Horse #2
DANEHILL was a son of Danzig (by Northern Dancer), nine times the leading sire in Australia, three times the leading sire in England and Ireland and twice the leading sire in France. At one point, his stud fee in Australia was $200,000. While his physical traits led him to his success as a sprinter/miler, they
are counterproductive for sport. His stifle is too high, his femur is slightly shorter than his ilium, he has minimal rise of the humerus from elbow to point of shoulder and his base of neck is low. If he does appear in a top sport horse pedigree in the future, that descendant will not carry his physical traits.
Horse #3
ROCK OF GIBRALTAR is a 1999 son of Danehill, was also a successful racehorse (earned €1,164,804) and carries two crosses to Northern Dancer in his third generation. He is a successful sire in England and Ireland, Australia and Chili and was advertised at €17,500 in Ireland. He appears on the NH sire list, but is well down the list. Although his pedigree contains fewer sport ancestors than the previous
two stallions, his build is better suited for sport. His rear triangle is equal on the ilium and femur sides, which equates with jumping. He is light on the forehand as seen through a pillar of support emerging well in front of the withers, good rise of the humerus from elbow to point of shoulder and a base of neck well above a high point of shoulder. Unfortunately, if he had been asked to jump or event, the fact that his pillar of support emerges behind the heel would likely have spelled injury to the suspensory apparatus of the foreleg. It is interesting to note that despite his lightness of the forehand, he has developed the muscles on the underside of his neck in order to protect the lower portion of his forelegs.
Horse #4
HERO’S TRIBUTE, a 1998 Northern Dancer descendant, was also a successful racehorse (earned $862,950). In racing terms, he was not a successful sire in Kentucky, where he stood for $5,000 before being sold into the sport market. His sire, Sea Hero (a Danzig grandson), also failed to sire speedy two-year-olds, but did get some notable steeplechasers and the sport horse Sea Accounts before being sold to Turkey. Physically he has the traits one would seek in a sport sire. His rear
triangle is slightly shorter on the ilium side (a dressage trait and sometimes an eventing trait) and the longest side is from point of hip to stifle protrusion (a jumping and eventing trait). His stifle is the lowest of the four stallions and corresponds with international level jumping or eventing ability. His pillar of support emerges well in front of his withers for lightness of
the forehand and into the rear of his hoof (as seen on the right fore due to his leaning-back stance in the photo) for soundness. His humerus is steeply angled from elbow to point of shoulder for lightness as well as quickness of the foreleg over jumps, and his base of neck is well above his high point of shoulder for additional lightness of the forehand. These factors—pedigree and functional conformation—are what prompted me to purchase him as a potential sport sire.
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