'A great addition to the stallion ranks' - Derby runner-up Mojo Star to stand at Whytemount Stud

Triple Group 1 runner-up Mojo Star will embark on a career at stud in 2024 with the Amo Racing-owned son of Sea The Stars standing at Whytemount Stud in County Kilkenny.

The five-year-old was second in the 2021 Derby – splitting Adayar and Hurricane Lane – and was also second to the latter in that season's St Leger. Kept in training at four, he earned the third of his Group 1 silver medals behind Kyprios in the Gold Cup. 

"He is a fine, big imposing horse with presence and size to him and he's a great addition to the stallion ranks here," said Whytemount's Ronnie O'Neill, who is a strong supporter of the sire line.

Mojo Star is now the third son of Sea The Stars on the Whytemount Stud team, joining Affinisea and Behesht, whose first crop are foals this year.

O'Neill added: "We are delighted to get Mojo Star and he will be supported by Amo Racing."

Trained by Richard Hannon for Kia Joorabchian's operation, Mojo Star was beaten a nose by Scope on debut at two in a mile maiden at Newbury in late October. He went into the Derby off the back of a run in another maiden at the track. He outran those performances and odds of 50-1 when second under David Egan and was fifth at the Curragh three weeks later.

Mojo Star (purple) will stand at Whytemount StudCredit: Alex Livesey/Getty

Back at Newbury and down in class, he got off the mark before his second Classic runner-up performance of the season at Doncaster. He ended the campaign down the field in the Arc won by Torquator Tasso.

His seasonal reappearance at four was in Ascot's showpiece event and he ran his heart out to get within half a length of Kyprios with Stradivarius three-parts of a length behind in third. That was his only run at four and he returned this year in the Group 3 John Porter Stakes in which he picked up an injury that ultimately ended his racing career.

Bred by Barbara Prendergast, he is a three-parts brother to the Listed Premio Conte Felice Scheibler winner Cape Magic (by Cape Cross). Mojo Star is also a half-brother to the Listed Silver Stakes winner Portage, a son of Teofilo. 

Their dam Galley comes from a typically strong Juddmonte family and is a Zamindar half-sister to Group 3 July Stakes winner Wharf and closely related to the Listed winner Mooring.

Her Theatrical half-sister Docklands is the dam of Arc and Grand Prix de Paris hero Rail Link and Group winners Crossharbour, Mainsail and Chelsea Manor, while Colza, her half-sister by Alleged, is the dam of Criterium de Saint-Cloud winner Linda's Lad who stands under the Elusive Bloodstock banner.

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