DAM OF DANEHILL PASSES AWAY
There was a sad event at Juddmonte Farms, Kentucky over the
weekend, when the highly-influential broodmare Razyana died after
foaling a Distant View colt.
Razyana, who was out of a half-sister to Northern Dancer, was
trained by Jeremy Tree and ran three times. Although she failed to
win, she put up a good performance on her debut when finishing
second to the future Chester Vase winner Alleging.
Sent to Danzig for her first season at stud, Razyana made the
best possible start, as the result of this union was Danehill. The
winner of four races, Danehill was placed in the 2000 Guineas at
Newmarket (third to Nashwan) and the Irish equivalent before
finding success at shorter distances. Danehill was crowned Champion
Three Year Old Sprinter in Europe after winning the Haydock Park
Sprint Cup and was later to become a highly successful stallion –
in both the Northern and Southern hemisphere.
Razyana went on to compile an impressive stud record, producing
six further black type performers. The best of these were the
Danzig colts Eagle Eyed and Shibboleth, who became Grade Two and
Grade Three winners respectively, and the filly Harpia (also by
Danzig), who won the Grade Three Shirley Jones Handicap.
With six descendents of Razyana still in the Juddmonte broodmare
band, as well as two of her daughters currently in training with
Andre Fabre – a Distant View three year-old called Far Shores and a
Danzig two-year-old, it is unlikely that Razyana’s influence in the
success of Juddmonte Farms will diminish in the near
future.
Date:
16 February 2004