All Equine All The Time

In 2015 a strong group of colts retired to breeding sheds around Europe, giving breeders an embarrassment of riches to choose from. In 2016, breeders will learn if they made the right choices for their mares when foals by the new stallions arrive in foaling barns around the world. Here are only some of the popular new stallions in Europe who will be looking to prove their worth in the coming months and years as their first foals are born, hit the sales ring and ultimately the race track in 2018 and beyond. A full brother to three-time Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Goldikova, Anodin (Anabaa) nearly won his own Mile in 2014 when finishing second to Karakontie (Bernstein). Anodin only crossed the line first in a Group 3 event but he was second or third in five Group or Grade 1 events in his career in three different countries. In 2016, Anodin will stand for €7,500 (approx. $8,168US/ £ 5,731) in France for the second consecutive year. Touted as one of the best horses to ever ...

Standing for €7,500 (approx. $8,164US/£5,510) in his first season at stud in 2012, the 84 runners to come from Zoffany’s (Dansili) first crop ran well enough to secure their sire European champion first crop sire honors in 2015 on Racing Post’s rankings. Zoffany in 2011 With 32 of his runners winning 43 races for a 38.10 percent strike rate, Zoffany earned £808,329 (approx. $1,189,649US/€1,099,186), £294,004 more than the second placed sire Dream Ahead (Diktat). While bested by fellow Coolmore stallion Canford Cliffs (Tagula) in the number of winners (34) and wins (44), Zoffany’s five stakes winners were three better than another other stallion in the top 25 in the European standings. Zoffany’s best week of the year undoubtedly came at the prestigious Royal Ascot meet where he had three winners with Waterloo Bridge winning the Group 2 Norfolk Stakes, Illuminate taking the Group 3 Albany Stakes (she later won the Group 2 Duchess of Cambridge Stakes as well) and Washington DC ...