Blue-chip names and home support the themes in Shadwell sire selection
Find out who will cover stars Bethrah, Ghanaati, Taghrooda and many more
Exciting sire Kingman has been chosen to cover the highest rated racecourse performer in the Shadwell broodmare band as well as arguably the best young producer owned by the operation this year.
The Banstead Manor Stud-based son of Invincible Spirit, whose first two crops have yielded 17 stakes winners including Calyx and Persian King, will once again receive Taghrooda, having been mated with the Oaks and King George heroine in both horses' first year of retirement.
The resultant foal, the four-year-old filly Jahafil, has yet to race.
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