City Of Troy to have stint at stud in Australia

Breeders in Australia will soon have the chance to tap into City Of Troy after Coolmore announced last year’s Derby hero will shuttle to the southern hemisphere.

An unbeaten champion two-year-old and three-time Group One winner at three, the son of American Triple Crown ace Justify is regarded by former handler Aidan O’Brien as the best horse he has ever trained.

His on-track career ended after an unsuccessful Breeders’ Cup Classic tilt on the dirt at Del Mar but he still headed to the second stage of his career amongst Coolmore’s stallion roster with an excellent record and reputation.

Having begun his career in the breeding sheds at Coolmore’s Fethard base in Ireland, City Of Troy will now head to Australia, where his stallion fee will be $49,500.

Coolmore Australia’s Colm Santry told www.coolmore.com: “We are so excited to stand City Of Troy and offer him to Australasian breeders.

“Aidan O’Brien always considered him to be one of the best horses he has ever trained, while Ryan Moore also ranks him as the best he’s ridden.

“He was an incredibly classy horse with a high cruising speed, as we saw so impressively in his three runs at two which he won by an aggregate margin of more than 12 lengths.

“He is by far the best son of Justify with an impeccable Danehill-free pedigree that makes him suitable to all the dominant bloodlines in this part of the world.

“His unbelievable accomplishments on the track saw him become the only horse other than Frankel to receive the Cartier Two-Year-Old Colt and the Cartier Horse Of The Year accolade in successive years.

“This is a horse with very rare ability and he’s out of a Group One-winning two-year-old by Galileo, so given how well the shuttle stallions are performing in Australia at present, he’s a very exciting addition to our stallion ranks.”