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Popular southern hemisphere shuttler Reliable Man, who returned to Gestut Rottgen last month after a spell at Haras d'Annebault, will stand for €6,500 after the Cologne stud announced its fees for 2021.
He has sired Gr.1 star Miss Sentimental and Miami Bound in Australia and New Zealand, while on Saturday he was responsible for Kirin-Railway Stakes Handicap winner Inspirational Girl, who was providing her sire with his third individual Group 1 winner when taking out the Ascot highlight.
The Grant and Alana Williams-trained 5YO had won the Gr.3 Asian Beau Stakes on her previous start and has been beaten only twice in 11 outings.
Sven and Carina Hanson's grey son of Dalakhani, winner of the Prix du Jockey Club and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Randwick, has also produced the likes of champion German two-year-old Erasmus and German Oaks runner-up Naida.
Joining 12YO Reliable Man at a fee of €6,500 is Melbourne Cup hero Protectionist, who has produced stakes performers Amazing Grace and Milka from his first crop of 2YO.
Completing the three-strong roster is Millowitsch, a multiple stakes winner for Markus Klug. The now seven-year-old will stand for a fee of €1,111, payable on November 11.
The rather curious sum and condition come from a Cologne joke as Millowitsch is named after renowned Cologne comedian and TV star Willy Millowitsch, who was closely associated with the city. In Cologne, it is a tradition that the carnival starts every year at 11.11 am on November 11.