CHARMING THOUGHT - ONE NOMINATION FOR THE 2024 BREEDING SEASON

Standing at: March Hare Stud (GB)

Charming Thought was assessed on 118 in the 2014 ratings of the best juveniles, just 1lb behind the champion colt Belardo and 2lbs above Gleneagles, with Highland Reel and Golden Horn lower in the list.

Great things were expected of him in 2015, but he chipped a bone in his knee and was unable to race at all that year. Though he made a brief return at four, he was fourth in a listed race on his reappearance and it was decided to retire him to stud.

Annabelle’s Charm, the dam of Charming Thought, was a listed winner in England and group-placed in Ireland and Italy. She is by Indian Ridge out of a Sadler’s Wells mare who is own-sister to the Group 1 stars Ballingarry and Aristotle. Ballingarry won the Grade 1 Canadian International, while Aristotle was successful in the Group 1 Racing Post Trophy and they both became good sires, as also did their half-brother Starborough, who won the Group 1 St James’s Palace Stakes. One of their half-sisters was the dam of European champion St Nicholas Abbey.

_{NB All successful bidders must pay for their Lots no later than close of business on 18th January 2024.}

_{The Nomination will entitle the Purchaser to have one approved mare covered by the stallion in the 2024 Northern Hemisphere breeding season. The purchaser shall be entitled to a free return to the stallion for the 2025 covering season for the mare covered in 2024 or another approved mare provided that the stallion is still standing at the same farm and is available to cover mares and only if, following the end of the 2024 covering season:-a) the purchaser produces a certificate stating the mare is barren and signed by a qualified veterinary surgeon relating to an examination carried out at least 40 days from the mare's last service by the stallion, OR b) the purchaser produces a veterinary certificate to the effect that the mare either failed to give birth to a live foal or gave birth to a foal which died within 48 hours of birth other than by reason of accident.}  

Approx. Height: 16 Hands

Consigned by: March Hare Stud

Owned by: Thanks LM Stallions for this donation