World champion Equinox and Nadal the most popular names on the Shadai Stallion roster for 2025

Shadai Stallion Station has revealed covering numbers for its star-studded roster with world champion Equinox and Grade 1 scorer Nadal proving the most popular with 206 mares apiece. 

The world champion of 2023, Equinox was building on a debut book of 2023 in 2024, with his first foals selling for up to Y580,000,000 (£2,923,699 / €3,365,167 / A$5,998,492) at the recent JRHA Select Sale. Equinox's sire Kitasan Black covered a book of 198.

Nadal, a son of Blame who landed the Arkansas Derby in 2020, was standing his fourth season at Shadai for a career-best fee of Y10,000,000 and was inundated with a 206-strong book. 

Japanese Derby hero and newcomer Do Deuce also proved highly popular with 202 mares in his first book. 

The son of Heart's Cry was a top-level winning juvenile and went on to multiple Grade 1 success with victories in the Tokyo Yushun (Japanese Derby) over Equinox and Japan Cup among his career highlights.

Epiphaneia – sire of Grade 1 celebrities such as fellow Shadai inmate Efforia (183 mares), Daring Tact and Danon Decile – served a book of 198.

Siskin, a winner of the Irish 2,000 Guineas and Phoenix Stakes for Juddmonte and Colin Keane, is responsible for stakes winner and Hanshin Juvenile Fillies third Teleos La La from his first small crops. He received 188 mares this year.

Others to received books of over 100 mares include proven top-class sire Kizuna (185), Chrysoberyl (144), Grenadier Guards (121), Salios (182), Saturnalia (139), Schnell Meister (164), Suave Richard (112), Danon Kingly (170), Drefong (173), Le Vent Se Leve (136) and Lord Kanaloa (159). 

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