00:00It's a big year ahead for Coolmore's Ashford stud, as they add three champions to their roster in 2026.
00:07Fierceness and Citizen Bowl were both champions at two,
00:10while Sierra Leone became the first horse to win the Breeders' Cup Classic in the Coolmore colors.
00:15Here, Adrian Wallace introduces us to the new arrivals.
00:18So for 2026, we're delighted to welcome here at Ashford stud, Fierceness, Sierra Leone and of course Citizen Bowl.
00:34They've settled in really, really well and they arrive late on Sunday evening.
00:38They're available for breeders now as we speak.
00:40We've been very privileged here at Ashford stud to stand some brilliant, brilliant horses.
00:44The Citizen Bowl is now the 10th Clips award-winning juvenile to stand here at Ashford stud,
00:49and Fierceness is the ninth.
00:52A Citizen Bowl himself, a son of the great into mischief,
00:55he was into mischiefs first and at the moment only a Clips award-winning juvenile.
00:59Dual grade one winner at two for Bob Baffert and the team of SF.
01:04Was seen to great effect this year in the Breeders' Cup when running amazing, amazing fractions in the Breeders' Cup dirt mile.
01:11He set a blazing pace and just missed to Nysos.
01:14It's going to be Nysos or Citizen Bowl in the dirt mile!
01:18It is too close to Cole!
01:21He's bred on the same cross as Practical Joke and Life is Good from the family of juvenile champions
01:26such as Favourite Trick and Eclipse award winner, Tis the Law.
01:30He's 16-1, he's got great balance, great power.
01:33He's a very, very good mover.
01:35He's got the pedigree, he's got the power, he's got the performance on the racetrack
01:38and when breeders see him, they'll want to send him a mare.
01:41Sierra Leone is one of those horses that probably if he was a human, you'd probably hate him.
01:46He's good looking, he's talented, he's got it all.
01:49He was a $2.3 million sales topper at the Faisley Tipton Saratoga sale.
01:53He has been nothing short of a wonder horse for us.
01:56He's the first horse we've ever had to win the Breeders' Cup Classic in the Coolmore Colours.
02:01The son of the great gun runner from a wonderful, wonderful female family.
02:05He is a horse that was a model of consistency, brilliant determination and power throughout his career.
02:11Never had the money in all 14 of his starts.
02:14And he debuted in TDN Rising Star Fashion at Aqueduct in a very impressive race.
02:20And then as a three-year-old he took all before him.
02:23Winning the Risen Star, winning the Bluegrass, narrowly finishing second in the Kentucky Derby.
02:28A horse that ran with immense credit throughout his three-year-old career.
02:33Culminating in a championship winning effort in the Breeders' Cup Classic.
02:37Sierra Leone does it in the Breeders' Cup Classic!
02:41And this year, who can ever forget his win in the Whitney and his bang-up second forever young in this year's Breeders' Cup Classic.
02:48He will get some of the best mares that Coolmore has, that Peter Brandt has, that Coolmore Partners have.
02:53And I believe that he will get some of the very best mares available in the American market today.
02:57Fierceness is as Fierceness does.
03:02He ran with such heart, such consistency and such brilliance throughout his three-year campaign.
03:08More than six length winner on his debut.
03:10And then taking a very impressive Breeders' Cup Juvenile.
03:14One of his most impressive races was that Florida Derby, winning by almost 12 lengths.
03:19His figures are amazing.
03:21He ran 10, 100 plus buyers throughout his career.
03:24Amazingly consistent.
03:26He showed precocity.
03:28He showed heart.
03:29He showed determination.
03:30Winning four grade ones.
03:31And I think he's the horse that really Breeders are going to really want to get behind once they see him.
03:35The three new stallions were standing.
03:37Sierra Leone, Fierceness and Citizen Bull.
03:39They're going to appeal to pretty much every mare in the American market.
03:42Two of them were Eclipse Award winners at two.
03:44And obviously Sierra Leone was an Eclipse Award winning three-year-old.
03:47I think these three horses will be in contention for year-end honours for 2025 as well.
03:53But it's up to us now to try and cement their legacy going forward.
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