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Sussex Stakes hero set to cover more top mares this year

Shadwell is giving brilliant miler Mohaather strong home support in his second season at Nunnery Stud this year.

Among the elite members of the Shadwell broodmare band who will visit the attractive son of Showcasing are:

• Aneen, a Listed-placed Lawman half-sister to Irish 2,000 Guineas hero Awtaad who is in foal to Frankel.

• Enbihaar, a four-time Group 2 winner by Redoute’s Choice who is expecting her first foal by Kingman.

• Mutebah, a Listed-placed daughter of Marju who is the dam of Champagne Stakes runner-up Albasheer and is in foal to Lope De Vega.

• Rayaheen, a winning daughter of Nayef and Natagora who has produced Sweet Solera Stakes winner Tajaanus and is in foal to Frankel.

• Baqqa, a Shamardal full-sister to dual Singapore Cup winner Dan Excel and half-sister to last season’s Vertem Futurity runner-up Sissoko.

Shadwell is eagerly anticipating the arrival of its first Mohaather homebreds, with the following mares in foal to him:

• Asheerah, a Listed-placed daughter of Shamardal who is the dam of Awtaad and exciting filly Mehnah. She will visit Frankel this year.

• Fadhayyil, a Listed-winning daughter of Tamayuz who is the dam of Group 2 winner Turaath. Her next cover will be by Oasis Dream.

• Majmu, a dual Group 1-winning daughter of Redoute’s Choice who is the dam of the unbeaten exciting four-year-old Mujtaba. She visits Kingman.

• Nafaayes, a dual Group 2-winning and Group 1-placed daughter of Exceed And Excel. Her next cover will be by Blue Point.

• Nazeef, a daughter of Invincible Spirit who won the Falmouth Stakes and Sun Chariot Stakes. The half-sister to Darley Stakes winner Mostahdaf visits Frankel.

• Yasmeen, a Listed-placed daughter of Shamardal who is the dam of unbeaten three-year-old Shaara. Her next cover will be by Lope De Vega.

Mohaather, a Group winner at two, three and four who defeated top-level winners Circus Maximus, Kameko and Siskin to win the Sussex Stakes, is standing at Nunnery Stud this year at a fee of £15,000, with deals available.

Among the other Shadwell mares with notable matings is Aghareed, a Listed-winning daughter of Kingmambo and Lahudood who will return to Sea The Stars, the sire of her unbeaten dual Group 1-winning son Baaeed and her four-time Group 3-winning son Hukum.

In addition Al Raahba, a Frankel half-sister to Baaeed and Hukum, will be covered by Sea The Stars after delivering a foal by Awtaad.

Sea The Stars will also receive Adool, a daughter of Teofilo whose three-year-old colt by the sire, Antarah, created a huge impression when winning a Newcastle novice stakes by a wide margin on debut for John and Thady Gosden last October. She is also in foal to Sea The Stars.

Tawkeel, a five-length winner of the Prix Saint-Alary by Teofilo, will also be covered by Sea The Stars after delivering a Dubawi foal.

Maqsad, a five-length winner of the Pretty Polly Stakes by Siyouni, is in foal to Sea The Stars and is booked into Lope De Vega.

Taghrooda, Shadwell’s outstanding Oaks and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winner by Sea The Stars, will be rested as she is in foal on a later cover by Lope De Vega.

Tarfasha, a daughter of Teofilo who ran second to Taghrooda in the Oaks and later won the Blandford Stakes, is in foal to Kingman and will be covered next by Ghaiyyath.

Handassa, a Listed-winning daughter of Dubawi who is the dam of high-class pair Mostahdaf and Nazeef, is due to Kingman and will be covered by that sire again after producing her foal.

Among the recently retired high-class racemares who have entered the Shadwell broodmare band this year are Prix de Pomone winner and Prix Vermeille runner-up Raabihah, a daughter Sea The Stars, and Hoppings Stakes winner and Nassau Stakes second Zeyaadah, by Tamayuz. Both will visit Dubawi.