NEWS
Darley’s Singspiel euthanized at age 18
Posted: Friday, July 02, 2010 5:39 PM
by Jeff Lowe
Major European sire and 1996 U.S. champion turf male Singspiel (Ire) was euthanized on Friday after developing laminitis. He was 18.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum bred and raced the half brother to Central Kentucky sire Rahy and stood him at Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket. His sire, In the Wings (GB), also stood for Darley and was euthanized because of laminitis in 2004.
Darley said earlier this spring that Singspiel had experienced fertility issues and on Friday revealed that laminitis took hold after a long illness.
Out of 1980 Canadian Horse of the Year and U.S. champion older female Glorious Song, by Halo, Singspiel was represented by the top two finishers in the Ribblesdale Stakes (Eng-G2) on June 17 at Royal Ascot. The winner, Hibaayeb, raced in the colors of Sheikh Mohammed’s Godolphin.
Singspiel prevailed for Sheikh Mohammed in the second Dubai World Cup in 1997. From his first crop, he sired Moon Ballad (Ire), the 2003 Dubai World Cup (UAE-G1) winner for Godolphin.
“Singspiel has been a huge part of Sheikh Mohammed’s and Darley’s breeding and racing operation for many years,” said John Ferguson, Sheikh Mohammed’s bloodstock adviser. “He was an outstandingly tough racehorse who was able to pass it on to many of his progeny who performed around the world. He has been admired and supported industry-wide in Australia, Europe, Japan, and the USA, where he has produced racehorses of the highest caliber.”
Singspiel sired 12 Group 1 winners from a total of 76 stakes winners in ten crops of racing age. His premier runners include 2007 U.S. champion turf female and Emirates Airline Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf (G1) winner Lahudood (GB), multiple Group 1 winner Dar Re Mi (GB), and ’09 Nakheel Dubai Sheema Classic (UAE-G1) winner Eastern Anthem.
Trained by Sir Michael Stoute, Singspiel recorded Group 1 victories in Dubai and England. In 1996, he won the 1996 Japan Cup (Jpn-G1), the Canadian International Stakes (Can-G1), and finished second in the Breeders’ Cup Turf (G1) at Woodbine.
Bred in Ireland, Singspiel won nine of 20 career starts earned $5,952,825.
Jeff Lowe is a Thoroughbred Times staff writer
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Posted by: Robert, Louisville, KY on July 03, 2010 at 04:27 PM
This is truely a loss for the breeding industry. This horse had it all and passed it on in the breeding shed. Stamina oozed from this horse as it did from his sire and grandsire. American breeders missed the boat when they did not make enough noise to get this horse to stand over here.
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Posted by: April I. Smith, Baltimore, MD on July 03, 2010 at 01:30 AM
We have got to find a cure for laminitus !
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