Stallions

Noverre, making waves as a stallion

Tough, precocious and progressive was how Noverre, European Champion miler at three was described during his racing days.

Noverre has already stamped his arrival as a stallion of immense potential and he currently standing at Sohna Stud Farm which is in the new, with a number of stud farm's produce wining high profile races in the country. Novere, whose first crop is already on ground, has already hit the headlines, with his three year old Le Harve winning the French Derby this year.

Sohna Stud Farm which has Ontario (Storm Cat) also as its stallions is going in for massive expansion and the acquisition of Noverre is sure to keep the stud farm in limelight. One of the most expensive stallions to be bought by an Indian stud farm, Noverre is has 55 goals on ground in India.

Noverre was a leading first crop sire and he has had 23 two-year old winners including French Derby winner Le Harvey, Royal Ascot speedster Elhami and Truly Royal. Noverre was a champion European miler at three. Novere who is by Rahy out of Danseur Fabuleux (Northern Dancer) has 12 top-class race performances from two to four over distances of six to ten-and-a-half furlongs. He won the Sussex Stakes which highlighted his tremendous turn of foot. He won two Group races at two. Noverre, who is a three-part brother to Arazi, enjoyed a Time Form rating of 125.

Noverre is a sire of 60 winners of 113 races; three Stakes winners and six Stakes-placed horses in the northern hemisphere. He has sired six winners thus far in the southern hemisphere.

Ontario, holding fort

Ontario was a leading first season sire in India. His proeny have been doing well and are expected to do even better in the coming years as he has covered some top quality mares in the last two years. As such, his best is yet to come.

From the eleventh crop of Storm Cat, Ontario, a half-brother to top-class miler and classic sire Desert Prince, won the Gr.3 Anglesey Stakes at Curragh as a two-year-old, defeating Spartacus, a dual Gr.1 winning juvenile in Europe in 2002 and now a sire at Coolmore.

Ontario's dam Flying Fairy is by a champion broodmare sire Bustino out of Fairy Footsteps, winner of the 1,000 Guineas. Since Ontario himself did well both on soft and hard ground, his progeny should relish Indian conditions which has a mix of tan-based grass tracks as well as the gravel-based monsoon grass tracks.