Notable Havana Grey news as Whitsbury Manor Stud reveals 2025 fees

Whitsbury Manor Stud has unveiled its line-up for 2025, with brilliant young sire Havana Grey set to stand for a private fee for the first time.

The Group 1 Flying Five Stakes winner has sired another 11 individual stakes winners this year, including Duchess of Cambridge winner and Cheveley Park Stakes third Arabian Dusk.

The nine-year-old's CV notably features Vandeek, unbeaten as a two-year-old last year when his triumphs included Group 1 scores in the Prix Morny and Middle Park Stakes, and who will begin his own stallion career at Cheveley Park Stud in 2025.

In announcing the fees on Tuesday, Joe Callan, the stud's head of bloodstock and sales, explained: "Although Havana Grey is still very much open for business for a restricted number of outside mares, we have decided to make his fee private. 

"This is due to the importance of managing his mares to be of suitable height for him in the covering shed and for his own welfare and continued good fertility. 

"After another fantastic year including 11 individual stakes winners and phenomenal yearling sale results, we know that demand for him will once again be high." 

Havana Grey stood the 2024 season at a career-high £55,000, having been just £6,000 in his third and fourth years at the Hampshire farm.

Showcasing: son of Oasis Dream will stand for £35,000Credit: Whitsbury Manor Stud

Stalwart Showcasing will stand for £35,000 next year, down from £45,000 in 2024. 

The son of Oasis Dream has registered 22 individual two-year-old winners this year, alongside the multiple Group 1-placed sprinter Swingalong. 

He is also the broodmare sire of Group 1 Cheveley Park and Moyglare Stud Stakes winner Lake Victoria, as well as Royal Ascot-winning two-year-old Ain't Nobody. His yearlings sold for up to 340,000gns this term. 

Sergei Prokofiev's first runners this year were headed by Group 3 Marble Hill Stakes winner and Phoenix Stakes third Arizona Blaze, and the son of Scat Daddy is clear in terms of winners and prize-money in the first-season sire table. His second crop of yearlings sold for up to 170,000gns. 

He has continued to cover full books every season and will stand for an increased fee of £8,000 (from £6,000).

Dragon Symbol covered 140 mares in his first book this year and will remain at £8,000. 

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