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Captain Gerrard Retires to Mickley Stud
10/12/09

The Group race-winning juvenile Captain Gerrard has been retired and is to stand at Mickley Stud in Shropshire in 2010, covering for a fee of £3,500, special live foal terms.

The son of Oasis Dream has been sold in a deal brokered by Tom Goff of Blandford Bloodstock and is likely to shuttle to Australia in the second half of next year.

A five-time winner at two, Captain Gerrard won the Group 3 Cornwallis Stakes at Ascot after Listed victories in the Harry Rosebery Stakes at Ayr and the Roses Stakes at York’s Ebor Meeting.

At three he had further Group success when beating Group 1 July Cup winner Sakhee’s Secret to capture the Group 3 Palace House Stakes at Newmarket.

Captain Gerrard’s sire Oasis Dream has had a sensational season on the racecourse. With a fee of £65,000 he will jointly be the dearest stallion in Britain next year and was also responsible for the most expensive yearling in Britain or Ireland in 2009, a 700,000 guineas colt sold at Tattersalls in October.

Captain Gerrard is a half-brother to two black-type performers, including Hong Kong star Saturn, and comes from the speedy family of Prix de l’Abbaye and King’s Stand Stakes winner Double Form as well as several Group 1-winning juveniles.

Richard Kent, owner of Mickley Stud, commented: “We have been looking for some time for a stallion to join our line up who could be a good source of two-year-old speed and Captain Gerrard fits the bill perfectly.

“He is the fastest son of the brilliant Oasis Dream to stand at stud and, as a good-looking five-time winning juvenile, he should have great appeal to any commercial breeder.”