Monsun’s Group 1 winning miler, Vadamos, will retire to Tally-Ho Stud in Ireland for the 2017 breeding season, with the stud purchasing a majority interest in the colt for Northern Hemisphere duties.

Rated 126 by Timeform, Vadamos has finished in the frame in 16 of his 18 starts on turf, and has developed into the joint leading older miler in Europe this year after racing over longer trips as a three year old. His season was highlighted by a brilliant victory in the Group 1 Prix du Moulin at Longchamp in September as well as beating a succession of Group 1 winners Galileo Gold, Territories, Zelzal, Ervedya, Esoterique and Dariyan amongst others over a consistently high class campaign.

“Vadamos has always impressed me with his raw talent,’ trainer Andre Fabre commented. ‘It is well documented that no other horse in my yard could beat him in the mornings and his final 200m (or one furlong) time in the Moulin of 10.47s is absolutely top-class.”

Tally-Ho’s Roger O’Callaghan said “I like speed horses and his performance and time in the Prix du Moulin were exceptional; he has the pedigree, looks, consistency of performance and speed that, for me, makes him an extremely attractive stallion prospect”

Vadamos is one of 20 Group 1 winners by the great German sire Monsun, and comes from a female family of exceptional milers and middle distance horses which has been developed by Jean Luc Lagadere, the Aga Khan and the Haras de Saint Pair.

Vadamos’ current owners Andreas Putsch, of Haras de Saint Pair, and John Camilleri, of Fairway Thoroughbreds, are both retaining shares and will support Vadamos at stud.

Vadamos will have his final start in the Group 1 Emirates Stakes at Flemington’s Melbourne Cup carnival on November 5th. He will join Tally-Ho Stud’s 2017 stallion roster that includes Mehmas (new for 2017), Kodiac, leading first crop sire Sir Prancealot, Zebedee, Morpheus and Baltic King.