Group 1 winner Grail Seeker joins Yulong broodmare band

The curtain has been drawn on the racing career of multiple Group 1 winner Grail Seeker, with the daughter of Iffraaj to join the broodmare band at Yulong following her private sale.

The Lance O’Sullivan and Andrew Scott-trained mare was crowned New Zealand’s Champion Sprinter/Miler in season 2024-25 following victories in the Group 1 Telegraph (1200m) and Group 1 Tarzino Trophy (1400m).

The lightly raced five-year-old won four of her 16 starts and boasts a victory in the Group 2 Wellington Guineas (1400m) in addition to being four-times stakes placed, signing off with a third placing in the Group 1 Telegraph (1200m) in January.

A granddaughter of Group 1 winner Stella Cadente, Grail Seeker has likely run her last race.

“We will probably send her to stud I would think,” Yulong’s chief operating officer Sam Fairgray said.

“She is a good looking mare and a fast Group 1-winning mare. If she leaves foals like herself, they will be very popular at yearling sales.”