Anonymous
9/19/2025, 8:31:34 AM
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Pearl Secret, the last Byerley Turk-line stallion at stud in Britain, will relocate to Japan to stand at Ookaribe Farm in a deal brokered by Eoin Sullivan.
The 2015 Temple Stakes (G2) winner had been in residence at Norton Grove Stud in Yorkshire since 2021, having begun his stallion career under the care of Roisin Close.
Sullivan revealed Pearl Secret had been a target of Dr. Yuki Shimomura, owner of Ookaribe Farm, for a while and that the scarcity of his bloodline was the catalyst for the acquisition.
Ookaribe Farm is a relatively new breeding operation in Japan, but Shimomura is one of the country's leading equine vets, having worked for the globally renowned Shadai Farm.
His genetic value lies primarily in his status as one of the final stallions at stud descended from the Byerley Turk, considered one of the three foundation stallions of the Thoroughbred.
Champions of the sport are descended from the charger who, legend would have, was foaled in a part of the Ottoman Empire that corresponds to modern-day Serbia.
This sire line prospered during the 20th century in Japan when Symboli Rudolf and Tokai Teio, who both earned Japan Racing Association Horse of the Year, emerged from this sire line. However, Tokai Teio's Quite Fine is the only active stallion who inherited this sire line. Yuki Shimomura, owner of Okaribe Farm in Hokkaido, hopes to save the sire line of the Byerley Turk by standing Pearl Secret at Arrow Stud.
Pearl Secret is a direct descendant of Marcel Boussac's Djebel, the French-bred son of Tourbillion who has been the main conduit for the sire line in the 20th and 21st centuries.
https://www.ookaribefarm.co.jp/
https://x.com/ookaribefarm
Pearl Secret arrived safely at Arrow Stud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO2LHP2FCiI
Pearl Secret's full body massage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9TnHqXZSM8
Pearl Secret, the last Byerley Turk-line stallion at stud in Britain, will relocate to Japan to stand at Ookaribe Farm in a deal brokered by Eoin Sullivan.
The 2015 Temple Stakes (G2) winner had been in residence at Norton Grove Stud in Yorkshire since 2021, having begun his stallion career under the care of Roisin Close.
Sullivan revealed Pearl Secret had been a target of Dr. Yuki Shimomura, owner of Ookaribe Farm, for a while and that the scarcity of his bloodline was the catalyst for the acquisition.
Ookaribe Farm is a relatively new breeding operation in Japan, but Shimomura is one of the country's leading equine vets, having worked for the globally renowned Shadai Farm.
His genetic value lies primarily in his status as one of the final stallions at stud descended from the Byerley Turk, considered one of the three foundation stallions of the Thoroughbred.
Champions of the sport are descended from the charger who, legend would have, was foaled in a part of the Ottoman Empire that corresponds to modern-day Serbia.
This sire line prospered during the 20th century in Japan when Symboli Rudolf and Tokai Teio, who both earned Japan Racing Association Horse of the Year, emerged from this sire line. However, Tokai Teio's Quite Fine is the only active stallion who inherited this sire line. Yuki Shimomura, owner of Okaribe Farm in Hokkaido, hopes to save the sire line of the Byerley Turk by standing Pearl Secret at Arrow Stud.
Pearl Secret is a direct descendant of Marcel Boussac's Djebel, the French-bred son of Tourbillion who has been the main conduit for the sire line in the 20th and 21st centuries.
https://www.ookaribefarm.co.jp/
https://x.com/ookaribefarm
Pearl Secret arrived safely at Arrow Stud: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bO2LHP2FCiI
Pearl Secret's full body massage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9TnHqXZSM8