Moutonshoek stand the exceptionally well bred champion Marchfield (A P Indy) –and this exciting young sire will be represented by his first South African runners this season.

One of the most durable racehorses to retire to stud in South Africa in many a year, Marchfield raced sound from two to five, when he competed successful in Canadian features.

He won major feature races at three, four, and five and earned over $1,040, 161 and stamped himself as one of the finest thoroughbreds of his generation.

Runner up in the prestigious Coronation Futurity (one of Canada’s top 2yo contests) at two, Marchfield won the Breeders’ Stakes (the third leg of the Canadian Triple Crown) at three. He trained on to win three graded contests, with the blue blooded colt picking up the Gr2 Autumn Stakes at four, and the Gr2 Sky Classic Stakes and Gr3 Dominion Day Handicap at five.

He was Canada’s Champion Older Male in both 2008 and 2009.

Marchfield is one of 163 stakes winners sired by US Horse Of The Year A P Indy (Seattle Slew). A half brother to classic winner Summer Squall (Storm Bird) and former successful South African sire Tiger Ridge (Storm Cat), A P Indy was twice champion sire in North America, and his successful stallion sons include Pulpit (sire of Champion Sire Tapit), Bernardini, Malibu Moon, Indygo Shiner and the hugely successful South African stallion Judpot.

From an outstanding family, Marchfield is out of G3 Sweetest Chant Stakes winner Pico Teneriffe (Red Ransom), who was Canada’s Broodmare Of The Year in 2009. Also dam of San Pedro Stakes winner Congor Bay (Speightstown), Pico Teneriffe is a half sister to Gr3 St Simon Stakes winner Salmon Ladder (Bering).

This is the same family as successful sires Cryptoclearance (Fappino), and Harlan’s Holiday (Harlan), as well as dual Gr1 King’s Stand Stakes hero Equiano (Acclamation) –sire of recent Gr1 winning sprinter The Tin Man.

Marchfield’s fifth dam Alablue (Blue Larkspur) is also second dam of Gr1 Santa Anita Derby winner Boldnesian (grandsire of Marchfield’s grandsire Seattle Slew), and third dam of former successful South African stallions Home Guard (Forli) and Peaceable Kingdom (Native Dancer).

From a small number of foals, Marchfield has already been represented by 39 individual winners –headed by the classic placed Field Of Courage, who was beaten just a neck by subsequent Gr1 Woodward Stakes winner Shaman Ghost (Ghostzapper) when third in the Canadian classic –the Prince Of Wales Stakes.