New recruit Golden Horn introduced at £8,000 as Overbury releases fees

Overbury has revealed its fees for 2023, with new recruit, the brilliant Derby and Arc winner Golden Horn, set to stand for £8,000 alongside former stablemate Jack Hobbs, Ardad, Frontiersman and Schiaparelli.

Bought from Darley by Jayne McGivern’s Dash Grange Stud in July, the 2015 champion racehorse has enjoyed a resurgent year on the track with first-crop son Botanik's Group-race successes in the Prix de Reux and Grand Prix de Deauville. Additionally, his four-year-old Trawlerman landed the valuable Ebor Handicap at York as well as finishing third in the Group 2 British Champions Long Distance Cup on Champions Day.

His talented daughter, Juddmonte homebred Haskoy, won the Listed Galtres Stakes at York and went on to finish a game second in the St Leger before being demoted to fourth, a disqualification which is being appealed against.

As a dual-purpose recruit, Golden Horn has made an equally fine start with his first runners over jumps. The son of Cape Cross has sired 16 winners, while all 26 runners have finished in the money. They include Grade 2 Leamington Hurdle winner Stag Horn and Grade 3 County Hurdle second First Street.

Ardad: most popular British-based sire of 2022 will again stand for £12,500Credit: Overbury Stud

Ardad, who proved to be the most popular sire in Britain this year, covering 205 mares according to Weatherbys' Return of Mares, will retain his 2022 fee of £12,500.

The son of Kodiac saw his Middle Park and Prix Morny-winning son Perfect Power add the Commonwealth Cup to his CV at Royal Ascot, while his two-year-old Crispy Cat ran with great credit in several Group races, including when an unlucky third in the Group 2 Norfolk Stakes.

Jack Hobbs, who chased Golden Horn home in the Derby at Epsom and who landed Classic honours with success in the Irish Derby, has covered more than 750 mares so far at stud. His stores averaged £37,000, with a top price of €110,000, and his yearling top price was £50,000.

He is the sire of two winners on the Flat, including stayer The Gadget Man, who was sold to race on in Australia at the Tattersalls Horses in Training Sale for 310,000gns. With his first juvenile hurdlers and bumper performers to run over the coming months, his fee will be settled at a later date.

The 19-year-old Schiaparelli had a fine 2021-22 campaign, including with Grade 2 West Yorkshire Hurdle winner Indefatigable, while no fewer than ten of his other runners won at least twice. He will stand again for £2,000.

Indefatigable: leading performer for Schiaparelli last seasonCredit: Edward Whitaker

Cityscape is spending the winter in his second home of Argentina, which means the Overbury team is completed by Frontiersman, a stakes-winning son of Dubawi and Ouija Board who was second to Highland Reel in the Coronation Cup.

His oldest crop are two-year-olds and his only runner so far, Miss Dolly Rocker, has performed with great credit, including when a neck second to a subsequent Listed performer on debut. He will stand at £1,000 again.

Overbury’s manager Simon Sweeting said: "I think we’ve got stallions for most ambitions and most tastes – certainly they are all showing they can sire horses you’d be proud to have bred.

"We’re really looking forward to talking to breeders about their mares, and we’ll be doing our best for them in the season ahead. I hope we can have as lucky a run in 2023 as we’ve had in the past year or two."

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