Laminitis claims award-winning TB sire Thorn Park
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Grosvenor Award winning stallion Thorn Park, the sire of Cox Plate winner Ocean Park, has died at Windsor Park Stud later on a long battle amongst a hoof infection.
The stud said the stallion had been lay to residue on Sabbatum morn later on succumbing to a long-running together with deep-seated infection inward the navicular os of his well-nigh hind foot.
“Over the past times few months every endeavor has been made past times veterinarians together with staff to overcome the infection, which too gave rising to laminitis inward his off hind foot,” a contestation from Windsor Park said.
“While skillful progress had been made inward the laminitic foot, unfortunately the infection inward his well-nigh hind pes proved insurmountable.”
The boy of Spinning World together with Joy (by Bluebird) was withdrawn from stud service inward September every bit he battled the infection.
On the racetrack, Thorn Park won $A1.5 i one one thousand thousand together with nine of his 22 starts, including the 2004 Group One Stradbroke Handicap.
He commenced stud duties at Windsor Park inward 2004 together with had built an imposing tape to appointment amongst but vi crops of racing age.
He is the sire of 17 stakes winners including 5 private Group One winners. Adjudged Champion New Zealand sire inward 2010-11, he was both the Leading NZ sire (AEI) together with leading NZ sire of three-year-olds inward that season.
His 5 private Group One winners include 2010 New Zealand Horse of the Year Jimmy Choux who commenced his ain stallion career at Rich Hill Stud inward 2012, Norzita who won the 2012 Flights Stakes at Randwick, dual Easter Handicap winner Veyron together with The Party Stand.
Other notable progeny include Ocean Park, Centennial Park, La Etoile, Te Akau Rose together with Te Akau Coup.
This flavor has seen his progeny achieve novel heights, none to a greater extent than together with then than boy Ocean Park, who completed a quartet of Group One wins inward a row amongst victory inward the Australasian Weight-For-Age championship, the WS Cox Plate at Moonee Valley inward October.
Thorn Park currently leads the 2012/13 Centaine Award standings amongst 23 winners from 102 runners together with $4.478m inward earnings.
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