Menari Goes Back To Stud Duties
Menari has been ruled out of 2019 A$14m The Everest because of a recurring leg problem. Injury plagued sprinter will instead be sent back to live his life as a stallion.
Menari was retired to stand at Newgate Farm for the 2018 breeding season after suffering a tendon injury in the lead up to The Everest (2018), but after a low percentage rate of his mares getting in foal, it was decided to put the son of Snitzel back into work for the 2019 Spring.
Trainer Gerald Ryan had earmarked the 2019 The Everest as Menari’s major Spring goal but a recurrence of the tendon injury will see the stallion return to Newgate Farm for a chance to redeem his stud credentials after only getting twenty of the seventy mares he served in foal.
Menari’s racetrack record stood at three wins from eight starts with his best efforts being a win in the Gr.2 The Run To The Rose and a third to his stablemate Trapeze Artist in the Gr. 1 De Bortoli Wines Golden Rose (2017).