Reliable Man will return "Home" to Gestüt Röttgen in Cologne for the 2022 Breeding Season !
Sire of 18 Group/Stakes Winners including 3 Group 1 Winners
Reliable Man
By Dalakhani x On Fair Stage (Sadler´s Wells)
Grey Horse born in 2008
163 cm
At Stud in New Zealand 2013 >
At Stud in Germany 2014-2017
At stud in France 2018-2020
At Stud in Germany 2021>
* A group 1 winner in both hemispheres, including the defeat of champion middle distance performer It´s A Dundeel in the Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes, now the richest 2000 meter race in the World!
* Winner of his first three starts, including the Group 1, Chantilly Prix de Jockey Club - French Derby - at only his third start.
* Blistering turn of foot - Ran the fastest Group 1 Queen Elizabeth Stakes since 1997! 2.01.8 for the 2000 m is faster than Might and Power, Lohnro and many other top horses.
* Competed in 10 Group 1 races from 14 career starts
* From a Derby producing sire line with five consecutive generations of Derby winners, tracing back to Mill Reef.
* Top quality female line! His dam, the Sadlers Wells mare On Fair Stage won a Listed race over 1600 m and his grand-dam Fair Salinia was Group 1 placed at 2, before going on to score an unprecedented treble at 3: the English Oaks, the Irish Oaks and the Yorkshire Oaks, all Group 1.
This is the female line of top stallions Miswaki and Green Dancer.
* The first northern hemisphere born and bred horse in over 20 years to win a Group 1 in the northern hemisphere and then win a Group 1 in the southern hemisphere
Latest News
2021
RELIABLE TEAM hit a career-high Victory in the HK 4,74 m Group Two BOCHK Jockey Club Cub (2000m) yesterday on the Super Sunday at Sha Tin.
Reliable Team has an entry in both the Hong Kong Cup (2000m) and the Hong Ko9ng Vase (2400m) in December.

2 year old ARIOLO, was just beaten on the line to give Reliable Man a second Group success in a row for a 2 yo in Europe this season! 2nd in the Gr 3 Herzog Von Ratibor-Rennen, 1700 m.
ARDAKAN 2 yo took home the Group 3 last Sunday in Rome by 3 lenghts! 1800 m.


In the 2200 m Preis der Brauerei, two offsprings of Reliable Man took home 1st and 2nd place.
MISTER WONDERFUL AND SEXY MAN trained by M.Weiss

A 6 lenghts Victory for ARDAKAN in the Premio Guido Berardelli, Group 3 in Rome last Sunday.
The race was 1800 meter and this was only his 3rd lifetime start. Having been previously 2nd and 3rd in Germany.
Bred by Gestut Röttgen and owned by Darius Racing.
>Watch the race below>
It was indeed a very good day for the offsprings of Reliable Man this Sunday.
Not only did ARDAKAN, win a 2yo Group 3 race by 6 lenghts, but also RELIABLE TEAM, finished 3rd in a Group 3 race at Sha Tin over 1800 m.
And FAST FORWARD, a 2 yo colt, landed his 3rd consecuctive Win in Sweden over 1200 m. 3 runs and 3 wins!
Yesterday at Kempton, Philippa Cooper/Normandie Stud had Nicholas George running and made a very impressive race, placed 2nd.
He was mentioned in the Timeform Eyecatcher of the Day, watch the race and read article from
>SPORTING LIFE<

An interesting day today as Reliable Man 2 yo filly ERMELIE won a 2000 m race in Lyon by 3,5 lenghts.


What a nice run made by LERMA today in Chantilly! The 2yo filly came from last to first, showing a very good turn of foot in her 2nd start.
The Prix de la Voie du garde was run over 1900 meter.
Congratulations to owner/breeder Darpart France Sarl and Chantilly trainer C.Laffon-Parias. Looks interesting for the future.

The 2 yo old colt FAST FORWARD, has now won two of his starts in a row in Sweden. He won easily the Manousti race yesterday by a lenght. A race open for foreign runners and worth 8200 €.
Trained by Fredrik Reuterskiöld and bred by Bo Ahqvist he looks like a very promising prospect in Sweden for next season.
Congratulations to all connections!

Reliable Man´s Nomination fee for the season 2022 will be the same as in 2021.
6.500 € plus VAT 1 October Live Foal 48 h.
A good day today for 2 of the offsprings of Reliable Man in Australia.
A new Stakes horse in Commander Harry, who run 2nd in the Group 2 MVRC Moonee Valley Vase in Melbounre today over 2040 m. Just beaten by 0,2 lenghts!Commander Harry is a 3 yo gelding trained by T Busuttin & N Young.
Annavisto, a 4 yo filly was placed 3rd in the Group 3 MVRC Tesio Stakes over 1600 meter. Trained by M Price & M Kent jnr. Annavisto has previoulsy won a Listed race at 3yo over 1400 m.

It have been a good weekend for the offsprings of Reliable Man! The better one´s were:
BENAUD, a 3yo colt was placed 3rd in the GROUP 3, in the ATC Gloaming Stakes, 1800 meter in Sydney.
PACKING VICTORY, is a nother good horse in Hong Kong, and on Saturday he took home the FU Tai H. This was his 3rd win in a row. Running distance in all three races has been 1200 meter.
A Two yo winner on his debut in Sweden was FAST FORWARD. Owned by Bo Ahlqvist and trained by F. Reuterskjöld.
In Cologne, MISTER WONDERFUL Won the Cologne Preis des Porche Macan over 2200 m.
Several other winners and 2nd and 3rds has also been recorded.

ARIOLO, a 2yo colt was just a nose close to win the LISTED Dusseldorf Grosser Junioren Preis last Sunday in Germany. This was only his second start. A race over 1600 m. ARIOLO is bred and owned by Gestut Röttgen, who is also standing Reliable Man at stud.
Ariolo won his previous start in August in Dusseldorf also over 1600!
It will be interesting to follow this young colt.
The Stud Summery of Reliable Man shows consistent results from his runners.
Constantly having as an average 38 % winners to runners and 6 % BlackType horses to runners.
Similair figures are in the Southern Hemisphere.
LAYLA, a 4 yo filly out of a halfsister to Reliable Man has now been placed twice in Listed races in France. And added some Blacktype to the pedigree of Reliable Man!
Layla is by Lope De Vega and out of She Loves You, by Lawman.
She has totaly changed in 2021, and after winning 2 big Handicaps in a row, she wnt on to be 3rd in a Listed in Deauville over 1600 meter and has now confirmed her Blacktype, running 3rd in the Listed on the 5th of September at Longchamp.
She went up 10 kg from 2020 season.
Gestut Röttgen sold a very nice filly by Reliable Man, named Weltreise at the Baden Baden yearling sale for a record price of 220.000 €.
From the family of Weltmacht, a top pedigree from Gestut Röttgen.


Adrian, a Stakes winner at three last season for Reliable man, returned in excellent fashion at four when winning the Listed Grand Prix Aufgalopp at Cologne on Monday.
Having not raced since July 2020, Adrian was bred by Gestût Röttgen and run out an easy winner with 2,5 lenghts back to second horse Dato (Mount Nelson), with Only The Brave (Iffraaj) running third.
2100 m. Trainer H.Grewe.
Already a Group 1 Winner of the Australien Oaks, Miami Bound run a very good race at Rosehill on Saturday, finishing 3rd in the Group 1, Tancred Stakes run over 2400 m.
Gestüt Röttgen where Reliable Man now is standing, orginized an Online German Stallion show which was Online last Sunday.
Please watch below a clipp of Reliable Man himself.
The Karaka sale book 1 over 3 days was again a good sale for the yearlings of Reliable Man. They were in great demand by Hong Kong Jockey Club, trainers in Australia and New Zealand. A very good return for the breeders from a nomination fee in 2018 of 17.500 NZD. (approx 10.300 €)
Lot 200, colt 340.000 NZD
Lot 562, filly 250.000 NZD
Lot 296, colt 120.000 NZD
Lot 400, colt 110.000 NZD
Lot 168, colt 110.000 NZD
Lot 17, colt 105.000 NZD
2022 european Nomination Fee
6.500 Euros 1 October live foal 48 h
6.500 Euros 1 October live foal 48 h