Idaho signs for Chloe Roddick's new Somerset venture Skuttles Barrough Stud

High-class performer Idaho has joined Skuttles Barrough Stud, Chloe Roddick's new operation in Somerset. He will join Arrigo on the roster, with the pair both standing the 2026 season at a fee of £2,000.

Roddick and her husband Philip Maloney had previously been at Bullbrook Farm in the same county, where Arrigo had been based for the last couple of seasons.

Idaho has been standing at the Beeches Stud in Ireland under the Coolmore banner. A son of Galileo, the 12-year-old's oldest crop of foals are about to turn six. Harry Fry's three-time winner Idaho Sun has been among his early trailblazers.

Roddick said: "It is an honour to be able to stand Idaho alongside Arrigo. We are immensely grateful to Gerry Aherne of Coolmore Stud for arranging Idaho’s transfer, as we are to the Futter family of Yorton Stud who helped us get off the ground by organising Arrigo’s move.

"Idaho was a tough and top-class racehorse who raced over four seasons, travelled the world and earned £1.2m on the racecourse. He gained victories at courses as diverse as Royal Ascot and Chester and was placed in the Epsom Derby, the Irish Derby and the King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes. He raced against the best and his early crops of foals are producing winners under rules and in point-to-points."

Idaho wins the Hardwicke Stakes in 2017Credit: Edward Whitaker (racingpost.com/photos)

The couple moved to their new home in May and have been putting the finishing touches to their purpose-built stud farm, which is based near the village of Wedmore in the Somerset Levels.

Roddick added: "We were keen to secure our family’s future by purchasing our own property. We bought 35 acres of bare farm land and for the past year have been building a stud with all the facilities needed to cater for stallions, walk-in and boarding mares.

"We welcome visits from mare owners and believe that with two handsome stallions in Idaho and Arrigo we can make a solid contribution to Britain’s bloodstock breeding industry."

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