AESOP'S FABLES
PROFILE
No Nay Never
ex
How’s She Cuttin’ (Shinko Forest)
BAY 2020, 16.1½ HH (1.66M)
2026 FEE
€6,000
GR.1 SPRINTER BY NO NAY NEVER
- 2yo Gr.2 winner on his second start
Winner of the Gr.2 Futurity Stakes at the Curragh following his maiden 2yo victory on debut.
- First 6 sires all Gr.1-winning 2yos and by a Champion sire of 2yos
- 3yo Gr.1 performing 5f sprinter
Third in the Gr.1 Prix de l’Abbaye and Gr.1 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint as a 3yo. Also won the Sole Power Sprint Stakes as a 4yo.
- Syndicated by a notable group of trainers, consignors, breeders and bloodstock consultants
PEDIGREE
| No Nay Never | Scat Daddy | Johannesburg | Hennessy |
| Myth | |||
| Love Style | Mr Prospector | ||
| Likeable Style | |||
| Cat’s Eye Witness | Elusive Quality | Gone West | |
| Touch of Greatness | |||
| Comical Cat | Exceller | ||
| Six Months Long | |||
| How’s She Cuttin’ | Shinko Forest | Green Desert | Danzig |
| Foreign Courier | |||
| Park Express | Ahonoora | ||
| Matcher | |||
| Magic Annemarie | Dancing Dissident | Nureyev | |
| Absentia | |||
| Magic Garter | Precocious | ||
| Magic Flute |
Sire: NO NAY NEVER - Champion 2yo sire
Champion first-crop sire in 2018. Sire of Gr.1 juveniles BLACKBEARD, LITTLE BIG BEAR, WHISTLEJACKET, MEDITATE, plus 2025 Gr.1 2yo TRUE LOVE. Other Gr.1 winners include NEVER SO BRAVE, TEN SOVEREIGNS, ALCOHOL FREE, etc.
A record-breaking Gr.1 2yo. First 5 sires all Gr.1 winning 2yos: Scat Daddy, Johannesburg, Hennessy, Storm Cat, Storm Bird.
Dam: HOW'S SHE CUTTIN’
Stakes performer and dam of six winners including AESOP’S FABLES, Group performer SANDHURST and WASHINGTON DC, a Gr.1 sire and a Champion 3yo sprinter won or placed in 15 Stakes races including the Gr.1 Phoenix Stakes, Gr.1 Prix de l’Abbaye and Gr.1 Commonwealth Cup. From the family of GRAND LODGE, ASPEN DARLIN, etc.
How’s She Cuttin’ (IRE), won 7 races at 3 to 5 years, £58,710 and placed 9 times including third in Land O’Burns Fillies’ Stakes, Ayr, L. and fourth in Golden Rose Stakes, Lingfield, L.;
dam of six winners from 6 runners and 7 foals of racing age including-
AESOP’S FABLES (IRE) (2020 c. by No Nay Never (USA)), subject stallion.
WASHINGTON DC (IRE) (2013 c. by Zoffany (IRE)), won 6 races at 2 to 4 years and £513,680 including Phoenix Sprint Stakes, Curragh, Gr.3, Windsor Castle Stakes, Ascot, L., Woodlands Stakes, Navan, L., Committed Stakes, Navan, L., Patton Stakes, Dundalk, L., second in Phoenix Stakes, Curragh, Gr.1, Prix de l’Abbaye, Chantilly, Gr.1, King George Stakes, Goodwood, Gr.2, Flying Five Stakes, Curragh, Gr.2, Temple Stakes, Haydock, Gr.2, Palace House Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.3, Lacken Stakes, Naas, Gr.3, Marble Hill Stakes, Curragh, L., third in Commonwealth Cup, Ascot, Gr.1, Woodlands Stakes, L. and fourth in Al Quoz Sprint, Meydan, Gr.1; sire.
Sandhurst (IRE) (2018 c. by Galileo (IRE)), won 1 race at 2 years and £33,510 and placed 4 times including second in Chester Vase, Chester, Gr.3.
2nd Dam
MAGIC ANNEMARIE (IRE), won 3 races at 4 and 5 years and £15,697 and placed 19 times;
dam of four winners from 7 runners and 8 foals of racing age including-
How’s She Cuttin’ (IRE) (f. by Shinko Forest (IRE)), see above.
MAGIC GARTER, unraced;
dam of four winners from 5 runners and 6 foals of racing age including-
Escape Plan (IRE)/Industrial Marvel (IRE), won 5 races at 2, 4 and 6 years at home and in Hong Kong, second in Gahrens/Battermann Sierstorpff Rennen, Hamburg, L.
APPLETREEMAGIC (IRE), won 2 races; dam of winners.
Spirit Noir (IRE), 5 races in Italy, second in Premio Giuseppe de Montel, Milan, L., Premio Piazza dei Miracoli, Pisa, L. and third in Premio Vittorio Riva, Milan, L.
Annmarie’s Magic (IRE), placed twice at 4 years; dam of winners.
Magic City (IRE), 10 races and placed third in National Stakes, Sandown, L.
Manuka Magic (IRE), unraced; dam of winners.
ASPEN DARLIN (IRE), 3 races at 2 years including Firth of Clyde Stakes, Ayr, Gr.3, second in Cheveley Park Stakes, Newmarket, Gr.1, Rockfel Stakes, Gr.2.
The next dam MAGIC FLUTE, won 5 races including Cheveley Park Stakes, Newmarket, Coronation Stakes, Gr.2, Strensall Stakes, L., fourth in 1000 Guineas, Newmarket, Gr.1;
dam of seven winners from 7 runners and 11 foals of racing age including-
LOST CHORD, won 5 races at home and in South Africa including Turffontein Handicap, L., second in Gallinule Stakes, Curragh, Gr.2, third in White Rose Stakes, Gr.3; sire.
EAGLING, 3 races including Scottish Derby, L., second in John Porter Stakes, Gr.3; sire.
EARLY SONG (GB), won 1 race at 3 years abroad; dam of winners.
FINE SOCIETY (AUS), won Canterbury Guineas, Canterbury, Gr.1.
SILVERPOINT (AUS), won South African Derby, Turffontein, Gr.2.
La Papagena, unraced; dam of winners.
GRAND LODGE (USA), Champion 2yo & Jt Champion 3yo in Europe (9.5-10.5f.), won St James’s Palace Stakes, Gr.1, Dewhurst Stakes, Gr.1, second in Champion Stakes, Gr.1, 2000 Guineas, Gr.1, third in Irish Champion Stakes, Gr.1; sire.
LA PERSIANA (GB), won Upavon Stakes, L., Virginia Stakes, L.; grandam of MRS SIPPY (USA), won Glens Falls Stakes, Gr.2, second in Flower Bowl Stks, Gr.1.
La Papaya (USA), unraced; grandam of COURT (AUS), won Sapphire Stakes, Randwick, Gr.2, Gold Champagne Classic, Doomben, Gr.2; third dam of ENGLISH (AUS), Champion 2 & 3yo filly in Australia, won Doomben 10,000, Doomben, Gr.1, Schweppes All Aged Stakes, Randwick, Gr.1.
Elegant Beauty (GB), unraced; dam of SHAHAH (GB), won Prix d’Aumale, Gr.3.
RACE RECORD
Aesop’s Fables is always a two-year-old I’ve held in high regard. He seemed to get faster as he got older and ran some of his best races in the fastest five furlong races in the world.
Ryan Moore, jockey
| At 2 | ||
| Won | Gr.2 | Futurity Stakes, 7f, Curragh, by 2¼l, on second start, beating Gr.1 winner Proud And Regal, Hans Anderson, etc. |
| Won | Maiden, 5½f, Navan, by 2¼l, comfortably, on debut |
| 2nd | L | Doncaster Stakes, 6f, Doncaster |
| 4th | Gr.1 | National Stakes, 7f, Curragh, to Al Riffa |
| 4th | Gr.1 | Dewhurst Stakes, 7f, Newmarket, to Chaldean |
| At 3 | ||
| 3rd | Gr.1 | Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint, 5f, Santa Anita, to Nobals, by a nk & ½l, beating Gr.1 horses Live In The Dream, Motorious, Arzak, Caraval, Gear Jockey |
| 3rd | Gr.1 | Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp, 5f, ParisLongchamp, to Highfield Princess, by 1l & a shd, beating Gr.1 horses Get Ahead, Makarova, White Lavender, Moss Tucker, Dramatised, Equilateral, Art Power, Asymmetric |
| 2nd | L | Committed Stakes, 5½f, Navan |
| 3rd | L | Carnarvon Stakes, 6f, Newbury |
| 3rd | L | Renaissance Stakes, 6f, Curragh |
| At 4 | ||
| Won | L | Sole Power Sprint Stakes, 5f, Naas |
Timeform Rating: 117+
Aesop’s Fables is fast and has some top-class form, a Gr.2 winner as a juvenile and placed in the Gr.1 Prix de l'Abbaye and Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint as a three-year-old, beaten just a short distance in both. We always thought that he would get good-looking foals and very mature two-year-olds. He has loads of scope and could get very classy horses.
Aidan O’Brien, trainer
STUD RECORD
First foals in 2026
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