Zabeel pensioned

[kimberley mine]

After a long, storied career at stud, multiple champion sire Zabeel has been retired from stud duty.

http://www.breednet.com.au/news/95989/G ... for-Zabeel

[wallinga]

I know this will raise hackles, but arguably the most important horse Shadwell ever raced. A phenomenal stallion that held his own in an era of shuttlers. I defy anyone to name a stallion, with the exception of Danehill, with figures to match in the same period.

[kimberley mine]

I know this will raise hackles, but arguably the most important horse Shadwell ever raced. A phenomenal stallion that held his own in an era of shuttlers. I defy anyone to name a stallion, with the exception of Danehill, with figures to match in the same period.

Regardless of who raced him, he did an amazing job as a sire of racehorses and is arguably doing an even better job as a sire of broodmares. As for the exception of Danehill, Zabeel had far fewer foals per crop than Danehill did in his southern hemisphere crops, and still managed to rack up major winner after major winner.

[hyphen1969]

Not very often we could find inbreeding to active stallion.
All Decked Out, 2nd in Hawke's Bay Guineas (Gr.2) is 3x3 inbred to Zabeel
http://www.blacktypepedigree.com/horse/All_Decked_Out_NZ-467354

Video of Zabeel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_rGWO4_UYs

[kimberley mine]

Hyphen1969, don't know if you noticed, but All Decked Out's dam Diamond Deck is a 3/4 sibling to Lonhro.

Given the amazing success of the Gay Poss family with Sir Tristram, I'm not at all surprised that they tried the 3x3 to Zabeel.