Darley Group 1 winner Librettist will have a new northern hemisphere home at Allevamento Fattoria di Renaccino in Italy this year.

Librettist (Danzig) retired to Darley’s Dalham Hall Stud at Newmarket in 2007 and had been based at Haras du Logis in Normandy for the last three years.

Librettist began shuttling to Darley Kelvinside in 2008 before transferring to Gerry Harvey’s Westbury Stud in New Zealand.

A half-brother to Dubai Destination, he won twice as a two-year-old before finishing fifth to Shamardal in the G1 Dewhurst Stakes.  He was sidelined at three but was back on deck in 2006 for front-running victories in the G1 Prix Jacques le Marois and Prix du Moulin over a mile.

Librettist has two northern crops racing and there have been 39 individual winners to date at a 32% strike-rate.  His top colt Libranno won at G2 level in the 2010 July Stakes and Richmond Stakes and returned last year to claim G3 victories in the Criterion Stakes and Supreme Stakes

Librettist is already off the mark in Australia with his first-crop youngster Carried Away winning on debut at Queanbeyan on December 15.  

There are 7 Librettist yearlings entered for the 2012 NZB Karaka Select and Festival Sales next month.