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With the historic English Derby run at Epsom this weekend, “an examination reveals that of all the recent winners, Quest For Fame (by Rainbow Quest) is the only active stallion to have sired a Gr1 winner in 2 hemispheres,” reported thoroughbredinternet.com. “Quest For Fame joins Mill Reef, Roberto & Shergar as stallions to have achieved this feat.”

Bred & raced by Khalid Abdullah, Quest For Fame won the English Derby by 3 lengths in 1990 (Linamix was unplaced behind him) & also won at Gr1 level over 12 furlongs on turf in North America. Retired to Juddmonte Farm in Kentucky in 1993, Quest For Fame shuttled to Woodlands Stud in NSW initially, but is now a permanent fixture at Denman in the Hunter Valley.

His Graded winners in the Northern Hemisphere include Gr1 Del Mar Oaks winner Famous Digger, while in the Southern Hemisphere his Gr1 winners include Champion 3YO Filly Unworldly, Victoria Oaks winner Tributes & the colts Viscount & Dracula. Quest For Fame has sired a juvenile stakes-winner in each of his crops to race

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