Camelot
Stands at Coolmore
The fastest son of sire of sires Montjeu
An unbeaten G1-winning Champion 2YO with the speed to win a Guineas and the class and acceleration to win the Epsom Derby by 5 lengths, a run throughout which he stayed unbeaten.
Only the third horse since Nijinsky to land the Guineas/Derby double following Nashwan and Sea The Stars.
“He was the perfect racehorse, a beautiful horse with a terrific action. Speed, class and a super-intelligent horse to go with it – he had it all.” Aidan O’Brien
"going from strength to strength as a sire" International Thoroughbred
Yearlings in 2024 have sold for 2,900,000gns,€850,000, 600,000gns, 575,000gns, 500,000gns!
While his 2024 foals have gone for €420,000, €300,000, €160,000 etc..
His leading progeny include Gr.1 winners Luxembourg (Vertem Futurity Trophy Stakes, Irish Champion Stakes, Tattersalls Gold Cup & Coronation Cup), Los Angeles (Irish Derby, Criterium de Saint-Cloud), Latrobe (Irish Derby), Bluestocking (Pretty Polly Stakes, Prix Vermeille & Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe), Sammarco (German Derby & Grosser Dallmayr-Preis), Even So (Irish Oaks), Wonderment (Criterium de Saint-Cloud), Athena (Belmont Oaks), Russian Camelot (South Australia Derby & Underwood Stakes), Santa Barbara (Belmont Oaks & Beverly D. Stakes), Sir Dragonet (Cox Plate & Tancred Stakes), Sunny Queen (Grosser Preis von Bayern), Gr.2 winners Fighting Irish (Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte), Hunting Horn (Moonee Valley Gold Cup), Cleveland (Moonee Valley Cup), Pensee du Jour (Prix Corrida), Sober (Prix Vicomtesse Vigier & Prix Kergorlay), Saracen Knight (Herbert Power Stakes), King Of Leogrance (Adelaide Cup), Lord Arthur (ARC Championship Stakes), Nerium (Carl Jaspers-Preis), Living Legend (Jockey Club Stakes), Sevenna's Knight (Prix Vicomtesse Vigier) and Gr.3 winners King's Harlequin (Prix d'Aumale), Youth Spirit (Chester Vase Stakes), Pollara (Prix de Royaumont), Accon (German Derby Trial), Wait Forever (Italian 2,000 Guineas & Premio del Giubileo), Degraves (Eyrefield Stakes), Downdraft (Hotham Stakes), Alounak (Preis der Sparkassen Finanzgruppe), Goddess (Snow Fairy Fillies Stakes), Current Option (Concorde Stakes), Skyward (Prix de Reux at Deauville), Lady Wannabe (Darley Stakes), Crown Towers (Dolphins Cup Trial), Penja (Prix de Psyché), Hosier (Premier's Cup), Dare To Dream (Prix Vanteaux), Prydwen (Deutsches St. Leger) etc.