The Grey Panel PERUGINO

Bash one of Perugino’s Boys
In an era in which the stallion market has become ever more selective (largely on account of the fact that the massively increased size of sires’ books and the advent of shuttling have combined to reduce job opportunities for stallions) fewer and fewer horses with unimpressive racing records have been given a chance at stud. Perugino, who raced only once and who never contested a stakes race, came along after the practice of shuttling had been established and after the time-honoured convention of limiting stallions’ books had gone out of the window, yet was still given a place on the Coolmore roster. There was one, and only one reason, for his opportunity: he is a son of
Fairy Bridge had been a high-class filly herself. Furthermore, she possessed an excellent pedigree, being a half-sister to the top-class miler and stallion
Sadler’s Wells had been racing from Ballydoyle after Lester Piggott had quit his position as Vincent O’Brien’s jockey, opting instead to stay at home in Newmarket to ride for Henry Cecil. Piggott had been replaced by Peter Walwyn’s jockey Pat Eddery, who had thus ridden Sadler’s Wells in most of his races (but not the Irish 2,000 Guineas, in which Eddery had – bizarrely, so this seems in retrospect – opted to ride Capture Him, leaving the veteran George McGrath to wear Robert Sangster’s second colours on board Sadler’s Wells). By the time that Perugino was racing, though, the merry-go-round had turned some more. Eddery had left Ballydoyle to ride for Prince Khalid Abdullah (to be replaced firstly by Cash Asmussen and then by John Reid) while Lester Piggott had retired from the saddle, set up as a trainer and then gone to jail for tax evasion.
In a turn of events which no novelist would have dared to invent, though, Piggott had come out of jail shortly before John Reid broke his collar bone at Longchamp on Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe Day in October 1990 – which accident led to Piggott renewing his jockey’s license in order to step into the breach to partner
Bred by Robert Sangster’s Swettenham Stud along with various partners, Perugino was born in February 1991. He went to Ballydoyle as a yearling towards the end of 1992, and showed so much ability in training as a two-year-old through the summer of 1993 that when he headed to Leopardstown that Septmber to carry Sangster’s colours on his debut in a six-furlong maiden, he was sent off the odds-on favourite. He duly obliged, Piggott bringing him home the winner by a head from the Moyglare Stud-owned and –bred filly
Sadly, though, that was that: Perugino was not able to build on his highly promising winning debut because injuries intervened, and he never ran again. At the end of 1994 O’Brien called it a day with him. Although his slender racing record did not justify a place at stud, his pedigree did: there were so many breeders keen to use Sadler’s Wells but unable to pay the king’s ransom required to buy one of his nominations, that there was plenty of work for the other sons of Fairy Bridge.
There had, in fact, already been, over and above Sadler’s Wells, two other sons of Fairy Bridge keeping themselves busy at stud in Ireland.
Hence by the time of Perugino’s retirement from (rarely) racing, Sadler’s Wells was established as the dominant sire in Europe and Fairy King was flying high alongside him on the Coolmore roster – and Tate Gallery was dead. It was thus easy to see why a place was found at Coolmore for Perugino in 1995, when he could be seen as the perfect solution to the dilemma faced by numerous small breeders in Ireland who wished to use Sadler’s Wells or Fairy King, but who could not afford to do so.
Perugino has enjoyed a useful, productive and varied career as a sire, producing good winners in both hemispheres, both on the Flat and over jumps. During his early years he shuttled to Australia; and as far as Europe is concerned, he has been at three studs in Ireland and one in Germany. He started off at a fee of IR 3,000 guineas; and he did well enough to be commanding a higher price (5,000 euros) a decade later, by which time he had enjoyed a stint at Gestut Rheinberg in Germany before returning to Ireland, where he had taken up residence at Bracklynn Stud. He moved thence to Longford House Stud in 2008, where he remains to this day.
Perugino’s best son on the Flat in Europe has been
In Australia Perugino sired two top-class sprinters. His brightest star was
Perugino’s other top-class son in Australia has been
Among Perugino’s stakes winners in Australia have been the good fillies
Similarly secure in the annals of National Hunt folklore in the British Isles is the remarkable Irish-bred Perugino gelding
Overall, Perugino has not left anything like the legacy of his siblings Sadler’s Wells and Fairy King. However, by producing four such legendary (and different) horses as Testa Rossa, The Tatling, Harchibald and Bashboy, he has carved himself a permanent place in bloodstock history.
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Stakes Performers of PERUGINO
Sire of 30 stakes performers since 2003
Horses by individual place achieved
Gr1 | Gr2 | Gr3 | L/R | |
---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2017 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2012 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2011 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2009 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
2008 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
2007 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
2006 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
2005 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
2004 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
2003 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
Performer Br.Sire |
Gr1 | Gr2 | Gr3 | L/R |
---|---|---|---|---|
HARCHIBALD | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
QUEST FOR FAME | ||||
THE TATLING | 7 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
AHONOORA | ||||
IT'S GINO | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
LOMITAS | ||||
FRESH BOY - LIM'S PASSION | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
NISHAPOUR | ||||
NEXT GINA | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
PETOSKI | ||||
AMBERINO | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
RUSTIC AMBER | ||||
GINO TRAIL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
WOODBOROUGH | ||||
TICKLE MY | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
NOALCOHOLIC | ||||
BASHFUL GIRL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
PRE EMPTIVE STRIKE | ||||
ADAWAR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
DARSHAAN | ||||
LUCKY DIVA | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
VOODOO RHYTHM | ||||
PERIDUKI | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
SNIPPETS | ||||
ZUM SEE | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
DOUBLE SCHWARTZ | ||||
MCFLY | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
BLUEBIRD | ||||
FIDEMUS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
DOLPHIN STREET | ||||
DARK ARTIST | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
SIR IVOR | ||||
GINA LOLLAWITCHA | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
VOODOO RHYTHM | ||||
BLUE COLLAR JACK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
NORTHERN CHATEAU | ||||
PERUGINOS FLYER | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
REFERENCE POINT | ||||
ESROH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
CENTURY | ||||
NEO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
CRESTED WAVE | ||||
KAWAGINO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
DARSHAAN | ||||
FLEUR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
DASHING BLADE | ||||
LADIES IN LUCK | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
DEHERE | ||||
MORE PERIGNON | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
FAR NORTH | ||||
KEMPISKA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
LOVE THE GROOM | ||||
AMANDA LOUISE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
PERSIAN BOLD | ||||
ROSARINO | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
RORY'S JESTER | ||||
CHITABE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
RUBITON | ||||
ALOZAINA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
THATCHING |