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Monsun Blood Hard to Beat

Media Release - Friday May 26
Former racing superstar Frankel sired his first Group One classic winner last weekend with Japanese filly Soul Stirring followed up her top-flight win at two with success in the prestigious Japanese Oaks.

VadamosThis result is another tick in the box for Rich Hill Stud's new sire Vadamos with Soul Stirring's dam Stracelita a six-times Group One winning daughter of German sire legend Monsun.

Stracelita was rated the Champion three-year-old filly in France in 2009 and Champion USA Turf Female in2011.

She exhibited boththe 'soundness' and the'brilliance' that has come to be associated with Monsun's progeny worldwideand she is obviously passing these genes on.

Rich Hill's newest stallion acquisition Vadamos is a sire-son of the great Monsun, a sire of the rarest ilk and his stakes-winners-to-runners recordequals that of the legendary Danehill.

MONSUN'S SIRE RECORD

754foals: 640 runners: 510 winners :112 stakes winners (22 Gr.1).
17.5% stakes winners-to-runners.
14.9% stakes winners-to-foals (1 in every 7).

Monsun's sire-record includes a host of international Group One stars and in Australia he is renowned for siring three of the last four Melbourne Cup winners – Almandin (2016), Protectionist (2014), and Fiorente (2013).


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