Zoustar's Northern Hemisphere Yearlings to Shine

With Zoustar (Northern Meteor-Zouzou, by Redoute's Choice) excelling as a stallion down under, it is no surprise that Tweenhills Farm expects his first crop of Northern Hemisphere progeny to shine as yearlings, reports bloodhorse.com. "He is a wonderful opportunity for UK, Irish, and French breeders and anybody who has been to the sales in the Southern Hemisphere knows what to expect when they open the door of a Zoustar," said Tweenhills Farm owner/manager David Redvers, who also works as racing manager for Sheikh Fahad Al Thani's Qatar Racing operation. "While a lot of people who will look at the Zoustars won't have seen him race, won't recognize the form, and probably won't recognize Northern Meteor and Encosta de Lago if they have a parochial approach to racing, when they see the physicals and all of the amazing accolades landed on him, I think it's going to be a bit of a no-brainer. If they're not buying the best ones, I certainly will be." Zoustar will stand at £25,000 this year at Tweenhills, alongside Champion First Season Sire in UK in 2017 Havana Gold (Teofilo-Jessica's Dream, by Desert Style) who stands at £7,500, Gr1 2,000 Guineas winner Kameko (Kitten's Joy-Sweeter Still, by Rock of Gibraltar) who stands at £25,000, and Gr1 winning miler Lightning Spear (Pivotal-Atlantic Destiny, by Royal Academy) who stands his second season at £5,000. Ill-fated Roaring Lion (Kitten's Joy-Vionnet, by Street Sense) covered 133 mares at £40,000 during his sole breeding season before he died from colic at Cambridge Stud in New Zealand. "Another reason I'm particularly heartbroken about Roaring Lion's untimely demise is that Cambridge is a very exciting and dynamic operation to be involved with," said Redvers. "The manner in which they approach things shouldn't be a complete surprise when you consider that Brendan and Jo Lindsay are stratospherically successful business people, and they have approached Cambridge in a similar way, appointing some of the best people to their team."