Classic-Winning Miler Rosallion and Star Sprinter Inisherin Join Darley Roster for 2026

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Rosallion and Inisherin, both Group 1-winning grandsons of Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum's blue hen Reem Three (Mark Of Esteem), will join the Darley roster at Dalham Hall Stud for the 2026 breeding season.

Trained by Richard Hannon, Rosallion retires as the winner of five of his 13 starts and over £1.6 million in career earnings. Beaten just once in four starts as a two-year-old, when his victories included the G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at ParisLongchamp, he returned the following year with a runner-up finish in the G1 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket, before proving himself Europe's leading three-year-old miler with consecutive Group 1 triumphs in the Irish 2,000 Guineas at the Curragh and St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot.

Kept in training as a four-year-old, the son of Blue Point was unable to his tally in six further starts at the top level, though in four of those races he was beaten by a length or less, notably losing out by a nose in the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot, by a neck in the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood and by a short head in the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp.

Rosallion is out of Rosaline (New Approach), an unraced daughter of the aforementioned Reem Three, who is the dam of six black-type winners, including the Queen Anne Stakes scorer Triple Time (Frankel) and the G1 Prix Jean Romanet heroine Ajman Princess (Teofilo), whose best son, Inisherin, will stand alongside Rosallion and Triple Time at Dalham Hall.

Trained by Kevin Ryan, Inisherin dropped back to six furlongs after finishing sixth in last year's 2,000 Guineas, a move which immediately paid dividends when he ran out an impressive winner of the G2 Sandy Lane Stakes at Haydock. The son of Shamardal then confirmed his position among the best sprinters of his age group when following up in the G1 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot.

After returning from eight months off with victory in May's G2 Duke Of York Stakes, Inisherin continued to perform with credit in four more starts at the top level, including when finishing fifth – beaten a little over two lengths – on what proved to be his swansong in the British Champions Sprint Stakes at Ascot. A four-time winner from 12 starts, he retires with career earnings of more than £600,000.

Sam Bullard, Darley's director of stallions, said, “Rosallion and Inisherin are hugely exciting additions to the stallion roster at Dalham Hall Stud as a champion son of our own Blue Point and a fellow champion by Shamardal – both from one of the finest female families around.

“Rosallion posted three thrilling Group 1 victories and is a gorgeous-looking horse, which I am sure breeders will agree with when they come to view him at Dalham.

“We are also delighted to add another top-class performer from the Shamardal line to our European roster and Inisherin offers British breeders a superb opportunity to use a champion three-year-old sprinter.”

Fees for both stallions will be announced at a later date.

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