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Balmont (USA)

Stravinsky - Aldebaran Light, by Seattle Slew
Bay, foaled 2001
Breeder: SR Robertson
Other sons of Stravinsky at stud: -

Almost certainly will prove a valuable addition to the stallion roster

Balmont was one of the fastest juveniles of his year, winning both the Middle Park and the Gimcrack, and speed was to be his forte throughout his career. He won four of his starts at two, and from the other 12 subsequent efforts he was second to Osterhase in the Phoenix Sprint and third in the July Cup (to Frizzante), in the Temple Stakes (to Celtic Mill) and in the Golden Jubilee Stakes (to Cape of Good Hope).

His sire Stravinsky was brilliantly fast and completed the July Cup/Nunthorpe Stakes double, and he has left quite a few smart performers, one of the most recent being the talented sprinter Benbaun.

Balmont’s yearling half-sister by Kingmambo made 200,000 guineas at Tattersalls October Part I Sale last year, while his older half-sister Valliere, in foal to Rock Of Gibraltar, was fished out of this January’s Keeneland sale by Rathasker Stud for the equivalent of just over 64,000 guineas.

Balmont stems from one of the very best stallion families in the stud book, that of Danehill, Machiavellian, Arctic Tern, Cannonade, Burooj, Stephan’s Odyssey and even the grandaddy himself, Northern Dancer. It will be very surprising if he does not turn out to be a valuable addition to the stallion roster.

Race record

At 2

1st Middle Park Stakes, G1, 6f, Newmarket
1st Gimcrack Stakes, G2, 6f, York

At 4

2nd Phoenix Sprint Stakes, G3, 6f, Curragh
3rd Golden Jubilee Stakes, G1, 6f, York
3rd Temple Stakes, G2, 5f, Sandown

BALMONT (USA), 2001

Stud details

Stands Tara Stud

Fee €5,000 1 October.

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