Lockinge Hero Lead Artist Retired To Juddmonte’s Banstead Manor Stud

[Wandering Eyes]

Group 1 winner Lead Artist has been retired and will stand at Juddmonte's Banstead Manor Stud next year. The homebred son of Dubawi won the G1 Lockinge Stakes at Newbury in May.

From the same family as Dansili, the John and Thady Gosden trainee broke his maiden over a mile at York at three, with additional victories in the G3 Thoroughbred Stakes and the G3 Darley Stakes that year. His Lockinge victory was the highlight of his four starts this term and his record stands at 11-4-3-1 and $713,878 in earnings.

He is the first foal out of the G2 Prix Sandringham winner Obligate (Frankel), who placed third in the G1 Prix Rothschild. While his great granddam is the influential matriarch Hasili (Kahyasi).

Juddmonte UK general manager Simon Mockridge said, “Lead Artist represents a fantastic opportunity to further strengthen our stallion roster. The extremely talented Group 1-winning son of Dubawi is a product of Juddmonte's most prolific family, that of blue hen mare Hasili, herself dam of five individual Group 1 winners as well as the influential stallion, Dansili.

“Lead Artist is an outstanding physical with great balance, strength and movement all attributes which will appeal to the commercial breeder.”

John Gosden said, “Lead Artist is a very powerful and well-balanced miler from a superb family.”

Lead Artist will be available to breeders for viewing over the course of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sales. Please contact the nominations team to arrange an appointment. A fee will be announced later.

The post Lockinge Hero Lead Artist Retired To Juddmonte’s Banstead Manor Stud appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.

View the full article