Barton Back In The Stallion Business With Scorthy Champ

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Under the management of Tom Blain, Barton Stud has become one of the leading consignors and boarding farms in Britain. Always in the pursuit of growth the operation has reopened the stallion shed by welcoming G1 winner Scorthy Champ to stand for 2026. Blain tells TDN about the ambition behind standing a stallion of this calibre

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00:00Under the management of Tom Blaine,

00:04Barton Studd has become one of the leading consignors

00:06in boarding farms in Britain.

00:08Always in the pursuit of growth,

00:10the farm has reopened its stallion shed

00:12and has welcomed Group 1 winner Skorthy Champ

00:14to stand for 2026.

00:16Blaine tells TDN about his ambition

00:18to have a stallion operation

00:19and what it means for the British breeders.

00:27Skorthy Champ was,

00:28he's a horse that we've been following

00:30for a couple of years.

00:31He was obviously an incredibly good two-year-old.

00:33He won the national stakes.

00:35We've been following him for a number of years.

00:37I never thought we'd get him

00:38because being a new stallion operation,

00:41I just thought he was going to be too good.

00:43Group 1 winner, he's got a very good pedigree

00:45out of a new approach mare.

00:46So there's a lot of things that we liked about him.

00:49Speaking with Joseph,

00:50that we realised that there probably is a deal to be done.

00:52There were a number of other people interested,

00:54but Joseph was very helpful in helping us get the horse

00:57and was very keen to support us.

00:58So I've got him to thank

01:00and a lot of other people to thank.

01:01Billy Jackson Stops did the deal

01:03and we're really excited to have him.

01:06Have you asked,

01:07would we stand a Group 1 winner

01:08with a pedigree like his?

01:10I just would have laughed.

01:11I would have never thought it was possible.

01:12So we're delighted to have him.

01:14Skorthy Champ, he's a lovely big horse.

01:16I think people are already being pleasantly surprised

01:18by the sort of scope he's got.

01:20He's got a lovely walk.

01:21There's plenty of new approach about him.

01:23He's correct and he's sort of 16-1 and a bit

01:27and just got a lovely sort of presence.

01:30He's settling great

01:31and I really like what I see when he shows

01:33and he's just a lovely person to have around.

01:35And I think that's a lot.

01:36For us, it's really...

01:38Our first horse being a nice character is lovely.

01:40He goes out every day

01:41and it's just very straightforward

01:42and Teddy's looking after him at the moment

01:44and just says he's an absolute gentleman.

01:47Barton's got a rich history of standing stallions

01:49and I've been here,

01:50I've been running the stud for sort of 13 years

01:53and ever since I first came here,

01:55it became apparent to me that we could do it

01:58and it's something I've always wanted to do

02:00and it's taken me 10 years or so

02:02to build the business up.

02:03We've built the consigning up.

02:04We've got a great team of clients here,

02:07they've supported us.

02:08We've got amazing mares.

02:09So I feel we've got to a stage

02:11where it was the obvious next step.

02:14The day he arrived,

02:15it's a different feel to the stud having a stallion

02:17with the stallion yard back open

02:18and I think it's how a stud should be run,

02:22especially a stud of our size.

02:24We've got loads of space

02:25and it means a lot

02:27and I just want to knuckle down

02:29and give it our best shot

02:30and give him the best shot

02:31and just try and do our best really.

02:33I've been blown away by the clients that we do have,

02:36the support that they've already shown

02:39is they've all sort of jumped in behind this horse

02:41and I feel very lucky.

02:44I just want to help British breeders

02:45do as well as they can

02:46and then we all do well

02:47and it's as simple as that.

02:48It sounds sort of slightly sort of cliche

02:50but it is an industry

02:53that has its many struggles.

02:55I'm an optimist, always have been.

02:56I love what I do

02:57and I think it's a great industry

02:59and I think racing will be around

03:00for a lot of years to come

03:01but it's not going to be easy

03:03and I want to do my bit

03:05to help as best we can.

03:06Yeah, yeah, yeah.

03:09Yeah, yeah.

03:10I love it

03:10but I can help as well as this

03:11don't know

03:13the story, you let me know

03:15how I do

03:15and I think

03:17it does

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03:18and I think

03:20I've seen

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03:22that

03:22I've seen

03:23and I have seen

03:23that

03:25utan

03:26and

03:27I think

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