ST Jean won his first stakes race on New Year’s Day when he landed a thrilling victory in the Group 3 City Of Auckland Cup at Ellerslie in New Zealand. In so doing he became the 62nd stakes winner for his sire Teofilo, one of the array of stallions on show this Saturday at Kildangan Stud where he will stand this season at €40,000.

The seven-year-old full horse St Jean is out of the Marju mare Oriental Fashion and he started his racing career in Ireland. Owned and bred by Hadi Al Tajir at Derrinstown Stud, St Jean was initially in training with Kevin Prendergast and finished last on his only outing as a juvenile at Dundalk in November 2012.