Garswood joins the roster at Haras de la Huderie in Normandy

Son of Dutch Art has supplied a brace of Group 3 winners

Garswood winning the European Free Handicap in his racecourse pompCredit: Alan Crowhurst

Group 1-winning sprinter Garswood is being transferred to stand at Haras de la Huderie in Normandy next year.

The nine-year-old son of Dutch Art, owned by Highfield Farm, has spent the first five seasons of his stallion career at Cheveley Park Stud in Newmarket.

Haras de la Huderie's Beranger Bussy said: “We're very pleased to have Garswood; he’s a big, fine horse and he’s settled in very well. We're looking forward to him covering a nice book of mares.”

Garswood was bred by Cheveley Park Stud out of the Kyllachy mare Penchant, who is now owned by Lynch Bages and produced last year's Moyglare Stud Stakes fourth Zagitova to Galileo.

The dam is a three-parts sister to Nell Gwyn Stakes winner and Coronation Stakes runner-up Infallible, who found further fame by producing Queen Anne Stakes second Mutakayyef and this season's Falmouth Stakes heroine Veracious.

Trained by Richard Fahey for Highfield Farm's David and Emma Armstrong, Garswood broke his maiden in the Listed Harry Rosebery Stakes and ran a head second to Bungle Inthejungle in the Cornwallis Stakes at two.

With Cheveley Park Stud having bought back in to the bay, he took the European Free Handicap and Lennox Stakes at three, the same season in which he finished a creditable third to Moonlight Cloud in the Prix de la Foret.

He claimed deserved Group 1 laurels at four when denying Thawaany and Fiesolana to land the Prix Maurice de Gheest.

Garswood has two crops of racing age, and his best performers are the Group 3 winners Cala Tarida – also a close fifth in the Prix de Diane in June – and Little Kim, who was sold to Howson and Houldsworth Bloodstock for £200,000 at the Goffs UK Goodwood Sale in July.

He is also responsible for the smart handicappers Gabrial The Wire and Pendleton.

Garswood will stand at Haras de la Huderie alongside Superlative Stakes winner Birchwood – coincidentally a former Highfield Farm colour-bearer – who had his first foals on the ground this year.

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