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Rule Of Law; Roderic O'Connor; Hill 'N' Dale Farm; Manduro
* THE 2004 St Leger winner RULE OF LAW is to return from Japan to stand at Kedrah House Stud in Ireland next year.
The ten-year-old son of Kingmambo is the sire of more than 50 winners in Japan.
Rule Of Law was trained by David Loder to win the Acomb Stakes and finish third in the Royal Lodge Stakes at two.
At three he was transferred to join the Godolphin string and finished second to North Light in the Dante Stakes and Epsom Derby before winning the Great Voltigeur Stakes and St Leger.
Rule Of Law is out of the Royal Academy mare Crystal Crossing, winner of the Listed Rose Bowl Stakes and a maternal granddaughter of Irish 1,000 Guineas winner Favoletta.
* GALILEO's multiple G1 winning son RODERIC O'CONNOR is to retire to Ballyhane Stud in Ireland in 2012.
Galileo's first sons at stud are showing great promise led by Teofilo siring four stakes winners including G1 Dewhurst Stakes winner Parish Hall in his his first crop.
Roderic O'Connor represents the Galileo/Danehill cross that has produced Frankel, Golden Lilac, Maybe and Teofilo.
Roderic O'Connor's dam Secret Garden was a stakes winner and is a granddaughter of Durtal, a half-sister to Arc winner Detroit, the dam of another Arc winner and sire Carnegie.
Detroit is also third dam of Banimpire and the family includes Zabeel.
Roderic O'Connor will be the first classic winner by Galileo to stand in Ireland, having won the G1 Criterium International at two and G1 Irish 2000 Guineas at three as well as a second to Frankel in the Dewhurst.
* KENTUCKY stud Hill 'n' Dale Farms have released its 2012 roster and fees with increases for Stormy Atlantic and Indygo Shiner.
Stormy Atlantic, a 17-year-old son of Storm Cat, was represented this year by G1 winner Get Stormy and G2 winner Stormy Lord.
His fee has been raised from $30,000 to $40,000.
Indygo Shiner, a 13-year-old son of A.P. Indy, is the sire of G1 winner Miss Match. His fee has been increased from $7,500 to $10,000.
Hill 'N' Dale 2012 Roster: Concord Point $7,500 (unchanged); El Corredor $10,000 (was $12,500); Harlington $7,500 (unchanged); Indygo Shiner $10,000 (was $7,500); Midnight Lute $15,000 (was $17,500); Misremembered $7,500 (new); Roman Ruler $15,000 (unchanged); Stormy Atlantic $40,000 (was $30,000); Zensational $20,000 (was $22,500).
* FIRST season sire MANDURO got his first G1 winner when his son Mandaean landed the Criterium de Saint-Cloud for two-year-olds.
Mandaean, trained by Andre Fabre for Godolphin, had won a Longchamp maiden impressively at his previous start.
Mandaean is out of the Darshaan mare Summertime Legacy, winner of the G3 Prix des Reservoirs at two and third in the G1 Prix Saint-Alary at three.
Mandaean is Summertime Legacy's second G1 winner of the year as a broodmare as Wavering, his year-older half-sister by Refuse To Bend, landed the Prix Saint-Alary in May.
Summertime Legacy is also the dam of Mister Green, a stakes placed winner by Green Desert, and dual scorer Atlantic Tiger.
Manduro, a son of leading German sire Monsun, was crowned world champion racehorse of 2007 after Fabre saddled him for impressive victories in the Prix d'Ispahan, Prince of Wales's Stakes and Prix Jacques le Marois.
Manduro's other winning progeny this season include Bonfire, an unlucky third in the G1 Criterium International last month.
Manduro is the fourth European first-season sire to produce a two-year-old Group 1 winner, joining Strategic Prince (La Collina in the Phoenix Stakes), Teofilo (Parish Hall, Dewhurst) and Turtle Bowl (French Fifteen, Criterium International).
