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Yulong Prince to stand at Glen Eden Stud with support from Group 1 winner’s owner Zhang

Glen Eden Stud is determined to rebound from the loss of Rebel Dane (California Dane) to the Hunter Valley by standing three new stallions at its Victorian farm this year.

Breeder Yuesheng Zhang has entrusted Glen Eden with standing dual Group 1 winner Yulong Prince (Gimmethegreenlight) while studmasters Sonia O’Gorman and Rory O’Brien have also recruited Trust In A Gust (Keep The Faith) from Swettenham Stud and the Sun Bloodstock-owned Palentino (Teofilo) from Widden Victoria.

Service fees for the trio will be announced in the near future.

Cantala Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) winner Yulong Prince, who also won the Daily News 2000 Stakes (Gr 1, 2000m) in South Africa prior to Zhang’s purchase of the horse, stood his first season at Yulong Stud last year, covering 84 mares in his maiden season at a fee of $9,900 (inc GST).

“Mr Zhang loves the horse, he was his first Group 1 winner and he still owns the horse outright and he reserves the right to breed to him as much as he likes,” O’Brien told ANZ Bloodstock News. 

“The best-case scenario is that Yulong Prince ends up back on the Yulong roster as a resounding success. Given the blueprint we left with Rebel Dane and what we achieved last year, given the profile of that horse, I think Rebel has probably gone a long way to securing Yulong Prince for us. 

“We see it as a brilliant opportunity and we feel honoured and privileged to be entrusted with such a precious animal from someone like Mr Zhang who has invested so much in the industry.”

Bred by South Africa’s Varsfontein Stud, Yulong Prince is one of 41 stakes winners by the Australian-bred son of More Than Ready (Southern Halo) Gimmethegreenlight.

“Yulong Prince was a very impressive horse on two fronts,” his Australia-based trainer Chris Waller said. 

“Firstly, his ability to compete at a high level overseas and then come to Australia and adapt to our conditions of training and racing, once again at the highest level; a great feat not comparable by many.

“Secondly, he was a very good-looking horse with a good attitude, and obviously sound and well performed.”

Trust In A Gust, the sire of four winners in as many weeks from limited opportunities, will also head south to Glen Eden Stud, near Kilmore.

“He is still owned by the boys from Swettenham but it is essentially a long-term deal between friends,” O’Brien said.

“Little known to a lot of people at the moment, Trust In A Gust is actually trending in a good direction, he’s had four winners in the past month. He is leaving runners and the best is still to come with the fact he’s a late maturer. 

“Patience is a virtue and it’s something that’s lacking across the board in the breeding space, but that’s what the commercial market demands. However, we’re prepared to play at the other end of it with patience and at a numbers game. 

“For the breed-to-race market, at the price we’re going to stand him at, he’s going to be quite appetising to mare owners.”

Swettenham’s Sam Matthews was delighted that Trust In A Gust, the 2014 winner of the Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes (Gr 1, 1400m) and Toorak Handicap (Gr 1, 1600m), will continue his career as a stallion at Glen Eden.

“Rory did such a great job with Rebel Dane and we’ve got a good relationship with Glen Eden … and we feel he’s well suited on their roster,” Matthews said yesterday. 

“There’s still plenty of upside in the horse and we’ll still be supporting the horse ongoing as well.

“I still think there’s plenty there for the breedtorace and the breed-to-sell market as well.”

The third acquisition for Glen Eden is Palentino, an Australian Guineas (Gr 1, 1600m) and Makybe Diva Stakes (Gr 1, 1600m) winner who has spent five years at Sun Stud (Widden Victoria last year).

“Palentino has 359 live foals with the oldest being four, the stallion’s by Teofilo who in my opinion is probably a four- and five-year-old stallion, and that’s when you’re going to see the best of them,” O’Brien said.

“Palentino didn’t race at two, but he had an excellent three-year-old season and he was clearly a three-year-old racehorse, which always appeals to me as a punter, and then he had a great four-year-old season. 

“He deserves a spot on the roster, he deserves to be offered to breeders because of what he’s already achieved as a stallion in regards to numbers, and the probability of him getting a really good horse with those numbers is actually quite favourable.” 

Rebel Dane, the sire of this year’s Golden Slipper (Gr 1, 1200m) and Inglis Sires(Gr 1, 1400m) winner Fireburn, will stand at Widden Stud in the Hunter Valley this year at a fee of $27,500.

He spent the past three seasons at Glen Eden Stud, covering 49 mares last year, the most in his five years at stud so far.

Argentinian-born Giant’s Steps (Giant’s Causeway), a dual Grade 1 winner who was crowned Chile’s champion three-year-old in 2012-13, remains on the Glen Eden roster in 2022. 

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