Group 1 winner Cloth Of Stars to stand at Darley's Haras du Logis in 2019

Group 1 Prix Ganay winner and dual Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe placegetter Cloth Of Stars has been retired from racing and will now take up a berth at Darley's French base of Haras du Logis.

"Cloth Of Stars has an awful lot going for him," said Darley's director of stallions Sam Bullard. "He's a Group 1 performer every season from two to five who was absolutely top class. He's beautifully bred, and a quality individual. Cloth Of Stars is in exalted company and we're delighted to be offering him to breeders."

The five-year-old son of Sea The Stars retires with seven wins from 20 starts and a further ten placings for career earnings of well in excess of £2.5 million.

Although best remembered for his exploits as an older horse, Cloth Of Stars was also a smart juvenile, having won the Group 3 Prix des Chenes. He also finished runner-up to Robin Of Navan in the Group 1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud at two.

His upward trajectory continued at three as he picked up wins in the Group 3 Prix la Force and Group 2 Prix Greffulhe, before he claimed further black type when third in the Group 1 Grand Prix de Paris.

His four-year-old season kicked off with a hat-trick of victories than culminated in success over the likes of Zarak and Hawkbill in the Prix Ganay. He went on to round off his campaign with a valiant runner-up effort to Enable in the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, a performance that saw him earn a career-high Racing Post Rating of 126.

Cloth Of Stars could not add to his tally at five, but continued to show high-class form in Group 1 company, notably when third to Enable in the most recent renewal of the Arc.

Bred by Peter Anastasiou and one of nine top-flight winners by Sea The Stars, Cloth Of Stars is out of Strawberry Fledge, an unraced Kingmambo sibling to two Group 1 winners, namely Oaks heroine Light Shift - also the dam of Ulysses - and Tattersalls Gold Cup scorer Shiva.

His page is rich in Group 1 form, as his third dam is European champion Northern Trick, who claimed the 1984 runnings of the Prix Vermeille and Prix de Diane.

Cloth Of Stars joined the Godolphin ranks when purchased by John Ferguson for 400,000gns at the 2014 edition of Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale.

He becomes the third new addition to Darley's European roster in recent days, with the operation having revealed that Harry Angel will stand at Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket while Jungle Cat will take up covering duty at Kildangan Stud in Ireland.

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