice de Gheest and British Champions Sprint Stakes for owner-breeder Sheikh Hamdan Al Maktoum in 2015.
Muhaarar relocated to France in 2022 and spent two seasons at Haras des Faunes, before moving to Haras du Petit Tellier ahead of the 2024 season. During his time there, he covered 235 mares, including more than 45 black-type mares or dams of black-type performers.
Aliette Forien, director of Haras de Montaigu, said, “A remarkable racehorse combining precocity and speed, Muhaarar is now a reliable and high-value stallion within the French roster, offered at a very competitive fee. We are delighted to welcome him to Montaigu.”
A stud fee for Muhaarar will be announced at a later date.
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