BREEDERS in Northern Ireland, and elsewhere for that matter, will have an opportunity next spring to access one of the best-bred horses likely to go to stud anywhere in 2023.

Though he is unraced, Foment has all the other attributes needed to be a success as a stallion. A Juddmonte-bred son of Frankel (Galileo), Foment has seven winning siblings, but most significantly his two full-brothers are stakes winners. Collide (Frankel) won six times, including a listed race in France, but it is their other brother that will make people sit up and take notice of Foment.

He is Logician (Frankel), winner of the Group 1 St Leger and the Group 2 Great Voltigeur Stakes. This year he covered 183 mares in his first season at Shade Oak Stud at a fee of £4,000. Such popularity is sure to rub off on Foment and he will cost only a fraction of his brother’s fee which is again set at £4,000 next year. This is a real stallion family. Foment’s dam Scuffle (Daylami) is a half-sister to two successful sires in Cityscape (Selkirk) and Bated Breath (Dansili).

Frankel, the sire of Foment, will cover next year for £275,000, up from £200,000 this year. No wonder, as he is simply one of the best sires anywhere in the world. His daughter Alpinista won the Group 1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe this year, his son Chaldean is the best two-year-old in Europe and a likely classic winner next year, Homeless Songs was an Irish classic winner, and the list of stars goes on and on.

The sire of 26 Group 1 winners, Frankel had a memorable 2022 and eight of his sons and daughters won at this level in the past 12 months.

Foment will be the first sire at the recently established Universal Stud near Newry. Bernard Havern is the man with all the information and he is happy to take enquiries at +44 7592383828.