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Fancily bred Frontiersman joins the roster at Overbury Stud

Son of Dubawi and Ouija Board ran second in the Coronation Cup

Frontiersman: fee is available on application
Frontiersman: fee is available on application

Frontiersman – a Listed-winning son of Darley flagship sire Dubawi and Oaks heroine Ouija Board, and thus a half-brother to Derby victor Australia – has been recruited to the stallion roster at Overbury Stud in Gloucestershire.

The six-year-old will stand alongside two other former Godolphin campaigners in Kayf Tara and Jack Hobbs, with his fee available on application.

He will parade as part of the TBA Stallion Showcase at Goffs UK in Doncaster next Tuesday.

Bred by Stanley Estate and Stud, Frontiersman was sold to Sheikh Mohammed's operation as a yearling in a private deal and he later joined the stable of Charlie Appleby.

After winning a Newbury maiden at three he progressed through handicaps and finished runner-up to Highland Reel in the Coronation Cup at four. He also took second in the Princess of Wales's Stakes and third in the Geoffrey Freer Stakes before scoring in the Listed Godolphin Stakes that season.

Last year at five Frontiersman finished second in the Dubai City of Gold and fourth in the Dubai Gold Cup, both at Meydan.

Overbury Stud manager Simon Sweeting said: “He's an intriguing stallion prospect – he's well-made and very eye-catching, plenty talented enough and with that amazing pedigree. I'm looking forward to showing him to breeders at Goffs UK.

“The history books say that a stallion this well-bred doesn't have to be a Group 1 winner to excel at stud. Kodiac and Fairy King spring to mind, and Dubawi himself is out of a mare by Deploy; like Frontiersman, he was a Group 1 runner-up who was a half-brother to a Derby winner out of a great racemare.

“Frontiersman is a descendant of Mr Prospector – a non-Group 1 winner, of course – and, funnily enough, goes back in direct male line to Sickle, bred by the current Lord Derby's grandfather. He was the half-brother to Derby-winner Hyperion who, despite never winning at the highest level, nonetheless became an influential stallion in his own right.

“It's something for Frontiersman to live up to!”

Martin StevensBloodstock journalist

Published on 15 January 2019inNews

Last updated 20:40, 15 January 2019

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