2009 Dubai Duty Free (G1T) and Premio Vittorio di Capua (G1) winner Gladiatorus passed away at Windmill View Stud in County Galway, Ireland, where the 19-year-old stood for the final four years of his breeding career. his stallion.
The winner of seven stakes races has been treated for laminitis for some time, but the decision to euthanize the son of Breeders’ Cup Mile (G1T) winner Silic was taken by stallion owner John Lynch along with his vet brought in over the weekend. team.
“We tried to keep him active for six months but he didn’t get any better and we had to make the sad choice,” said Lynch, who will miss the gentle and kind stallion.
“He was an absolute darling; I let my grandkids sit on him, he was so quiet and kind, he never cared about anything. He was a Lovely horse to have and we will miss him very much.”
Gladiatorus was bred in Kentucky by Azienda Agricola Le Ferriere Di Raponi Giampolo and began his racing career in Italy as a teenager, where he won six of nine starts, including four listed races. list. He finished the season with a second place in the Gran Criterium (G1) under Frankie Dettori.
He was later bought by Godolphin, but injuries took him away from racing at the age of 3. Transferred to Dubai, he three times raced at four for Mubarak bin Shafya, with whom he remained unbeaten. Those wins include Dubai Duty Free and Al Fahidi Fort (G2T).
Gladiatorus won the 2009 Dubai Duty Free at Nad Al Sheba
After winning at the highest level, he returned to Europe and Saeed bin Suroor’s yard to contest the Queen Anne Stakes (G1), in which he finished the field. His second Group 1 came back to Italy for Godolphin, and he retired at the end of the 2009 season after running ninth in the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Santa Anita Park.
“His best year was also the year Sea of Stars and Gladiatorus received a score of 119 for winning group 1 in Dubai, where he defeated Archipenko , vodka And Paco Boy “, Lynch said.
He started his academic career in Italy in 2010 and stayed there until 2018. He singled out the double winner of the list and Presley (IRE), who had the best performance of Gladiatorus.
He then moved to Withyslade Farm in Wiltshire before Lynch’s acquisition took him to Galway.
“Marie Sullivan at Godolphin helped me source Gladiatorus and thanks to her I found other stallions such as the New South Wales, which had stood here before, along with Island House and Gatewood,” Lynch explains how Gladiatorus came to Galway.
Lynch added: “Gladiatorus, like Gatewood, only includes a handful of mares and his oldest Irish stallions are 3 years old, but I think they will show how good he can be ”.
