MARTALINE will stand for the coming season at a fee of €15,000. This is certainly at the upper end of the fee scale for a National Hunt stallion, but it is surely justified in the case of the Haras de Montaigu sire who is fully booked every year at stud.

The son of Linamix (Mendez) was trained by Andre Fabre and he won in each of his four seasons racing, his principal successes coming in the Group 2 Prix Maurice de Nieuil and the Group 3 Prix d’Hedouville. He has stood his entire career at the same farm, commanding a fee of €3,500 in his first season there in 2005. While he enjoyed some success with his flat runners, siring a group winner and a number of listed winners, it is as a National Hunt sire that his reputation has been sealed.