Malinas to move to Coolagown Stud from Rathbarry for 2022

Smart National Hunt sire Malinas will continue his stallion career at Coolagown Stud in County Cork from next year, in a joint venture with Rathbarry Stud.

The son of leading sire Lomitas and German champion Majoritat, a relation to the influential Monsun, was a Group 2 winner and multiple Group 1-placed on the track.

He has sired Grade 2 winners Black Thunder, Medinas, Mister Malarky, Touch The Eden and Union Dues, as well as Scottish Grand National hero Mighty Thunder.

Malinas moved to Rathbarry in 2016 after stints in France and Britain and his first crop of Irish-bred four-year-olds include Dark Raven, an 11-length winner of the Tattersalls Ireland George Mernagh Memorial Sales Bumper for Willie Mullins, and Merry Maker, who scored in a Tipperary point-to-point for Pierce Power.

Coolagown Stud’s David Stack said: “Malinas has proved to be a highly reliable sire of high-class National Hunt horses, whether in bumpers, hurdles or chases, and with such strong books of mares covered at Rathbarry Stud his best days are still ahead of him.

"He’s an imposing dark bay and a beautiful mover with a lovely walk. He was a high-class performer on the track and hails from one of the best German pedigrees, one that is a complete outcross to Sadler’s Wells.”

Malinas will stand alongside Way To Paris, Zambezi Sun, Shantaram and Carlotamix, with fees to be announced at a later date.

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