Recent G1 QIPCO British Champion Sprint S. winner Donjuan Triumphant (Ire) (Dream Ahead) has been retired to stand in France at Haras de la Barbottiere in a deal brokered by Richard Venn.
Bred by Patrick Cosgrove and the Dream Ahead Syndicate, the 6-year-old started his career racing in the colours of Middleham Park Racing, having been purchased by the syndicate at the Tattersalls Craven Breeze-up Sale for 30,000gns. He proved to have been good value, and over the course of five seasons, he raced 37 times for seven wins and 16 placed finishes, with career earnings in excess of £800,000. At two, Donjuan Triumphant won three consecutive races, including the Rockingham S. at York and G2 Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte.
In the summer of 2017, he became the first private purchase made by Alastair Donald for Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, who eventually amassed a significant string of horses in training prior to his death in October 2018.
Paying tribute to the first Group 1 winner for Srivaddhanaprabha's King Power Racing, trainer Andrew Balding said, “Donjuan Triumphant was an absolute pleasure to train; he was tough, sound and very talented. I think he offers breeders the qualities that they look for in a stallion, and we will definitely be supporting him with mares, as will King Power.”
Haras de la Barbottiere in France's Pays de la Loire region also stands the National Hunt stallions Nicaron (Ger) and Chanducoq (Fr), a half-brother to Cokoriko (Fr).
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