Jersey Stakes winner Le Brivido to stand at Overbury Stud

Le Brivido, the son of Siyouni who won the 2017 Jersey Stakes for Andre Fabre, will stand at Overbury Stud in Gloucestershire in 2020 in a deal brokered by Blandford Bloodstock.

Coolmore – part-owners during Le Brivido’s racing career – are retaining their interest and he will stand at a fee of £7,000 (live foal).

Le Brivido retires assessed as highest-rated horse sired by France’s current leading stallion. Bought by Ted Voute at Arqana as a juvenile for €105,000 and racing in the silks of HRH Prince Faisal bin Khaled Al Saud, Le Brivido made a successful debut in a newcomers event at Chantilly in November 2016.

On his first step into stakes company the following season he was beaten only a short head by Brametot in the French Guineas and soon afterwards managed his crowning glory at Royal Ascot.

Following nearly a year on the sidelines with Fabre and a winter transfer to Aidan O'Brien, he ran well in both the Queen Anne and Diamond Jubilee Stakes back on the same Berkshire soil.

Fabre said of him: "Le Brivido was one of the quickest and most exciting horses I’ve ever trained. He could accelerate even off a fast pace. A colt with the most beautiful action and immense natural talent."

Le Brivido’s opening fee is on a par with the starting fees of both his sire, Siyouni (€7,000) and grandsire Pivotal (£6,000).

Simon Sweeting, manager of Overbury, said: "We’ve had our eye on Le Brivido for a couple of years - he’s a really good-looking son of one of Europe’s up-and-coming star stallions – and we are all completely thrilled to be standing him at Overbury Stud.

"It’s great news that Coolmore is staying in the horse, and we will also be offering a limited number of breeding rights.

"His sire’s fee jumped up to €100,000, and his grandsire went from £6,000 to a high of £85,000 – there isn’t a more upwardly mobile sire line and Le Brivido could make a lot of breeders very happy if he follows their lead."

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