By Kelsey Riley

Earning a ticket into the Banstead Manor stallion barn is an advertisement in itself of the quality of a young sire, and Juddmonte’s newest recruit Expert Eye (GB) (Acclamation {GB}) is thus far living up to expectations with his first cluster of foals to hit the ground. The GI Breeders’s Cup Mile winner covered a full book of 140 mares in his debut season last year (from 277 applications) at a fee of ,20,000, and at this point he has just over 30 foals on the ground. ABreeders are expressing their delight with the resulting foals, said Juddmonte’s Stallion Nominations Manager Shane Horan.

They are predominantly strong-bodied individuals with attractive heads and an athletic walk, and they are all bay like their sire. This is as good a start as the team at Juddmonte could have hoped for. Raced as a homebred by Khalid Abdullah with trainer Sir Michael Stoute, Expert Eye won the G2 Vintage S. by 4 1/2 lengths in his second start at two. He narrowly missed victory in the G3 Greenham S. on debut at three when second by threequarters of a length to James Garfield (Ire) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}).

Expert Eye tracked Saxon Warrior (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) through the opening stages of the G1 2000 Guineas but failed to fire in the closing furlong after being carried out and hampered by the runner-up Tip Two Win (GB) (Dark Angel {Ire}), ultimately checking in 10th….

 

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