MAYSON, the Group 1 winning sprinter and sire, is set to depart Cheveley Park Stud after being sold to part-owner David Armstrong. The 15-year-old son of Invincible Spirit has completed eleven breeding seasons at Cheveley Park Stud, proving to be a prolific source of winners as well as producing star sprinters Oxted and Rohaan.
Bred by David Armstrong’s Highfield Farm LLP and retained to race, MAYSON was sent into training with Richard Fahey. Although he won twice as a juvenile, it was not until he was four that he developed into a truly top-class sprinter. Following victories in the Listed Abernant Stakes and Gr.3 Palace House Stakes, MAYSON turned the 2012 edition of the Gr.1 July Cup into a procession, crossing the line five lengths clear of his nearest challenger. His only subsequent outing came in the Gr.1 Prix de l’Abbaye, where he finished a highly commendable second after being headed in the dying strides.
As a stallion, MAYSON soon earned a reputation as an affordable source of tough, talented and versatile sprinters. His 230 individual winners and 28 black-type performers to date are headlined by the Gr.1 July Cup and Gr.1 King’s Stand Stakes winner Oxted. His other stakes winners include the dual Royal Ascot hero Rohaan and this season’s Gr.3 Athasi Stakes victrix Honey Girl.
Managing Director Chris Richardson said, “It has been a wonderful partnership between Cheveley Park Stud and David and Emma Armstrong. However, we feel Mayson could now benefit from a change of scenery. His success rate of winners to runners remains solid and we wish Mayson continued success in the future.”
David Armstrong is still undecided as to where Mayson will be relocated.