The
burgeoning success of young European stallion Dabirsim will not have been lost
on the many broodmare owners this spring looking to support Sunday Silence line
sires at Arrowfield Stud.
The Champion French 2YO and a dual Group I winner, Dabirsim is sired by the
Sunday Silence stallion Hat Trick (Jpn), who did shuttle to Australia for one
season.
Now one of the leading first-season sires in Europe, Dabirsim is to stand next
year's breeding season at Haras de Grandcamp in Normandy at a significantly
increased fee of €30,000, up from just €9,000 in 2017.
"He's had an exceptional year in the ring and on the track," said
Grandcamp's Eric LHermite.
"Monsieur Springer [Simon, owner] has refused some very big offers for the
horse so I'm delighted.
"He already has 200 mares booked for next year. We will be capping the
number and making a selection."
Dabirsim won the Prix Morny and Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere during an unbeaten
juvenile campaign and has so far sired 14 winners, headed by the Group I placed
stakes-winner Different League.
Dabirsim's first crop that has yielded four black-type performers, was
conceived at Gestut Karlshof in Germany, where he stood two seasons at €9,000.
The immense promise of his early runners has also been reflected in a series of
big prices being paid for his progeny at this season's yearling sales, headed
by a pair of €500,000 lots this year.
With major breeders all over the world now utilizing Sunday Silence's champion
son Deep Impact, who has two sons standing at Arrowfield this spring, the
success of Dabirsim is another example of the power of this highly successful
sireline.