Stars to breed with Arc heroine

By Frank Keogh

Sea The Stars en route to victory in his final race in France

Champion racehorse Sea The Stars will breed with fellow Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Zarkava at "the earliest possible opportunity".

The 2009 Arc champion Sea The Stars is to begin his breeding career at the Aga Khan's Gilltown Stud in County Kildare.

And the Aga Khan, who owns the 2008 winner Zarkava, will send his unbeaten filly to the colt, who also won the Derby and the 2000 Guineas.

"I believe the last two Arc winners were made for each other," he said.

He believes the pair are similar in ability, temperament and conformation.

"The best needs to be bred to the best," he said.

The match-up will send vibrations around the bloodstock world, with high expectations for the pair's blueblood offspring.

Owners the Tsui family had been considering various options for Sea The Stars after he was officially retired a fortnight ago.

Sea The Stars was hailed an all-time great after six Group One wins including a unique treble of the 2,000 Guineas, Derby and Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe.

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Gilltown is close to the Curragh base of the three-year-old colt's Irish trainer John Oxx.

Ling Tsui, mother of Christopher Tsui in whose colours he raced, said "Gilltown is an ideal stud for Sea The Stars to thrive and develop as a stallion.

"There is no more appropriate place for him to stand than in his homeland and close to Currabeg where he was trained by John Oxx."

The Aga Khan said the decision to use his stud brought him "the greatest happiness".

"We are all proud to have such a remarkable athlete," he said.

"Mrs Tsui and Christopher's decision is certainly one of the most important developments for my operation since I inherited it in 1960.

"I am also most pleased that Mrs Tsui and Christopher will be developing their own breeding operation with the help of their magnificent horse, Sea The Stars.

"This horse could also help develop relations to bring Chinese investment into the European bloodstock market."

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