{"id":273472,"date":"2025-07-19T01:21:27","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T01:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/273472\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T01:21:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T01:21:27","slug":"darby-dan-farms-shirls-speight-to-shuttle-to-chile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/273472\/","title":{"rendered":"Darby Dan Farm\u2019s Shirl\u2019s Speight To Shuttle To Chile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paulickreport.com\/news\/bloodstock\/darby-dan-farms-shirls-speight-to-shuttle-to-chile\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Darby Dan Farm\u2019s Shirl\u2019s Speight To Shuttle To Chile;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Darby Dan Farm\u2019s Shirl\u2019s Speight To Shuttle To Chile<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/paulickreport.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Paulick Report;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Paulick Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Darby Dan Farm\u2019s first-year stallion Shirl\u2019s Speight, a Grade 1 winner by Speightstown out of Breeders\u2019 Cup Filly and Mare Turf winner Perfect Shirl, will be shuttling to Chile for the Southern Hemisphere breeding season, it was announced today. <\/p>\n<p>In a deal brokered by Sullivan Bloodstock, Shirl\u2019s Speight will stand the Southern Hemisphere season at Haras Sumaya, owned by Oussama Aboughazale.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaras Sumaya is one of the most prominent breeding operations in Chile,\u201d said Stuart Fitzgibbon, Darby Dan Farm\u2019s stallion director. \u201cHaras Sumaya has enjoyed remarkable international success, including through its U.S.-based racing division. The deal between Darby Dan Farm and Haras Sumaya marks the beginning of a promising long-term relationship facilitated by Sullivan Bloodstock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShirl\u2019s Speight boasts a truly international pedigree,\u201d Fitzgbibbon added. \u201cHe was noted for his high turn of foot; he was tough, durable, and sound throughout his racing career, and is an outstanding physical specimen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>A homebred for Charles Fipke trained by Roger Attfield, Shirl\u2019s Speight was a globetrotter during his racing career. The versatile and accomplished racehorse thrived on all three surfaces. <\/p>\n<p>He scored his biggest win in the 2022 Grade 1 Maker\u2019s Mark Mile at Keeneland\u2014earning a career-high 104 Beyer Speed Figure. He ranked among the top milers that year when also second by three-quarters of a length to champion Modern Games in the Breeders\u2019 Cup Mile, finishing ahead of eight Grade 1 winners. He banked $1,497,245, competing all over the world, including Grade 1 races in Japan (on dirt), Dubai, Canada, and the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Shirl\u2019s Speight is by the late Speightstown, a champion sprinter, and one of the most prolific and versatile sires of the last decade. His sons at stud include the likes of Munnings, and Grade 1 winners Charlatan, Olympiad, and Prince of Monaco. <\/p>\n<p>Shirl\u2019s Speight is out of Perfect Shirl, winner of the 2011 Breeders\u2019 Cup Filly and Mare Turf for Fipke and Attfield, and an earner of more than $1.3 million during her exceptional racing career.<\/p>\n<p>This story was originally reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/paulickreport.com\/news\/bloodstock\/darby-dan-farms-shirls-speight-to-shuttle-to-chile\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Paulick Report;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Paulick Report<\/a> on Jul 18, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Darby Dan Farm\u2019s Shirl\u2019s Speight To Shuttle To Chile originally appeared on Paulick Report. 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