1. Indian Racing and breeding has suffered an irreparable loss by the quick succession death of the undoubtedly the two top sires RAZEEN & PLACERVILLE within a short span of about a fortnight. The last fifteen years or so saw a very healthy rivalry between the produce of the two very best sires of our country and there was never a time when one could say with conviction that either of the two was better on any particular count. RAZEEN was champion sire seven times and PLACERVILLE has the privilege of being the champion nine times. RAZEEN is now going to be remembered as a top broodmare sire a count where Placerville is not far behind.
2. PLACERVILLE , a grade 2 winner in England burst on Indian Racing Scene in 1997 with a string of successful maiden winners in Western India who immediately caught the attention of all and sundry related with the sport. Many of these went on to win great laurels and from such a start there was no looking back for this Champion Sire whose crop dominated the turfs across the country till date.
3. A very versatile sire whose off springs came to hand early and easily progressed as they matured. The sire produced runners for all distances. SOUTHERN EMPIRE was perhaps his best performed son. The list of great horses he produced is many but some like HAUNTING MEMORIES, PALAZZIO, SIX SPEED, PRICELESS & SPECTACULAR QUEST all come to mind easily and one can recall their days of glory on the Indian Turf.
4. In my humble way I have tried to assemble the notable racers from this great stallion ( he sired more than 150 black types) and listed below are the black types winners in capitals and black type placed ones in normal running format.
1997-PRICELESS ASSET, ARMOURY, ASCOT LASS, ADAMS TREASURE, BEAUTIFUL BABE, CONTINUAL & ZEPHYR BAY.
Ride to riches, supreme challenger challenger, sans egale, amusing, arendal, proud memories, executive force, stormy warrior one’s opinion and masked bandit.
1998-SPLENDID PRIDE, AMAZING GIRL, AMAZING SAIL, HER EXCELLENCY, LA UNIQUE, INGLENOOK & SMART CHIEFTAIN.
Alsadena, Baffin bay, desert pride, rambus, sterling fantasy, accentuate, armetta, star concert , the royals & pleasures.
1999-SIX SPEED,CHEVALIER, SIMPLY NOBLE, ALLOCATED, ENDORSEMENT & PALAZZIO.
Bookies delight, bold chieftain, compliance, self styled & thanks a lot.
2000-THE PELICAN, AIR STRIKE,STAR PEGASUS,RAMBUS & ICEBERG.
Astor place, raziya, name of love, battle star & star chieftain.
2001-BAY OF ANGELS, NOBLE EXECUTIVE, ICE MAGIC, CLASSICAL ACT,RAPIER, PREMIER COLLECTION & PRICELESS.
Connivance & supreme chancellor.
2002-PROTÉGÉ ,GLENSANDA, RONIN, ROAD RUNNER & FANTASTIC PRINCE.
Rave, self appointed, star cent, severriano, star wind, exuberant & ramjet.
2003-MOON EMPEROR, PETRONIOUS MAXIMUS, STAR ADMIRAL, MINISTERAL HEIGHTS,ELITE ZONE, SPECTACULAR QUEST ,FOREVER ELEGANCE, STAR ANGEL, WAVES OF GLORY, & BLUE HORIZON.
Cosmos, radiate ,supreme general star tribute & adams star.
2004-GALLOPING BAY, EVATINA, SINTILATING SKILL & STAR PRINCESS.
Angel star. intrinsic value, powerthrust, premier star, spectacular blaze, risada & star galaxy
2005-SOUTHERN EMPIRE, RHAPSIDON SNOW, GIACOSA, HAUNTING MEMORIES, CELTIC PRINCESS,RED EAGLE,GUEST CONNECTIONS,RAIN SPLASHER & RUBEN STAR.
Bold faith, symbol of speed, lady one, flaming glory, alandra, mesmerizing, bravissima & strawberry fields.
2006-CLASSIC SKY, SWEEPING SUCCESS, SOUTHERN CHARGE, NOBLE PRINCE, RETRIBUTION, ROMANTIC KNIGHT & MR GREEDY.
Agassiz, vanquish, confident victory, sprucespringstein, aashirwaad & our excelencee,
2007-STARWAVE,
Originality, star of Washington, divine, nora & bourbon queen.
2008-FOREST FLAIR, TOPKAPI, GYPSY MAGIC, D’ARTAGNAN, MYSTIC QUEST, RED RENEGADE, LEAVE IT TO ME & BID FOR GOLD.
Star of marmalade,amazing ray, native knight, special charm, classerville, river chieftain, mighty crusader,& aemilia.
2009-HALL OF GLORY, BUSSINESS TYCOON & MINISTERIAL.
Strike a deal, frost fairy, ordained one , record breaker & orient glory.
2010-WINSOR MANOR
Golden rule.
Blogs of Note
- REALISTIC LOOK AT THE PERFORMANCE OF FRESHMAN SIRES 1. Four freshman sires had their crop racing in the country in the racing year 2018-19 . CORPORATE JUNGLE(USA) 2008 BY GIANTS CAUSEWAY( HAZARA STUD) LEITIR MOR (IRE) 2010 BY HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR(POONAWALLA STUD) SPEAKING OF WHICH(IRE) 2009 BY INVINCIBLE SPIRIT(USHA STUD) SUDIRMAN(USA) 2011 BY HENRY THE NAVIGATOR(EQUUS STUD) 2. CORPORATE JUNGLE had a reported crop of 31 live foals as per stud book and only 9 were winners as follows. ROYAL CURRENCY-4WINS including Nilgiri Derby Grade 1. ELECTRA-2WINS LADY ASCOT-2WINS STAR CAVALARY-1WIN SPARTAN -1W BROTHER IN ARMS-1W EXQUISITE STAR-1W FUN LOVER-1W NORELAA-1W. 3. LETIR MOR had a reported crop of 49 and has 12 winners so far. STORM BREAKER-3W including Juvenile Sprinters Million Grade 3. HUNT FOR GOLD-2W including Breeders Produce Stakes Grade 3 VIJAY SINGHAM-2W RAINBOW TROUT-2W MYSTIC BAY-2W SILVER FLAME-2W MAJESTIC WARRIOR 2W BEEMER-1W ICE FLOE-1W GODS PLAN-1W NOVA SCOTIA-1W. 4. SPEAKING OF WHICH had a reported crop of 29 and has 12 winners RHAPSODY-2W ANGEL GRACE-2W MAKHTOOB-2W THE GREAT GATSBY-2W SLICE OF HAVEN-1W GIFT OF GRACE-1W MY PASSION-1W ROSINA-1W SPEAKING OF STARS-1W WIZARD OF STOCKS-1W ASMITA-1W RULE THE WORLD-1W 5. SUDIRMAN being infertile did not have any live produce. COMMENTS A. SPEAKING OF WHICH is no comparison to the good sires produced by the top North Indian Stud Farm which housed the best ever RAZEEN, top sire today MULTIDIMENSIONAL, outstanding GREY GASTON, and the highly respected STEINBECK. However he stands out on comparison to the other three and appears to be the best to choose from the freshman sires purely because of lurking promise over classic distances which the coming winter season will offer to the present 3 year olds.He is bound to click with some Razeen mare, if an ordinary sire like CHINA VISIT could get classic winners from them then hope such winners from SPEAKING OF WHICH are soon to be seen. B. LEITIR MOR appears to be a decent sire as his crop has got two black type races and he is from a stud farm which has quality mares are kept. What is discerning is the number of non racers from the crop, the produce has to be race worthy and should come to hand early otherwise it creates many doubts in the ability. Long time ago we had such a sire in LORD ZARA who gave very fragile produce and it was always a risk for the owners. However the sire may have limitations of stamina, the racing style of the winners indicate suitability for speed. Unfortunately LEITIR MOR developed problems and was hardly utilized and has may be one or two foals in the forth coming season. C. The late CORPORATE JUNGLE was the weakest of the lot, did not give much impressive ones specially at the prime racing centres. Though he gave the Nilgiri derby winner I don’t see much more emerging. Since he has a sizable crop next year he will have winners in smaller centres like Chennai, Delhi etc. D. SUDIRMAN is a sob story for the breeders, he has failed again and may have an odd live one.
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