Racinger swaps France for Ireland and will stand at Annshoon Stud

Racinger will relocate to Annshoon Stud in County Kilkenny for the 2023 breeding season, where he will join Donal White's two exciting young National Hunt sires Night Wish and Saintgodrel.

The high-class miler and half-brother to exciting young French jumps sire Magneticjim is the sire of the Willie Mullins-trained El Barra, who was victorious in the Grade 3 Paddy Power Feel Like A Favourite Novice Chase at Cork on Sunday.

Donal White, who had the assistance of French agent Vincent Le Roy in acquiring Racinger, feels that the Group 2 winner's miling speed will set him apart from other National Hunt sires.

He said: "I liked his race record and the fact that he won over a mile. I think he offers something different for the National Hunt market and complements my two other sires."

Racinger has spent his stud career to date in France and so far has sired a number of high-class performers, including Gordon Elliott and Gigginstown House Stud's Grade 2 winner Farouk D'Alene, who was just touched off in the Grade 1 Faugheen Novice Chase at Limerick last Christmas.

His best performers in France include the Auteuil Listed winners Goas Mat and Celtior.

Donal White has acquired Racinger to stand alongside Night Wish and SaintgodrelCredit: Healy Racing/Tattersalls Ireland

Racinger's pedigree is replete with black type and he is a half-brother to a pair of Group 1 winners in Corre Caminos and Recital. His Galileo half-brother Magneticjim was snapped up for stud duties by the renowned Haras du Montaigu.

His dam Dibenoise is a half-sister to Battani, the dam of Grade 1 Future Champions Finale Juvenile Hurdle winner Me Voici and Grade 3-winning chaser Saint Devote. She is also the second dam of L'Unique, who won the Grade 1 Anniversary Four-Year-Old Hurdle at Aintree.

"He is a son of Spectrum and out of a Kendor mare so he is a good outcross for a lot of the mare population, particularly those with Sadler's Wells blood," White added.

Spectrum is the sire of Grade 1-winning jumpers Glencove Marina, Spectroscope and Sunray

Racinger has proven a hit at the store sales from just a handful of opportunities. This year alone he is the sire of a gelding who made €100,000 to Hamish Macauley and Bryan Cooper at the Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale, while at the Goffs Land Rover Sale Ballycrystal Stables bought a son of Racinger for €70,000. Highflyer Bloodstock went to €80,000, on behalf of Nicky Henderson, for a Racinger gelding.

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