When standing a stallion, there seems to be a definite path that most are destined to follow. Busy in year one, numbers drop in year two and third, and then your fate is fixed on whether their first case will work or not. In the case of Bungle Inthejungle (Ire) and Coulsty (Ire), both have proven that their flocks can run and can compete at the top level, with Winter Power (Ire) and Shantisara (Ire) taking the lead. won the Group 1 race for both boars. , corresponding. This gives Maurice and Madeline Burns of Rathasker Stud, where the stallions call home, every reason to get excited for next year.
“Winter Power, a very well-behaved 2-year-old who progressed to three to win the G1 Nunthorpe S. in York, is the epitome of Bungle’s. [stock],” says Maurice Burns. “They were very early, they were strong, they had speed and it was just a feather in his hat to make a Group 1 winner. Because she showed a Bungle that can go as high as Well, last year, his pickups sold well and got into the hands of some very, very good coaches. ”
Last year’s breeding brought in up to 125,000 euros, 10 times the cost of raising the horses at which those horses were conceived, and “good trainers” with 2-year-old Bungle Inthejungle include Mark and Charlie Johnston, Michael Dods, and John Quinn among others. Undoubtedly, the icing on the cake for Bungle Inthejungle’s 2021 season is the fact that the Winter Power was bred by Patrick Burns, brother of Maurice of Newlands House Stud.
Bungle Inthejungle’s first crop quickly showed that he was a sire capable of getting 2-year-olds earlier, and in the first months of the 2018 season there was hardly a shortage. No teenager goes by without a Bungle Inthejungle winning or eye-catching, most notably through the Rumble Inthejungle (Ire) G3 Molecomb S. victory at Goodwood. In his second case, Living In The Past (Ire) won against G2 Lowther S. and so it was only fitting that the Group 1 winner would be found in his third case.
“Everybody who got a stallion when they had their first runner was the same,” says Burns. “You’re praying that they come out early and win, and Bungle did. They came out, they ran, they won, he did exactly what we hoped he would do. He did well the first year, then we filled him up well the next year and things progressed from there. Thank God Coulsty is off to a good start too.”
Boasting some of the best stats in the book, Coulsty has fewer numbers to go into the fray but the runaway numbers have certainly made everyone stand up and take notice of Kodiac’s young son ( GB).
“He didn’t have big crops on the ground but he took every opportunity he got,” Burns said. “The mares he got were mares with bread and butter but he produced some very good horses and you know that there is only one stallion from that crop for two. win Group 1 and then you have New Bay (GB) and Coulsty with one. . ”
The aforementioned Shantisara became Coulsty’s first senior winner in the GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland, and her story is fully documented. Bought with ease 10,000g by dealer Federico Barberini from conductor Robson Aguiar, Shantisara’s ascent is certainly a rich story and has helped put a lot of people in her place.
Burns added, “Statistically, he’s fantastic. A lot of breeders have switched to him this year because last year we had over 100 mares for him. The more numbers you have the better your chances of spawning good horses, so we’ll see how high it can fly. If he continues on the path he is on, he will do very, very well. ”
The third horse that makes up the Rathasker list is Gregorian, who has returned to his birthplace and is cared for by Clodovil (Ire), who is retired. Gregorian’s progeny have flagged him around the world with Gregorian Chant (GB) winning Stateside qualifying races and his highest achievement being a Group 2 winner.
“He gave a good story in 2020, which was Plainchant (Fr) and she was the most overrated 2-year-old in France that year. He has two winning horses in California so that means he’s successful internationally,” Burns said. “He is a very solid horse and he is one of the horses with a very high win-to-run ratio.”
All three stallions are kept for a reasonable fee in 2022 with Bungle Inthejungle leading the list at €8,000. Given their popularity, you can hardly blame them for the dramatic increase in fees per stallion, but the patriarch of the family operation explains the decision behind the value found in the barn. his roof.
“We are a small family operation and we have a number of breeders that have used us for many years,” says Burns. “You don’t want to push them away, you want to keep them in the game with you. As the stallions progress, you take small steps forward, and if you take one small step forward, the people who were with you at first can stay with you. If you go a long way, you’ve got a bunch of new customers, or maybe you don’t have any at all. “
The breeders themselves, the Burns family all recognized the common benefit of having a stallion doing well.
“When you have successful horses on the farm, people get lifted from it,” says Burns. “When you go to the market and people are asking to look at Bungle or Coulsty or Gregorian, that’s good for us and it’s good for our customers. Your farm is based on what stallions you have or what stallions you use, and if your stallions are doing well then that’s good for everyone.”
As breeding season draws nearer and larger crops begin to run for the Rathasker stallions, it will not be surprising if everyone involved starts making bigger strides together.
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