Tuesday 1st May 2007

KUTUB moves to Clongiffen Stud

Shadwell have announced that KUTUB, a triple Gr1 winning son of leading sire In The Wings is to stand at Winston Honner’s Clongiffen Stud, Enfield, Co. Meath where he will join up with Mutharram, also owned by Shadwell.

 

Raced by Sheikh Hamdam Al Maktoum, Kutub won 6 races and over 1 million Euros during a racing career that saw him record 5 Group/Listed wins in 4 countries. Trained by Freddy Head in France, Kutub won his only start at 2, the Prix Noailles, Gr2 at 3 as well as finishing 2nd in the Prix Lupin, Gr1 and 4th in the Prix du Jockey Club, Gr1. Kutub was transferred to Godolphin as a 4 year old and under the guidance of Saeed Bin Suroor he won 4 consecutive races incl 3 consecutive Gr1 races. Kutub was a 4 lengths winner of the Preis Von Europa, Gr1 from Gr1 winners Yavana’s Pace and Boreal, the Grosser Dallmayr Preis, Gr1 also by 4 lengths, the Gran Premio del Jockey Club, Gr1 from Altieri and the Singapore Gold Cup, beating 4 individual Gr1 winners. Kutub was rated 123 by Timeform Annual as a 4 year old.

 

Kutub was bred by Stackallan and Airlie Stud and realised 220,000 Gns as a yearling at the Tattersalls Houghton Sales in Newmarket when purchased by Shadwell Estates. Kutub’s dam Minnie Habit is a three parts sister to the very speedy Group winning 2-y-o Bermuda Classic, who is dam of Shake The Yoke (Coronation S, Gr1, Royal Ascot), Tropical (Curragh S, Gr3) and Gr1 placed Kournakova. Minnie Habit is also the dam of On The Nile (Eyrefield Stakes at 2) and In The Limelight (Garnet Stakes).

 

Richard Lancaster, Director of Shadwell Estates stated that Kutub’s 1st crop are now 3 year olds of 2007 and he has sired some smart winners incl Tres Fine, who was an impressive Deauville winner.

“We have had numerous approaches to purchase Kutub from Irish stallion farms but we have decided to stand him with Winston in view of the excellent job that he has done with Mutharram. Kutub’s yearlings sold well at Deauville last season and realised up to 48,000 Euros. In The Wings has sired the leading hurdlers Landing Light, Inglis Drever, Overstrand and Westender and his son Winged Love has also done well at stud with his National Hunt performers. Given the excellent pool of National Hunt mares and breeders in Ireland we feel that Kutub will attract good support ”