AESOP’S Fables, a Group 2 winner by No Nay Never, will stand at Starfield Stud in Mullingar for 2025

The high-class sprinter joins the Compas Stallions roster at Micheál Orlandi’s base and will stand at a fee of €6,500.

Trained by Aidan O’Brien, Aesop’s Fables won the Group 2 Futurity Stakes at the Curragh as a two-year-old on just his second start, having comfortably won his maiden on debut.

As a three-year-old he finishing third in both the Group 1 Prix de l’Abbaye at ParisLongchamp and Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Santa Anita.

This year, as a four-year-old, he recorded a victory in the Listed Sole Power Sprint Stakes at Naas. He ran 17 times in his career.

“Aesop’s Fables is typical of his sire, a big, strong, powerful horse with a good mind,” said Aidan O’Brien. “We always thought that he would get very good-looking foals and very mature two-year-olds.

“He is fast and has some top-class form, a Group 2 winner as a juvenile and placed in the Group 1 Prix de l’Abbaye and Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint as a three-year-old, beaten just a short distance in both. He has loads of scope and could get very classy horses.”

Ryan Moore said: “Aesop’s Fables impressed me from day one with his maiden win and Futurity success. He seemed to get faster as he got older and ran some of his best races in the fastest five furlong races in the world, the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint and Prix de l’Abbaye.”

Micheál Orlandi of Compas Stallions added: “Aesop’s Fables promises to be an exciting addition to the stallion roster at Starfield Stud, being such a highly regarded sprinter by a champion two-year-old sire in No Nay Never.

“He has been syndicated by a distinguished group of trainers, consignors, breeders and bloodstock consultants, giving him every chance of success at stud. We look forward to showing him to breeders and are confident they won’t be disappointed in what they see.”

Limited breeding rights are available.