Press Release

In support of the Chinese thoroughbred industry, two well-bred, high-performing racehorses owned and raced by Sheikh Mohammed will begin their stud careers in China in 2012. Jalil (pictured below), the son of Storm Cat who cost $9.7 million as a yearling and who went on to win the G2 Maktoum Challenge in Dubai for Godolphin, will stand at Lisui Farm in Beijing, while the Australian G1 winner Sousa (pictured above), a son of Galileo who took the Spring Champion Stakes by six lengths, will stand at Ordos Farm in Inner Mongolia. The stallions will be managed by Junling Sun, a graduate of the Darley Flying Start program.

John Ferguson, Sheikh Mohammed's bloodstock advisor, said, “Sheikh Mohammed is eager to support the emergence of the Chinese thoroughbred industry and is particularly pleased he can contribute to the development of the Chinese racehorse.  Sheikh Mohammed has selected these two stallions as they are both exceptional physical specimens, each boast stellar Classic bloodlines, and both performed with great credit at the highest level.”