Genesis Green Stud

The road sign at the turn-off from Ousden towards Wickhambrook reads 'This is a quiet lane'. Drive a mile or so down that lane and it becomes considerably less quiet as one arrives at Genesis Green Stud. There, the unmistakably booming voice of Michael Swinburn greets visitors, who will be arriving in increasing numbers over the next few months, and he is unmistakably excited about the reason behind this. "Come and see him," Swinburn says with gusto of the stud's newest arrival, the Group 2 winner Royal Scotsman, who is...

The G2 Richmond Stakes winner and G1 Dewhurst Stakes runner-up Royal Scotsman will take up stallion duties at Michael Swinburn's Genesis Green Stud in 2026. He will stand for a fee of £6,000, in partnership with owners Jim and Fitri Hay. Bred by Rabbah Bloodstock, Royal Scotsman is out of the 100-rated Cheveley Park Stud-bred mare Enrol (Pivotal) and was consigned by Genesis Green Stud when fetching 125,000gns at Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. He won the Richmond after finishing a close-up third behind Bradsell in the...

If Tuesday's opening session of the December Foal Sale at Tattersalls was all about Dragon Symbol, then Wednesday was the day that the young upstart received a sharp warning should he wish to assume the throne as Whitsbury Manor Stud kingpin, with the present incumbent, Havana Grey, taking his turn to play the starring role on a day of fierce trade at Park Paddocks. By the close of play, Havana Grey accounted for five of the day's top 18 lots, headlined by lot 650 from the Whitsbury Manor draft. The...

MV Magnier acquired lot 937 for 1,000,000gns on Friday. The son of Sea The Stars (Ire) was the first foal to reach the seven-figure mark at the Tattersalls December Foal Sale, which is in its third session and concludes on Saturday. Bred and consigned by Genesis Green Stud, he is a son of Angel's Point (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}). The colt is a half-brother to G2 Solonaway Stakes winner I Can Fly (GB) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}), who was placed thrice at Group 1 level, and the stakes winner and group-placed...

Fitri Hay's Royal Scotsman (GB) (Gleneagles {Ire}--Enrol {GB}, by Pivotal {GB}) finished a close up third in Royal Ascot's G2 Coventry S. and justified odds-on favouritism with a snug victory over the same six-furlong trip in Thursday's G2 Richmond S. at Goodwood. Fourth behind the 'TDN Rising Star' display of Noble Style (GB) (Kingman {GB}) contesting a hot novice heat over five furlongs at Ascot in his May 7 debut, he graduated by five lengths over this course and distance 13 days later before his black-type debut in the Coventry...

NEWMARKET, UK--A proper old-fashioned bidding war between two superpowers of the breeding world underpinned the most expensive foal transaction seen in Europe for almost 20 years, when Genesis Green Stud's Dubawi (Ire) half-brother to Group 2 winner I Can Fly (GB) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) sold for 1.8 million gns to Godolphin.  "I just wish Walter was here to see this," said an emotional Michael Swinburn of his late brother, the outstanding former jockey and trainer, who died in 2016. "He owned the mare and had her in training. I Can...

The first seven-figure transaction was registered at the 2021 Tattersalls December Foal Sale when Godolphin went to 1.8-million gns for Genesis Green Stud's Dubawi (Ire) colt out of Madonna Dell'orto (GB) (Montjeu {Ire}) (lot 965). The colt is a half-brother to G2 Solonoway S. winner and multiple Group 1-placed I Can Fly (GB) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) and listed winner and group-placed Viscount Barfield (GB) (Raven's Pass).   1,800,000gns for lot 965 at the #TattsDecember Foal Sale ⭐️! This colt by Dubawi (@DarleyEurope) is a half-brother to G2 winner I Can...