There is an unfortunate and growing trend of retiring horses to stud after just their two-year-old season, so before they have truly proved themselves, and Prince Of Lir, who won a Beverley maiden in May, the Group 2 Norfolk Stakes in June, and then finished unplaced in three starts, is among the latest batch of them. He stands at Ballyhane Stud, has covered large books of mares in his first two seasons, and has 75 registered foals in his first crop. Timeform rated him 105. Prince Of Lir is the second foal out of Esuvia (by Whipper), a former Bryan Smart-trainee who won once over five furlongs and twice over six furlongs, achieving a peak handicap mark of 86. Her siblings include the five-times sprint winner Matuza (by Cadeaux Genereux), the multiple middle-distance scorer Well Painted (by Excellent Art), and also Resplendent Glory (by Namid). The late Terry Mills trained that chestnut to win six of his nine starts, including Group 3 and listed sprints at Sandown, and from limited opportunities at stud the grandson of Indian Ridge (by Ahonoora) has sired several multiple winners, headed by his first-crop son Dreams Of Glory, a five-furlong specialist with 12 wins from 83 starts. Aoife (by Thatching), who is the grandam of Prince Of Lir, won twice, she is responsible for seven winners from eight foals, and is a half-sister to the Group 2 King's Stand Stakes third Funny Valentine (by Cadeaux Genereux). Her siblings also include Dame Hester (by Diktat), a stakes-placed dual winner whose son Donnerschlag (by Bahamian Bounty) won a Group 2 sprint at Hamburg, in Germany. The next dam, Aunt Hester (by Caerleon), was a winner at two and as she was out of the triple scorer Lady Hester (by Native Prince) that made her a half-sister to the Group 2-placed Group 3 Prix Daphnis winner L'Irresponsable (by Ile de Bourbon) and to Najaba (by Touching Wood), a Group 2-placed stakes winner in New Zealand who has some notable descendants. Najaba's great-granddaughter Platinum Witness (by California Dane) won the 2014 Group 1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas and two other pattern events, she was runner-up in the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks, and finished third in the Group 1 Windsor Park Horlicks Plate in October. That filly's stakes-winning dam Chartreuse (by St Petersburg) is a half-sister to the dam of the Group 1 New Zealand Oaks runner-up and dual pattern scorer Zennista (by Zenno Rob Roy). Those top performers are too remotely connected to Prince Of Lir to be in a position to give us any sort of idea of his future potential, and his distaff line is a weak one for a barely tested and unproven horse who is covering such large numbers, but as a son of Kodiac from the immediate family of Resplendent Glory and Donnerschlag, it seems likely that his progeny will be mostly sprinters and milers. PRINCE OF LIR (IRE) – b.2014 – Kodiac – Esuvia, 2 wins inc Norfolk Stakes (Gr2). Sire in Ireland. First foals in 2018. FOALS CATALOGUED:
Chc - Beau Cheval (by Spectrum) Goffs November not sold Bc - Broken Clock (by Dylan Thomas) Goffs November not sold Bf - Burren Rose (by Storm Cat) Goffs November not sold Bc - Chizzler (by Baltic King) Goffs November €4,500 Bc - Eccellente Idea (by Excellent Art) Goffs November €13,000 Bc - Fairmount (by Kingmambo) Tattersalls November 4,000gns Bc - Ishimagic (by Ishiguru) Goffs November €7,500 Bc - Little Italy (by Proud Citizen) Goffs November not sold Bf - Livadream (by Dalakhani) Goffs November not sold Bc - Lostintheclouds (by Firebreak) Goffs November withdrawn Bc - Manalisa (by Manduro) Goffs November €38,000 Bc - Ou Est Ma Tete (by Invincible Spirit) Goffs November not sold Bc - Paper Dreams (by Green Desert) Tatts IRE November €9,500 Bc - Queen Of The Nile (by Sakhee) Tattersalls November not sold Bf - Rio Yuma (by Gold Sphinx) Tatts IRE November not sold Chf - Tepeleni (by Teofilo) Tatts IRE November not sold Bc - Unusually Hot (by Unusual Heat) Tatts IRE November not sold Bc - Weekend Lady (by Bahamian Bounty) Tatts IRE November €9,000 Bc - Well Hello (by Manduro) Goffs November Bc - Winterwell (by First Defence) Goffs November not sold Bc - Wishyouwerehere (by Footstepsinthesand) Goffs November €7,000 Comments are closed.
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