Top-class Cotai Glory filly Excellent Truth will continue her career in the US following her sale for €1.6 million to John Stewart's Stamford Investments and Meridian International at the Arqana December Sale.
Excellent Truth was trained by Maurice Delcher Sanchez on behalf of Montgomery Motto to win four races including the Group 3 Prix de Pysche. She was also second in the Group 1 Prix Jean Romanet.
“She was number one on my list so she was going home with me, just like Vertical Blue [cost 3,200,000gns at Tattersalls],” John Stewart told reporters. “I’m looking for horses to take to America to dominate the turf. You guys are going to see a real big coming out in the spring at Keeneland.
“She’s got really great breeding, I really like that. Exceed And Excel [sire of Cotai Glory] has done well in Australia, where I also have horses whose pedigrees I’ve been studying. All of these horses I’m buying, I’m looking at their pedigrees to bring diversity back to the herd in Kentucky.
“We’ve just exported and exported for so long, and there’s really not a lot of people buying horses from Europe and bringing them back to America in large quantities. I think that’s better for all of us because Kentucky is very important to the global industry from a breeding standpoint. I’m targeting horses based on their pedigrees that I think can win Graded races in America. That’s what I’m here to do.”
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