YEOMANSTOWN Stud has secured a son of the late Scat Daddy for stud duties.

El Kabeir, the highest-rated two-year-old son of his sire to race in America, will stand at Gay O’Callaghan’s Co Kildare stud farm in 2018, alongside Dark Angel, Camacho and Gutaifan.

A multiple graded stakes winner at two and three, El Kabeir raced at the highest level, breaking his maiden by 10 lengths in Saratoga, before landing the Grade 2 Jockey Club Stakes.

He then followed up in the Grade 3 Jerome Stakes before finishing third in the Grade 1 Wood Memorial Stakes.

Further stakes wins in the Grade 3 Gotham Stakes and City of Laurel Stakes, as well as finishing second in the Grade 2 Nashua Stakes, are among the highlights in an illustrious career.

The striking grey was a sales-topping yearling having realised $250,000 at OBS August Yearling Sale before embarking on a successful two-year-old career and offers the breeder a chance to breed to a precocious and high-class racehorse.

El Kabeir raced in the famous turquoise and yellow colours of Zayat Stables and Ahmed Zayat commented: “El Kabeir is a magnificent looking animal. We bought him as a yearling at OBS. His talent was clear to see early on – hence we gave him such a good name, El Kabeir, meaning ‘The Boss’.

“We had American Pharaoh for the Derby and El Kabeir had such natural speed, we decided to keep him to a mile. He ran in the money 13 times from five furlongs to a mile and 16th – a proper racehorse. We look forward to seeing his future progeny in the sales ring and racetrack and will be actively supporting his stallion career with mares and in the sales ring.”

Gay O’Callaghan said: “We are delighted to have purchased El Kabeir. He is an exceptional individual with a race record to match and will offer the European breeder a further chance to avail of the precocious and exciting Scat Daddy bloodlines.”

The deal was brokered by Brad Weisbord and BSW Bloodstock.