Albigna the first elite winner from Zoffany's most expensively bred crop to date

Albigna became the first Group 1 winner from Zoffany's most expensively bred crop to date when showing a brilliant turn of foot in the Prix Marcel Boussac on Sunday.

Zoffany's stud fee rose from €12,500 to €45,000 in 2016 off the back of a first-crop Royal Ascot treble, when Illuminate, Washington DC and Waterloo Bridge all prevailed at the royal meeting.

A homebred for the Niarchos family, Albigna is also the second Group 1 winner overall for Zoffany along with Italian Group 1 winner Ventura Storm, who hails from the sire's first crop.

Fee history of Coolmore Stud stallion Zoffany

Year, fee (in euros)

2019 - 25,000
2018 - 25,000
2017 - 35,000
2016 - 45,000
2015 - 12,500
2014 - 7,500
2013 - 7,500
2012 - 7,500

Albigna is a half-sibling to four winners including the Listed-winning sprinter Polybius and out of the middle-distance Group 2 winner Freedonia, and hails from the further family of Breeders' Cup Mile hero Domedriver.

She has now won three of her four starts and holds an early entry in the Irish 1,000 Guineas.

Zoffany, an 11-year-old son of Dansili, saw his fee drop to €25,000 for the past two seasons, while Freedonia also has a yearling filly by The Gurkha and was covered by Ulysses this year.

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