'A fantastic opportunity to further strengthen our stallion roster' - Lockinge winner Lead Artist to stand at Banstead Manor in 2026

Juddmonte has announced that Group 1-winning miler Lead Artist is to join the stallion roster at Banstead Manor Stud for the 2026 season.

The four-year-old son of Dubawi is a Juddmonte homebred from its outstanding family of Dansili. The first foal out of Frankel’s Group 2 Prix de Sandringham and Group 1-placed Obligate descends from the operation's blue hen mare Hasili.

Lead Artist's big day came this spring when he landed the Group 1 Lockinge Stakes at Newbury. He had previously landed the likes of the Group 3 Thoroughbred Stakes and Darley Stakes during his three-year-old season.

His joint-trainer, John Gosden, said: "Lead Artist is a very powerful and well-balanced miler from a superb family."

General manager of Juddmonte UK, Simon Mockridge, added: "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."

Lead Artist will be available to breeders for viewing over the course of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sales.

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