subject: A Horse Racing Fantastic, Silver Hawk Passes Away and Leaves a Legacy of Winners [print this page] There are quite a few methods to measure greatness in horse racing and 1 of the accurate measures is how nicely a stallion or broodmare's foals will run. That becoming explained, number of studs made a greater legacy than Silver Hawk (Roberto-Gris Vitesse by Amerigo) who stood at Airdrie Stud in Midway, Kentucky. Sadly, he was lately euthanized after a lengthy and productive existence as a stallion. His racing career was brief, just eight races, but standing at stud he sired 76 stakes winners from 862 foals of racing age. That is an extraordinary file along with the truth that his foals went on to earn $56,036,229 (to date).
As a horseplayer and racing fanatic, I loved betting on horses out of Silver Hawk. A single specific circumstance I often identified financially lucrative was a initial time starter on the grass out of Silver Hawk. Offered a number of brief grime races and then switched to a extended grass race, his "children" typically showed great early pace as properly as stamina. Wise trainers, like Kathleen O'Connell, for instance, understood that and utilized that trainer transfer to gain races.
His sire, the fantastic Roberto, was also identified as a very good turf runner as effectively as a sire of turf runners who could go a distance. Silver Hawk demonstrated that by profitable the Ladbrokes Craven Stakes (Eng-G3) as a three-yr-previous in 1982 and finished third in the Epsom Derby (Eng-G1) for trainer Michael Albina and proprietor Buckram Oak Farm. As mentioned prior to, his job was brief but he did acquire three of his eight lifetime starts off and earned $184,099.
In 29 years the good horse made 21 crops and 39 graded or group stakes winners, a really international star. Although Silver Hawk's remain on this earth was fairly quick, his contribution to horse racing will carry on. Thank you, Silver Hawk, we'll appreciate viewing your progeny and your star will forever shine. More info of Ladbrokes Betting
A Horse Racing Fantastic, Silver Hawk Passes Away and Leaves a Legacy of Winners
