By Bloodhorse.com
SAN MIGUEL, Calif. (July 23, 2019) — In a deal signed earlier this month, Cornerstone Stud stallion Sir Prancealot will be shuttling from South Australia to Rancho San Miguel in California commencing with the 2020 breeding season.
Quick out of the gate as champion freshman sire in Europe, Sir Prancealot has become an international success story. To date Sir Prancealot has nine winners from 13 runners in the United States, which include four stakes winners and five overall stakes performers.
“The statistics in America were becoming quite freakish so the United States became the next natural home for him in the Northern Hemisphere,” said Sam Hayes of Cornerstone Stud.
The flag bearers for Sir Prancealot in the U.S. have been Beau Recall and Madam Dancealot, both of which are multiple grade 2 winners and grade 1-placed. Beau Recall was an impressive winner on Kentucky Derby Day in the Longines Churchill Distaff Turf Mile Stakes (G2T) before running second June 8 in the Longines Just A Game Stakes (G1T) at Belmont Park.
“The team at Rancho San Miguel share our excitement regarding Sir Prancealot’s obvious potential and we are most grateful to Adrian Gonzalez from Checkmate Thoroughbreds who made the introduction and brokered the deal,” said Hayes.
“We are very excited to bring Sir Prancealot to the U.S and more specifically to California,” said Adrian Gonzalez. “It’s amazing to think that this horse began his stud career in Europe, moved to Australia, and now his top runners are running in the U.S. With his statistics, he could arguably be the most useful stallion in the world. He’s been the big fish I’ve been after my whole career and I’m thrilled to syndicate him and begin selling shares immediately. Sam Hayes has been incredible to work with and I’m grateful for the opportunity to work together with him and Cornerstone Stud. With Rancho San Miguel, we’ve had tremendous success promoting Danzing Candy in his first two seasons at stud. Clay Murdock along with his staff at Rancho San Miguel will give us the best opportunity to properly introduce Sir Prancealot as a new and unique offering to the U.S. breeding market.”A 9-year-old son of Tamayuz, Sir Prancealot had a short but brilliant racing career. Sir Prancealot won three of
his six starts at 2 in England and France, which included victories in the Polypipe Flying Childers Stakes (G2) at Doncaster and the Betfair Funds the PJA Doctor National Stakes at Sandown Park. He also was runner-up in the Prix Robert Papin (G2) at Maisons-Laffitte. Sir Prancealot is out of stakes winner and multiple stakes producer Mona Em.
Sir Prancealot has two important U.S. sire influences in his third generation. His sire Tamayuz is a grandson of Gulch, while his dam is a granddaughter of Storm Cat.
“Sir Prancealot gives California breeders a spectacular opportunity to be involved with a stallion that has grade 1 stakes performers from a limited number of starters,” said Clay Murdock of Rancho San Miguel.
A stud fee has yet to be determined.