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Coolmore’s international champion sire Danehill (Danzig-Razyana, by His Majesty) has died in a paddock accident at Coolmore’s Irish headquarters near Fethard in County Tipperary aged 17. Coolmore general manager Christy Grassick said: "Danehill was a phenomenal stallion & will be a big loss to the breeding industry worldwide.”

Alternative mating plans are being arranged for shareholders & clients whose mares are not yet in foal. Danehill was bred by Juddmonte Farms in Kentucky &, racing in the colours of Prince Khalid Abdullah, won 4 of his 9 starts (including the 1989 UK Gr1 Haydock Park Sprint Cup, plus a 3rd in the Gr1 UK 2000 Guineas) & earned a Timeform rating of 126.

He was syndicated by Coolmore at the end of his racing career in 1990 & began his Australian stud career with 2 seasons at Arrowfield Stud before standing the remainder of his shuttle career at Coolmore Australia in the Hunter Valley. (The Australian Stud Book records Danehill covered 1,479 mares to Southern Hemisphere time.) His stud career in Ireland was interrupted by 1 northern hemisphere season in Japan in 1996. (May 14)

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