Spinning World stands at Ashford Stud in Kentucky during the North American breeding season and will stand at Coolmore Australia for the upcoming Southern Hemisphere season. Spinning World (Nureyev--Imperfect Circle, by Riverman) currently ranks 32nd among first crop sires.
Breeders' Cup Mile (gr. IT) winner Spinning World was represented by his first stakes winner Sunday, when his 2-year-old son Chan Chan won the listed Oppenheim-Rennen at Cologne. The American-bred colt completed the 6 1/2-furlong race in 1:19.26 on good turf at the German track, finishing a head in front of Irish-bred Medina.Chan Chan is owned by Baron Georg von Ulmann and is the first foal out of the Capote mare Candy Charm. With the win, the Peter Schiergen-trained Chan Chan remains undefeated from two starts, having also won a maiden race at just under six furlongs.