Widden-partnered Hotazhell set at €15,000 for debut season at Haras d’Etreham
Hotazhell, the three-time Group 1 winner bought in partnership by Widden Stud’s Antony Thompson and Haras d’Etreham, will stand his first season in France in 2027 for €15,000 (A$24,400). He will be the first son of Too Darn Hot to stand at stud in Europe.
The fee, announced on November 9, places the four-year-old level with Persian King at the top of Etreham’s seven-stallion roster.
Widden acquired 50 per cent of the horse in September and offered a limited number of shares to Australian clients. Hotazhell is scheduled to shuttle to Widden for the 2027 southern-hemisphere season.
Trained by Jessica Harrington, Hotazhell won the Group 1 Futurity Trophy at Doncaster at two, beating Delacroix by a nose. He did not win at three, although he ran third in the Irish 2000 Guineas.
This year he won the Grosser Dallmayr-Preis at Munich and then the Irish Champion Stakes at Leopardstown, both over ten furlongs. He is out of the Danehill Dancer mare Azenzar.
His sire, Too Darn Hot, stood at Kelvinside this spring for $275,000 including GST.
Hello Youmzain took the biggest cut on the Etreham roster, falling from €25,000 (A$40,600) to €10,000 (A$16,200) after an earlier reduction from €40,000 (A$64,900). Metropolitan stays at €12,000 (A$19,500) and Onesto at €10,000 (A$16,200). City Light drops from €10,000 (A$16,200) to €8,000 (A$13,000), and Beauvatier from €7,000 (A$11,400) to €6,000 (A$9,700).
