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Golden Slipper-winning son of Not A Single Doubt to stand at Kia Ora.
Last year's Golden Slipper Stakes (Gr 1, 1200m) winner Farnan (Not A Single Doubt) will stand his first season at Kia Ora Stud this spring for a fee of $55,000 (inc GST).
Trained by Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott, the colt won five of his eight starts, headlined by his victory in the Golden Slipper, having landed the Wyong Magic Millions 2YO Classic (RL, 1100m), Silver Slipper Stakes (Gr 2, 1100m) and Todman Stakes (Gr 2, 1200m) prior to his victory in the Rosehill Group 1, which saw him accumulate $2,507,450 in career prize-money.
Farnan's Golden Slipper victory saw Timeform award the colt a rating of 122 - the highest rated juvenile last season (view last season's top rated two-year-olds here).
Kia Ora's bloodstock and breeding manager Shane Wright told Racing & Sports Bloodstock the son of the now pensioned Not A Single Doubt (Redoute's Choice) had already proved popular with breeders.
"I think it is very much a market value price," said Wright. "The market has been very strong this year, but we feel that is a very fair price.
"We have already been inundated with Australia's best breeders looking to book not only one, but multiple mares to him.
"He arrived at the farm about a week and a half ago and inspections are starting this week and he has been proving very popular and people are really impressed when they see him. He has settled in very well. He was one of those horses who arrived and he was settled in ten minutes later. He has a great constitution and is very adaptable.
"He is a beautiful type. We measured him at 16 hands and I think that is exactly what you want those fast sons of Not A Single Doubt to be. He has a lot of quality and a great walk about him, he has the 'wow' factor and is a really good sort. It's very exciting for the farm."
Farnan is out of the 2010 Vanity Stakes (Gr 3, 1400m) winner Tallow (Street Cry), whose two other winners are Listed scorer Sandbar (Snitzel) and Summer Surf (Big Brown).
His second dam is the five-time winner African Queen (Lion Hunter) who produced six winners which, in addition to Tallow, include the Group 3-placed Mr Light Blue (Fantastic Light). Further back this is the family of Listed winners Petite Dane (Danehill), Danish Silver (Silvano), Mr Unforgettable (Rubiton) and Beauty School (Royal Academy).
