BLOODSTOCK DESK: Millenary.Byline: Bessie Gregory, Rachel Pagones & Amy BennettST LEGER winner Millenary has been retired to Sean Kinsella's Knockhouse Stud in County Kilkenny County Kilkenny (Contae Chill Chainnigh in Irish) is located in the south east of Ireland in the province of Leinster. It is named after Kilkenny, the main city in the region. , where he will stand as a jumps stallion in 2006. The acquisition of the eight-year-old son of Rainbow Quest was negotiated by Brian Grassick Bloodstock bloodstock Noun thoroughbred horses Noun 1. bloodstock - thoroughbred horses (collectively) breed, strain, stock - a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of . T rained by John Dunlop for owner-breeder Neil Jones, Millenary notched 12 wins in his 35-race career, 11 of them in Group company, including dual victories in the Princess of Wales's Stakes The Princess of Wales's Stakes is a Group 2 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 1 mile 4 furlongs (2,414 metres) on the July Course at Newmarket Racecourse in early July. and Doncaster Cup, both Group 2 contests. Out of the Dancing Brave mare Ballerina, Millenary is a full-brother to Derby third Let The Lion Roar and a half-brother to the Group 3 P rincess Royal Stakes winner Head In The Clouds. |
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