Overview
- Coolmore Australia confirmed the ten-time Group 1 winner succumbed to a short illness while under care at Scone Equine Hospital.
- The announcement comes days before the Cox Plate at Moonee Valley, a race he won in 2009 and 2010.
- Trained by Bart Cummings and later Aidan O’Brien, he captured major races including the Prince of Wales’s Stakes at Royal Ascot and entered the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2019.
- As a stallion he sired 66 stakes winners, including 12 at Group 1 level, and ranked in Australia’s top 10 sires for five straight seasons.
- Coolmore principal Tom Magnier paid tribute to his temperament and influence, as the farm contends with recent losses of fellow stallions Wootton Bassett and Fastnet Rock.