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News for 2025 Lanwades

18th August 2025
A NEW GROUP 3 WINNER FOR SEA THE MOON
The HH Aga Khans Studs’ homebred RAYIF ran out an impressive winner of their sponsored Gr.3 Prix Francois Boutin over 1400m for the juveniles at Deauville yesterday. The son of Lanwades Stud’s SEA THE MOON was held up in rear, ridden 2 1/2 furlongs out and soon taken to far side, ran on to lead entering final furlong to run out a comfortable two and a half-length winner.  This was a second victory in as many starts for the colt, who had made a winning debut over 1200m at Deauville back in July and so remains unbeaten. He holds an entry in October’s Gr.1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere at Longchamp on Arc weekend.  He is related to plenty of winners, most notably Group 1 placed RAYEVKA and looks another smart one from the family and will be a force in some top-level events this campaign.  SEA THE MOON is now the sire of 70 Stakes performers which includes 20 Group winners. 

13th August 2025
"Why there should be big profits for the smallest crop of yearlings by a sire on a steep upward trajectory"

By Martin Stevens in the Racing Post Good Morning Bloodstock on 13th August 2025

"Why there should be big profits for the smallest crop of yearlings by a sire on a steep upward trajectory

Fortunes can change so quickly for young sires. Many serve big books full of black-type performers in their debut season, but are reduced to covering a handful of chancier mares four years later when their first runners haven’t lived up to expectations.

But a select few do it the other way round: start off by receiving smaller numbers of mares, and then shine so brightly with the fewer early racecourse representatives that resulted from those matings that they cause a run on their services.

Those sires, who do it the harder way, are the holy grail of the bloodstock industry as they have the power to upgrade both their mares and their patrons’ finances.

Study Of Man is a fine example. The Prix du Jockey Club hero by Deep Impact out of a daughter of Miesque didn’t receive the best opportunities in terms of quantity or quality after he retired to Lanwades Stud in 2020 – at least not from outside breeders – but has established himself as one of the most exciting sires around.

His first crop, which comprises 55 named foals who are now four-year-olds, includes four Group winners (Birthe, Deepone, Kalpana and Sons And Lovers), three Listed scorers (Allonsy, Francophone and Lingua Franca), three black-type performers (Fleur De Chine, Ghorgan and Kinesiology) and 17 other winners.

His second generation, containing 61 named foals now aged three, includes Listed winners Almeric and Suite Francaise, Group 3 third Alla Stella and Listed runner-up Revoir, as well as 17 other winners.

The number of black-type horses in that cohort will surely grow, as the sire’s offspring come with almost a cast-iron guarantee of improvement.

Indeed, Study Of Man could be excused for not yet having achieved much with his third crop of two-year-olds, 46 of whom have been named, as his runners are progressive and generally stay well, but he has posted two winners on the continent in Arlong Fal and Lady Irene as well as a couple of promising place-getters in Britain in Aleen and Get This In, so is probably ahead of schedule, if anything.

Overall, he boasts an outstanding 8.49 per cent strike-rate of black-type winners to runners. For comparison, among the other leading lights of the 2020 intake of sires in Europe, Too Darn Hot is poised on 7.46 per cent, Blue Point comes in at 5.94 per cent and Calyx manages 4.26 per cent – all very respectable marks too.

A sure sign of a sire doing something special is when he gets winners he shouldn’t, or in unexpected places, and that has been the case for Study Of Man.

Take, for example, Stormy Impact, winner of the three-year-old ‘Dash’ at Epsom on Derby Day. Okay, she is out of Smarden Thoroughbreds’ excellent mare Colorada, who has bred three other quick ones in The Ridler, Dylan De Vega and Suspicious Mindz, but the sire deserves some credit for that feat of versatility, and no doubt contributing a healthy dose of class to the mating.

Then there is the Hungarian-suffixed Alther Walden and Zafirelli, who were being carried by their dams when they were bought cheaply by Oliver St Lawrence on behalf of Hungary’s national stud in Bábolna.

Alther Walden and Zafirelli were sold as yearlings at BBAG, again for inexpensive sums – €34,000 and €18,000 respectively – and yet the former has shown promise for George Scott, running second and fifth in recent weeks, and the latter has shown glimmers of serious ability for Sascha Smrczek in Germany, finishing second in a sales race at Munich last year and a close fifth in Group 3 company at Baden-Baden this season.

However, Study Of Man’s true merit, as a consistent source of top-class talent, is best illustrated by Kalpana, Juddmonte’s homebred Group 1-winning filly who is warming up nicely for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe with placed efforts in the Tattersalls Gold Cup, Pretty Polly Stakes and King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes this year.

He has also posted two new stakes winners in the past week, with Sons And Lovers scoring in the Ballyroan Stakes at Leopardstown last Thursday and Suite Francaise taking the Dick Hern Stakes at Haydock on Saturday, on only her fourth start.

That recent flurry of activity must have enhanced the already considerable scarcity value of Study Of Man’s fourth crop of yearlings, of which there are only 52 – his smallest generation yet.

The biggest beneficiary of the sire’s upturn in fortunes will be Lanwades Stud owner Kirsten Rausing, who bred both Sons Of Lovers and Suite Francaise, as well as Alla Stella, Allonsy, Almeric, Fleur De Chine, Francophone, Kinesiology and Lingua Franca, along with a large proportion of those yearlings.

Last year’s Weatherbys Return of Mares records that 24 of them belong to her. Her Staffordstown offers one at the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale – a colt out of the Invincible Spirit mare Vincitomnia – and four at Book 2 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, namely a full-brother to Lingua Franca, a full-brother to the smart pair Quebella and Star Studied, a half-brother to Australian champion Zaaki and a colt out of Doncaster Cup runner-up Alerta Roja.

There are three more Staffordstown-consigned colts in Tattersalls October Book 3, all from the celebrated ‘Al’ family of Albanova, Alborada and, of course, Alpinista.

Rausing can also look forward to racing a lot of well-bred Study Of Man fillies from the crop. One is put in mind of the fable of the little red hen who asks her farmyard friends for assistance in sowing, harvesting and milling wheat but receives none, and so enjoys the delicious bread she makes from the flour herself.

However, in this instance there were some other breeders who supported the sire in 2023, or bought mares in foal to him later in the year, and even one or two clever cookies who bought a foal by him last season, and they also have every right to hope for a decent return on their investment.

The first chance to buy a Study Of Man yearling this season comes in Baden-Baden, with Arvez Farm offering a colt out of Hedra, a winning daughter of Territories and the Grade 2-winning Hernando mare Herboriste, at BBAG.

There are also three other lots by him at the Tattersalls Ireland September Yearling Sale next month besides those the one coming from Staffordstown.

Egmont Stud offers a pinhooked half-brother to winners Moby Quick and Tiora out of the winning Elnadim mare Eleusis; Castlehyde Stud offers a colt out of Spell On You, a winning daughter of Caravaggio and Listed winner Nature Spirits; and Clonbonny Stud offers a filly out of the Cape Cross mare Cape Spirit, a close relation to Rodrigo De Triano.

The Goffs Orby Yearling Sale features one youngster by Study Of Man, a colt out of Lady Illiana, an unraced Kingman full-sister to Grade 3 winner and Grade 1 second Masen from the exceptional Hasili dynasty. Loughmore Stables consigns him.

Tattersalls October Book 2 includes five other yearlings by the sire besides the quartet from Staffordstown.

They are a colt out of the Listed-placed Golden Horn mare Domino Darling from Hascombe and Valiant Studs; a half-brother to Listed winners Intello Kiss and Many Tears from Mount Coote Stud; a half-sister to Horris Hill Stakes scorer Make You Smile from Airlie Stud; a half-brother to Group 3 runner-up Sparkling Sea from Longview Stud; and a colt out of Pinnacle Stakes fourth Wait For The Lord from La Motteraye.

Anyone hoping to buy a Study Of Man yearling this season – which should be a lot of people, not only because he gets a high concentration of smart horses, but also because they are just the sorts who accrue significant resale value – will have to fight over the above-named offerings, as that’s the lot unless any come up at the later autumn and winter sales.

Hence their consignors should be in clover.

Study Of Man has 65 foals, including a large number bred by Rausing again, so the laws of supply and demand dictate that there will likely be a bunfight for those that appear at next year’s yearling sales too.

There will be more on offer from the yearling sales of 2027 onwards, although the market won’t be saturated with them.

Study Of Man is recorded by Weatherbys as having covered a full book of 140 blue-chip mares at Lanwades Stud this season, when he was one of the most in-demand stallions around, even at his revised fee of £25,000.

That price was doubled from 2024, but it will likely still allow plenty of room for profit for commercial breeders, if the sire continues on his steep upward trajectory." 

9th August 2025
A NEW LISTED WINNER FOR STUDY OF MAN
Another new Listed winner for STUDY OF MAN when his 3yo daughter SUITE FRANCAISE made all to win the Listed Dick Hern Stakes over a mile at Haydock by 2  lengths today.  The Lanwades-bred filly was winning her third race and this was her first Stakes win after finishing third in a Listed race at Sandown back in June. Her own sister Lanwades-bred FRANCOPHONE was also a Listed winner at 3 for the same trainer, Charlie Johnston.

8th August 2025
A NEW GROUP WINNER FOR STUDY OF MAN
Four-year-old Lanwades homebred SONS AND LOVERS made all with an impressive winning performance in the Gr.3 Ballyroan Stakes at Leopardstown over 12 furlongs yesterday.

His trainer Joseph O’Brien said: “He’s had some very good runs this year and it was his first time going over the trip. We were pretty hopeful that he would enjoy it. There is a race here for him on Champions Weekend (Kilternan Stakes) and we’re also going to look at some international targets in the autumn ... everything is on the table at the moment."

STUDY OF MAN is now sire of 14 individual Stakes performers including
Group 1 winner KALPANA, Group 2 winners DEEPONE and BIRTHE, and
Group 3 winner SONS AND LOVERS.

 

23rd June 2025
A NEW STAKES WINNER FOR STUDY OF MAN
Four-year-old Lanwades-bred filly ALLONSY stayed on bravely to win the Listed Castle Fillies’ Stakes at Pontefract over 12 furlongs yesterday.  ALLONSY was in touch with the leaders on the inner, switched right and made headway over 1ft out, stayed on to led at the finish.  This was ALLONSY’s fifth race win, and first Stakes win for the daughter of Lanwades’ stallion STUDY OF MAN.  She had also previously been second in the Listed Noel Murless Stakes at Ascot and fourth in the Gr.3 Bronte Cup Fillies’ Stakes at York.  This was a nice win not only for her sire and Lanwades, but also for her trainer Ralph Beckett who was winning the race for the fourth time in eight years, and she set a new course record in doing so.  ALLONSY is out of Gr.2 Park Hill Stakes winner ALYSSA (by SIR PERCY), a half-sister to the Gr.3 Prix Thomas Bryon winner ALEA IACTA (by INVINCIBLE SPIRIT and dam of the Listed Glasgow Stakes winner ALEAS), the Listed Buckhounds Stakes winner and Gr.1 British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes and Gr.1 Yorkshire Oaks runner up ALBAFLORA and the Listed winner ALOE VERA.  The fourth dam is Lanwades-bred World Champion ALBORADA.   

10th June 2025
Two winners on Saturday show the versatility of STUDY OF MAN
3 year old filly STORMY IMPACT
(Breeder: Smarden Thoroughbreds, Owner: Steve Bradley,
Trainer: Richard Fahey, Jockey: Warren Fentiman)
was an impressive winner of the 3YO “Dash” Handicap at Epsom over 5f.

On the same day Lanwades-bred MANY MEN
(Owner: James Finch, Trainer: Jim Boyle, Jockey: Ryan Sexton)
won a valuable handicap at Doncaster over 14.5f.

Congratulations to all connections.

 

 

 

 

 

 

15th April 2025
A NEW STAKES WINNER FOR STUDY OF MAN
Another exciting prospect for STUDY OF MAN as Lanwades homebred ALMERIC wins the competitive Listed Feilden Stakes at Newmarket today. Having raced in mid-division towards the inside, he was nudged forward approaching the two-furlong pole, fighting off KING OF CITIES to win by a length on the line.

ALMERIC is the 13th foal out of the SELKIRK mare ALVARITA, a Stakes-winning daughter of dual Champion Stakes winner ALBORADA. ALBORADA is in turn a sister to triple German Group 1 winner ALBANOVA, who is the granddam of 2022 winner of the Gr.1 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe ALPINISTA and dual St Leger winner ELDAR ELDAROV.

ALVARITA has also produced Group 3 winner ALLA SPERANZA (by SIR PERCY), ALMIRANTA who is the dam of four black-type winners including Gr.1 second ALBAFLORA, and Listed winner ALTESSE.

Miss Rausing told ITV racing after the win “The mare has bred ten winners, including three black-type winners, hopefully there is still more to come. She's got a now two-year-old colt also by STUDY OF MAN and produced a most lovely filly foal the other day by STUDY OF MAN. "He [STUDY OF MAN] is a great stallion and even better is still to come we feel. It [the rain] certainly hasn't stopped him [ALMERIC] but I don't think it made that much difference really. We've obviously got a useful horse on our hands and the question is how much this race will bring him on, I felt he was still showing signs of greenness."

ALMERIC is the 12th individual Stakes performer for his young sire and the 6th individual Stakes winner which includes Group 1 winner KALPANA and Group 2 winners BIRTHE and DEEPONE.

 ALMERIC is shown here at 3 weeks old with his dam, ALVARITA.

14th March 2025
ALYSSA with her STUDY OF MAN foal
Group 2 winner and fifth generation Lanwades-bred ALYSSA (by SIR PERCY) with her colt foal by STUDY OF MAN.

The mare’s first 3 foals are all winners, her daughters ALBANY and ALLONSY remain in training with Ralph Beckett for 2025 who also trained ALYSSA to win 5 races including the Gr.2 Park Hill Stakes at Doncaster in 2017.

 

 

 

28th February 2025
ALPINISTA WITH HER SECOND FOAL
World-Champion, “Arc” winner ALPINISTA, with her second foal, a colt by Lanwades’ STUDY OF MAN, leading second season sire in the Northern Hemisphere, 2024. ALPINISTA’s first foal is a now yearling filly by DUBAWI and she will visit SIYOUNI this year.

Her dam, ALWILDA, is due to SEA THE STARS, and her Stakes-Winning half-sister ALPENBLUME is due her first foal to FRANKEL; both these mares will visit STUDY OF MAN in 2025.

“The colt foal is very representative of his sire; correct and well-balanced with great presence.” said breeder Kirsten Rausing. “I am of course delighted ALPINISTA has produced such a good individual, again, after her first foal last year”.

 

 

LUKE MORRIS AND SIR MARK PRESCOTT PAY A VISIT TO LANWADES
“Great to catch up with ‘The Queen’ ALPINISTA and her STUDY OF MAN colt. Looking a million dollars!” says Luke Morris who rode ALPINISTA in 9 of her 10 wins (6 of them Group 1’s).

25th February 2025
Under The Radar: 10 British-Trained Three-Year-Olds to Follow in 2025 - TDN 23rd February 2025

ALMERIC (GB)
By Study Of Man (Ire) colt out of Alvarita (GB) (Selkirk)
Form: 41
Trainer: Andrew Balding

Study Of Man only has 58 two-year-olds to run for him this year, but there's enough promise among his latest crop of three-year-olds to suggest this is a stallion we're going to continue to hear plenty about in the coming months, after a blistering start to his second career at Lanwades Stud.

One such name to look out for is that of Almeric, a homebred from the family synonymous with Lanwades owner Kirsten Rausing. His maiden victory at York in October saw him become the tenth winner (from 13 runners) out of his Listed-winning dam, with the others including the G3 Kilternan Stakes scorer Alla Speranza (GB) (Sir Percy {GB}). Alvarita, in turn, is out of the dual G1 Champion Stakes heroine Alborada (GB) (Alzao), a full-sister to the three-time Group 1 winner Albanova, whose Listed-winning daughters All At Sea (GB) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) and Alwilda (GB) (Hernando {Fr}) have produced Eldar Eldarov (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Alpinista (GB) (Frankel {GB}), respectively.

All eyes will be on Alpinista's two-year-old full-sister, recently named Alpinara, when she takes to the track this year with a 2.5 million guineas price tag on her head, but Almeric could be the one to watch after his breakthrough win on the Knavesmire, by a length from the standard-setting favourite. That appeals as strong form–the first two pulled four lengths clear of a next-time-out winner in third–and the way Almeric came home over a mile on soft ground suggests he'll be well suited by middle-distances this year..

17th February 2025
A NEW WINNER FOR STUDY OF MAN
Four-year-old CHIQUITIN becomes STUDY OF MAN’s 25th individual winner from his first crop when winning in Spain yesterday.