Sea the Moon to stand at Lanwades Stud in Newmarket

Sea the Moon, sensational 11-length winner of the Deutsches Derby in July, will stand at

Lanwades Stud in

Newmarket it was announced Monday.

In a deal brokered by Blandford

Bloodstock, the early Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe favorite was

undefeated until a close-up second in the Grosser Preis Von Baden and

a flare-up of a recurring knee injury sent him into retirement.

A 230,000 guineas RNA at the 2012 Tattersalls October Sale and trained by Markus

Klug, the Gestut Gorlsdorf homebred scored in the Union

Rennen June 15 and in Frankfurt's Fruhjahrs Dreijahrigen-Preishuses May 11 prior to his Derby triumph. The imposing bay was retired

earlier this month with a mark of 5-4-1-0 and $710,142 in earnings. He

will stand for £15,000.

"It is with immense pleasure that we can announce that Sea the Moon is

coming to Lanwades Stud for the 2015 covering season," commented Lanwades

owner Kirsten Rausing. "He made such a huge impression on everybody when

winning the German Derby and we feel that he will be a very popular sire

indeed. He is a beautiful colt and so closely resembles the magnificent

Sea the Stars who has made such an extraordinary impact at stud this

year. "As he is out of a Monsun full-sister to Samum, he represents a

fantastic outcross option for many European breeders."

One of his sire's two first-crop classic winners, Sea the Moon was

produced by a full-sister to German Derby winners Schiaparelli and Samum and to German Oaks winner

Salve Regina. German Group 1 victor Seismos is also under the second dam.