Ex Ballydoyle Star Grand Central To Stud In South Africa The regally-bred Grand Central has been retired and will take up stallion duties at Summerhill Stud in South Africa.By Sadler's Wells out of the Group 1 Coronation Stakes winner Rebecca Sharp, Grand Central comes from an outstanding Hascombe Stud family and - such was his promise as a two-year-old - that he was one of the winter favourites for the 2005 Derby when trained by Aidan O'Brien.A runaway four-length Leopardstown maiden winner as a two-year-old, he went on to be placed in the Grade 1 Secretariat Stakes in Chicago as well as both the Group 2 Derrinstown Derby Trial at Leopardstown and the Group 3 Leopardstown 2,000 Guineas Trial at the same course. He was subsequently purchased by the Hong Kong Breeders' Club to join David Oughton in Hong Kong. Major-General Guy Watkins, a former Chairman of the Hong Kong Jockey Club, organized the placement in South Africa and described Grand Central as 'probably the best bred horse ever to race in Hong Kong.'Greg Muir, stallion manager at Summerhill Stud, said: 'We are excited to have Grand Central with us and standing a horse with his credentials was an opportunity we could not turn down.'
