Just ten days after being represented by his first winner from his first crop of two-year-olds, Darley’s G1-winning stallion Hard Spun continues to make headlines siring the $220,000 sale topper at Barrett’s May two-year-old sale in California.
Consigned by Ciaran Dunne’s Wavertree Stables, Inc., the colt is a half-brother to G1 Blue Grass Stakes winner Sinister Minister. His dam, a stakes-winning daughter of The Prime Minister, is also a half to three stakes winners, including G3 winner Prospector’s Flag.
Hard Spun’s first winner, the colt Mabroor, was an impressive three-quarter length winner on May 7 at Haydock in Great Britain. He sold for $300,000 as a yearling at Keeneland and is onwed Shaikh Hamdan’s Shadwell Estate Company.
A powerful son of Danzig, G1 King's Bishop Stakes winner Hard Spun stands at Darley America at a fee of $30,000, stands and nurses.
