Dschingis Secret

France was the forerunner of the stallion trail, its La Route des Etalons having been launched in 2010, catching the rising tide of increasingly sought-after stallions in the country following a spell in the doldrums.  This popular weekend feature of late January was, like almost everything else, interrupted for a few years by Covid restrictions, but there is none of that to worry about now as the two days of touring around some of Normandy's most exquisite stud farms gets underway this Saturday morning.  The bright young things of TDN...

Haras de Montaigu will stand five stallions in 2022, for which the fees were revealed on Wednesday. Montaigu announced earlier this week that the 2019 G1 Prix Royal-Oak winner Technician (Ire) (Mastercraftsman {Ire}) would join its roster for his debut season, and the former Team Valor International runner will stand for €3,000. The G1 Grosser Preis von Berlin scorer Dschingis Secret (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}) moves to Montaigu after three seasons at Haras de Saint Arnoult, and he will stand for €4,000 with a special rate for National Hunt mares....

German Horse of the Year Dschingis Secret (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}--Divya {Ger}, by Platini {Ger}) has arrived at Haras de Montaigu and will stand at the in Nonant-le-Pin-based stud for the 2022 season. Formerly at Haras de Saint Amoult, the 8-year-old, who will be represented by his first 2-year-olds in 2022, stood for €5,000 this season. Winner of the G3 St Leger Italiano and third in the G1 German Derby during his sophomore season, he won four races at the group level at four, including the G1 Longines Grosser Preis...

The German breeding industry was dealt a blow this week with the death of 17-year-old Adlerflug (Ger). In 2020, the Gestüt Schlenderhan stallion wrested the German sires' championship from another son of In The Wings (GB), Soldier Hollow (GB), who was runner-up and who had the highest number of winners overall. Soldier Hollow had previously been champion sire in 2016, 2018 and 2019. Adlerflug, whose grandam Alya (Ger) (Lombard {Ger}) was a sister to Allegretta (GB), the dam of Urban Sea (Miswaki), hails directly from the family of Galileo (Ire)...

As the covering season gets underway, if ever there was a feel-good story to counteract some of the more commercial starkness of the modern-day breeding industry it is the tale of Tiberian (Fr). The horse conceived to give his sire Tiberius Caesar (Fr) some respite from the frustrations of his day job as the teaser at Haras du Logis went from being something of a peculiarity to a group-winning globetrotter who has now earned the chance to make his mark on the breed. The first foal and now one of...

A chestnut filly out of Brigh (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) is the first foal for Haras de Saint-Arnoult sire Dschingis Secret (Ger) (Soldier Hollow {GB}), Jour de Galop reported on Monday. She was born at Larissa Kneip's Saint-Arnoult operation on Jan. 3. The German/Italian highweight and G1 Grosser Preis von Berlin hero stands for €5,000. As part of a breeding incentive bonus, €5,000 will be paid for the first three Flat and National Hunt winners. €10,000 will be awarded for the first Flat and jumps listed winners and €25,000 for the...