High-Rise to stand in Ireland

HIGH-RISE, winner of the 1998 Derby, has returned to the country of his birth to continue his stud career at Paddy Byrne’s Park House Stud in Tullow, Carlow.

Rated 130 by Timeform as a three-year-old, the Luca Cumani-trained colt was unbeaten at the time of his Classic victory. Successful in his only start at two and a stakes winner again at five, his career also included finishing a close second to Swain in the King George VI at Ascot and a third in the Japan Cup. High-Rise won his juvenile debut over Doncaster’s seven furlongs and, on his way to Epsom, he took the Coloroll Derby Trial at Lingfield.

He is a son of undefeated champion European two-year-old High Estate from the family of In The Wings and Zomaradah. His 2004 fee has been set at 1,500 October 1.