Coolmore Australia General Manager Michael Kirwan applauded the efforts of the Ballydoyle team and heaped praise on Haradasun as the son of Fusaichi Pegasus became the latest Australian-bred galloper to become a dual hemisphere Group 1 winner overnight.

He then announced the four-year-old's immediate retirement.

“He's done everything he needs to and he will now be retired,” Kirwan said.

“We're looking forward to getting him back to the farm and have him settle in for his new career.”

After looking under pressure approaching the two furlong pole, the son of Fusaichi Pegasus fought bravely under jockey Johnny Murtagh to win the G1 Queen Anne Stakes (1600m) narrowly.

It was just his second start in England and justified the confidence Aidan O'Brien exhibited pre-race. The master trainer was adamant the entire had come on strongly since his first up sixth in the Lockinge Stakes last month.

While Tom Magnier was on course at Royal Ascot, the rest of the Coolmore Australia team gathered at their Jerry Plains office to watch proceedings.

“It's a great result for Coolmore worldwide and a great result for Australia,” Kirwan said.

“It justifies what we paid for him and confirms the confidence so many breeders have had in him since he was announced on the roster this year.”

Haradasun became the most expensive horse ever sold in Australia when Coolmore attained a 50% share in the colt last year in a deal that reportedly valued him at $50million.

He was already a dual Group 1 winner of the Doncaster and George Ryder, but Coolmore and owner Frank Tagg were keen to test him on the international stage and he was sent to Aidan O'Brien after last year's spring campaign.

The Group 1 win now opens up a lucrative shuttle career in the northern hemisphere.

Kirwan said those in Australia already booked to Haradasun would be on 'cloud nine' to have secured a mating at his first season service fee of $55,000.

This is the second major international success for the wonderful Marscay mare Circles Of Gold.

Her Danehill son Elvstroem was a Group 1 winner in Dubai in 2005 and now Haradasun has carried her name to Europe just over three years later.

完成任務搞掂哂

原來 Coolmore 用5000萬元買 Sun 50 %

仲勁過油王買 Reset 同 盡善盡美 :jjjj:

聰明
睇佢下場真係贏唔到 :jjjj:

點係大將領果皮，唔係俾 Coolmore 用護航搶住條欄

不過萬寧係咪要停賽?
又阻隻凌駕力又阻隻電兔 :fff:

無所謂，都係幫岳父騎兩歲馬同Saoirse Abu

佢手執唔到機會馬

有機會都第一日阻到人呢 :yyy: :yyy:

配種啦....難得的1場G1...天時,地利,人和...

配種價:fff:

今場撻左好耐先撻得著！！

慶能得勝:fff:

有場歐洲G1冠軍在手係值錢好多:jjjj:

不過衝刺其實唔強

始終係今年春季嘉年華開始隻馬已經轉哂型