A blacktype winner in every one of the six seasons that he was in training, French Navy is a really tough and durable son of Shamardal who scored in 11 of his 23 lifetime starts over distances from a mile to 10 furlongs. He is now standing his first stud season at Kildangan Stud in Co Kildare in 2016 at a very reasonable fee.

Trained in France by André Fabre as a two-year-old in 2010, French Navy won his first three starts that season, beginning with two races over a mile at Deauville. He completed his hat-trick in the Group 3 Prix des Chenes over the same distance at Longchamp in September.