Keeneland purchase Shamrock Rose will be bred to Flightline, then head to Japan

Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint winner and divisional Eclipse Award champion Shamrock Rose will be among the mares in unbeaten Flightline’s first book before departing for her new home in Japan.

Flightline is debuting for an advertised fee of $200,000 at Lane’s End. Farm principal Bill Farish said the stallion’s book will number around 150, and that there has been strong international interest, as well as the expected high-quality domestic mares.

Shamrock Rose was purchased by Japan’s KI Farm for $3 million at Keeneland, and will be among about a half-dozen mares bought by Japanese breeders who will be bred to Flightline before being shipped overseas.

"It will be great to see them spread his influence over there," Farish said. "It is an unbelievable added benefit you get when you have a stallion with that international interest. We are seeing some European mares doing the same thing as well. I wish it was this easy with all the new stallions."

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