Group 2 winner Royal Scotsman to stand at Genesis Green Stud

Richmond Stakes winner and Classic-placed performer Royal Scotsman will stand at Michael Swinburn's Genesis Green Stud in 2026. 

The five-year-old son of Gleneagles will stand in partnership with owners Jim and Fitri Hay, and will cover his first book of mares at a fee of £6,000. 

Royal Scotsman was a high-class two-year-old for Paul and Oliver Cole, winning by five lengths on his second start at Goodwood. He placed third to subsequent champion sprinter Bradsell in the Coventry Stakes at Royal Ascot before landing his own Group success in the Richmond back at Goodwood that summer. He was a neck second to future 2,000 Guineas hero Chaldean in the Dewhurst Stakes as well. 

He was also a Classic operator at three, finishing third in the 2,000 Guineas to Chaldean, while he also landed the Group 3 Diomed Stakes at Epsom the following year at four. 

Alex Cole, on behalf of the Hay family, said: “Royal Scotsman has given us enormous pride on the racecourse, and it was important to them that his stallion career was here in Britain. 

"Supporting British racing and the British breeding industry has always mattered to them, and we are delighted to partner with Genesis Green Stud and the Swinburns for his next chapter.”

Michael Swinburn: 'When breeders come to see him, they will be every bit as impressed by him as we are'Credit: Alisha Meeder

Michael Swinburn, manager of Genesis Green Stud, said: “Royal Scotsman was as good-looking and athletic a colt I have ever sold. Naturally, we followed him closely on the track and had many conversations about how much we would love to breed to him when the time came.

“We had never considered venturing into standing a stallion but, when this opportunity presented itself, we simply couldn’t let it pass by.

“To welcome him back now as a stallion is enormously exciting, and we believe when breeders come to see him, they will be every bit as impressed by him as we are.”

The news comes after it was previously reported that Royal Scotsman would take up stud duties at Haras du Taillis in France. 

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