Great Sire’s Lasting Legacy
Last week marked the anniversary of the death from cancer of one of history’s greatest stallions
20th July 2016
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Last week marked the anniversary of the death from cancer of one of history’s greatest stallions
First, and even second, crop success does not ensure long term quality for a stallion, but many great stallions have made an immediate impression with their first crops. Sarah Whitelaw takes a look.
In the last ten years, a Northern Dancer male line descendant has headed the general sires log in eight years.
When making a list of outstanding stallions, it is easy to focus on a few big horses, rather than an individual stallion’s overall stud record.
SARAH WHITELAW: Bold Ruler was a truly great and remarkably dominant stallion, who became a potent sire of sires, and highly successful broodmare sire.
Just 48 hours after Cheeky Wink’s smart win at Tipperary, the Kieswetter and Heffer families enjoyed another champagne moment at Sandown
Ridgemont’s Rafeef fairytale received more endorsement on the Championships Finale at Turffontein on Saturday when his daughter, Chasing Happiness, ran her eight opponents off their feet to register her second stakes success when winning the TAB Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes
The number of entries compares favourably in quantum with recent years, with 58 first entries received in 2024, 60 in 2023, 68 in 2022, 53 in 2021, 52 in 2020, 49 in 2019, and 69 in 2018
Ironically, it was a colt which provided Alan with a first Gr1 success, this being Alec and Gillian Foster’s homebred Cereus, who landed the 2001 Gold Cup at Hollywoodbets Greyville, his victory completing a momentous double on the day, with the Gr2 Golden Slipper having gone the way of juvenile filly Tatler, a great-great-great grandaughter of Sun Lass!
