Discreet Cat to Darley Japan

Darley's grade I winner Discreet Cat  , the sire of nine graded stakes winners worldwide, will stand at the farm's operation in Japan for the 2017 breeding season.

A son of Forestry, Discreet Cat retired to stud at Darley America in Central Kentucky in 2008. To date he's sired 22 black-type stakes winners and an additional 18 that have placed in black-type stakes. His progeny include three grade I winners: Dads Caps, a two-time winner of the Carter Handicap in 2014 and 2015; Discreet Marq, winner of the Del Mar Oaks; and, Secret Compass, who won the 2013 Chandelier Stakes.

"We are very excited to be standing Discreet Cat in Japan from next year," said Harry Sweeney, Darley's president in Japan. "We think his progeny will be well-suited to Japanese races and he already has some very promising runners in Japan, including grade III Negishi Stakes winner Air Khalifa and proven open class performer Qismah. His sire, Forestry, is by Storm Cat and will be an interesting mating for Sunday Silence-line mares. We look forward to showing him to breeders in the coming weeks."

Discreet Cat won his sole start at 2 and returned the following year to run undefeated in five starts. He took the S & M Al Naboodah Group UAE Derby (UAE-II) by six lengths, defeating eventual 2006 Horse of the Year Invasor. Returning to his native America, he then won his next start in an allowance race at Saratoga Race Course by 11 lengths before stepping back up to graded company in the Jerome Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. II), which he won by 10 1/4 lengths. He finished the year with a 3 1/4-length victory in the Hill 'n' Dale Cigar Mile. His final time of 1:32.46 fell a hair short of Easy Goer's track record of 1:32.40.

A 2017 stud fee has yet to be announced. Discreet Cat stood for $7,500 in 2016.