Le Havre’s Fee Set at €45,000

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Le Havre (Ire) (Noverre–Marie Rheinberg {Ger}, by Surako {Ger}), one of the top sires in France, will stand for €45,000 at Haras de Montfort and Preaux in 2019, the stud announced Tuesday evening. Responsible for 11 stakes horses in 2018 and six stakes winners led by G3 Sky High S. victor Auvray (Fr), the 12-year-old has accrued 23 black-type winners to date and 39 stakes horses in his career. Among his three Group 1 winners are dual Classic heroines La Cressonniere (Fr) and Avenir Certain (Fr), who each completed the G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches/G1 Prix de Diane double. He stood for €60,000.

“Le Havre is having a great year again with 11 stakes performers and some great results at the yearling sales,” said Mathieu Alex of Haras de Montfort et Preaux. “Having one filly selling for 850,000gns at [Tattersalls October] Book 1 was exceptional and shows all the confidence investors have in him. Le Havre is a proven Group 1 sire, able to produce top performers at all distances. We look forward to see the next crops on the track as they are out of the best mares he has covered so far.”

Standing his second season in 2019 at Haras de Montfort and Preaux  is The Queen’s G3 Acomb S. hero Recorder (GB) (Galileo {Ire}–Memory {Ire}, by Danehill Dancer {Ire}) at an unchanged fee of €6,000.

“Recorder is a very good-looking horse and has been very popular in 2018, his first year at stud, covering 152 mares including 62 black-type performers or dam of black-type performers,” Alex said of the chestnut who will be well supported by The Royal Studs once again in 2019. “We are thrilled to be standing such an exciting stallion and are very grateful of Her Majesty’s support.”

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