Blue Bresil
Bay, 2005, 16.3hh
Retired sound in wind and limb
Sire of CONSTITUTION HILL – The Highest Ever Rated Novice Hurdler; The Top British-Trained Hurdler in the Last Quarter of a Century
Sire of 8 Individual Grade 1 Winners incl. 7-Time Gr.1 Hurdle Winner CONSTITUTION HILL, 3-Time Gr.1 Chase Winner BLUE LORD, dual Gr.1 Hurdle Winner L’AUTONOMIE, dual Gr.1 Chase Winner ROYAL PAGAILLE, Gr.1 Hurdle Winners GOOD LAND, INTHEPOCKET & MICK JAZZ and Gr.1 Bumper Winner REDEMPTION DAY
First Irish Crop 4-Y-O’s in 2025
2nd Prix Amadou Gr.2, Auteuil
2nd Prix de Pepinvast Gr.3, Auteuil
2nd Prix Jacques D’Indy Gr.3, Auteuil
2nd Prix Max Sicard LR, Toulouse
3rd Grand Prix de Nantes LR, Nantes
3rd Derby Du Languedoc LR, Toulouse
3rd Prix Hoquart Gr.2, Longchamp
3rd Prix Noailles Gr.2, Longchamp
Sire of 8 Individual Grade 1 Winners
CONSTITUTION HILL 8 wins incl. Gr.1 William Hill Aintree Hurdle, Aintree, Gr.1 Unibet Champion Hurdle, Cheltenham, Gr.1 Ladbrokes Christmas Hurdle (twice), Kempton, Gr.1 Fighting Fifth Hurdle, Newcastle Gr.1 Sky Bet Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, Cheltenham, Gr.1 Unibet Tolworth Novices’ Hurdle, Sandown
BLUE LORD 8 wins incl. 8 wins incl. Gr.1 Paddy’s Reward Club Chase, Leopardstown, Gr.1 Barberstown Castle Novice Chase, Punchestown, Gr.1 Irish Arkle Novices’ Chase, Leopardstown, Gr.2 Clonmel Oil Chase, Clonmel
L’AUTONOMIE 17 wins incl. Gr.1 Grande Course de Haies d’Auteuil Hurdle, Gr.1 Prix Renaud du Vivier Hurdle, Gr.2 Prix Leon Rambaud, Gr.3 winner x 11
INTHEPOCKET 4 wins incl. Gr.1 Poundland Top Novices’ Hurdle, Aintree, Gr.2 Tote Navan Novice Hurdle, Navan, also second Gr.1 Tattersalls Ireland Novice Hurdle, Leopardstown
ROYAL PAGAILLE, 7 wins incl. Gr.1 Lancashire Chase twice, Gr.2 Peter Marsh Handicap Chase twice, also Gr.1 placed twice
REDEMPTION DAY 3 wins incl. Gr.1 Punchestown Champion I.N.H Flat Race and second in Gr.1 Champion I.N.H. Flat Race, Punchestown
GOOD LAND 3 wins incl. Gr.1 Nathaniel Lucy & Prtnrs Solicitors Novice Hurdle, Cheltenham
MICK JAZZ, 3 wins incl. Gr.1, Ryanair Hurdle
BLUE BRESIL FILLY SETS RECORD AT £210,000 – the most expensive store ever sold in Britain
BLUE BRESIL COLT FOAL SETS RECORD AT £90,000 – The most expensive NH foal ever sold in Britain
Blue Bresil’s incredible rise through the stallion ranks attracted perhaps his best book of mares in 2024. Among those scanned in foal to the Glenview Stud sire were six Gr.1 winners with an incredible 32 top-flight victories between them, led by wonder mares Honeysuckle and Apples Jade.
Fifteen Gr.2 and 3 winners were also scanned in foal, along with eight Listed winners, two of them Gr.1 placed. They were joined by a number of proven producers, including the dam of Douvan and Jonbon.
The quality of his most recent books is even more exciting considering his history of upgrading mares – 7 of his 8 Gr.1 winners Blue Lord, Constitution Hill, Good Land, Inthepocket, L’Autonomie, Mick Jazz and Redemption Day are the only black type produce of their dams.
Constitution Hill, regrettably, ran just once last season, but Nicky Henderson’s seven-time Gr.1 winner remains unbeaten under rules and still holds the title of the highest ever rated novice hurdler and the top British-trained hurdler in the last quarter of a century.
We look forward to his seasonal return, along with that of Willie Mullins’ Gr.1 Punchestown Champion Bumper victor Redemption Day. Henry De Bromheads’ Gr.1 winning Novice Hurdler Inthepocket has made an impressive seasonal return over fences when defeating fellow Gr.1 scorer Farren Glory by 15L. Others to catch the eye at the start of the 2024/2025 season include a trio of 5-Y-O’s, Pony Soprano, Sunray Shadow and The Kemble Brewery all convincing winners over hurdles in October with the two latter also being bumper winners. 4-Y-O’s to enter the notebooks are Tom George’s Full Force Gale and Dan Skelton’s Blue Carpet both of whom were impressive bumper winners in October on debut, with the latter being a full brother to Listed hurdle winner and multiple Graded placed Yosille.
