Feed The Flame

Great Pretender will stand for €10,000 in 2026, Haras de la Hetraie announced via press release on Tuesday. Successful with his progeny on either side of the English Channel, the stallion will likely be standing his final season in 2026, according to the farm. All posted fees exclude VAT. Grade 1 stallion Nirvana Du Berlais will stand for €7,500 and already has a pair of Grade 1 winner in Lulamba and Leader Sport from his first crop of four-year-olds. Bathyrhon's fee remains unchanged at €6,000. He is among the top...

If you are heading into the most important week for your bloodstock business, it never hurts to have a recent Group 1 winner or two to advertise your wares, and in Paddington (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}) and Feed The Flame (GB) (Kingman {GB}), Ecurie des Monceaux has just that. By Wednesday, we will know if Henri Bozo and his team have eschewed their usual Arqana hospitality offering of foie gras and oysters in favour of marmalade sandwiches but, with or without the favourite delicacy of Paddington, his is the name that...

Monceaux manager Henri Bozo has described Feed The Flame (GB) as a horse with huge potential after the Kingman (GB) colt made it two out of two for Pascal Bary and Christophe Soumillon in a conditions race at ParisLongchamp on Thursday.  Feed The Flame, who was bred by Monceaux, Lordship Stud and Clear Light Sas, was bought by top bloodstock agent Gerard Larrieu for €270,000 at the Arqana August Sale in 2021.  That looks like money well spent after the three-year-old enhanced his reputation with a stylish victory that would...