Bobby Bennu

Trainer: Roger Varian	Race type: Flat
Age: 3 yr old	Description: Grey Gelding
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Wednesday
17 Jul
3:22 PM Bobby Bennu Thirsk Flat
Declared
Silvestre De Sousa

From the Goffs Orby Sale, Bobby Bennu, is by PHOENIX OF SPAIN

PHOENIX OF SPAIN colt ???? (lot 399) consigned by @BarodaStudIre @Goffs1866 Orby Sale sells to @MprUpdates for €85,000 ??Congrats to all involved ??#classicwinner #firstyearlings #oneinamillion #orby pic.twitter.com/X4geA3Po1u
— Irish National Stud (@IrishNatStud) September 28, 2022

We welcome Roger Varian and feel this horse will suit him admirably well, being from a Lope De Vega line, out of an Acclamation mare, the same cross as Roger’s San Donato. He clearly gets on well with the genetics mix.

Watch him parade in these two videos:

He is a lovely, strong and yet loose moving, with great presence and size. He’s from the first crop of the Classic winning miler Phoenix Of Spain out of an Acclamation mare who has produced black type performers already from a very modest cohort of stallions that she’s visited. We’d like to think that Phoenix Of Spain represents a significant stallion upgrade on her previous matings.

Roger's March update: