Zafonic
| Zafonic | |
|---|---|
| Sire | 2,000 Guineas (1993) |
| Awards | |
| European Champion Two-Yr-Old Colt (1992) Timeform rating: 130 | |
| Last updated on 29 June 2024 | |
Zafonic (1 April 1990 – 7 September 2002) was a European
Background
Zafonic was sired by the
Racing career
Racing at age two, Zafonic went undefeated. After winning a minor race at
At three, Zafonic started at 10-1 ON for his debut in the
Stud career
His racing career over, Zafonic was sent to his owner's Banstead Manor Stud near the village of Cheveley in East Cambridgeshire. He sired more than two dozen stakes winners including Xaar, the 1997 European 2-Year-Old Champion and winner of the Dewhurst Stakes and Prix de la Salamandre, Count Dubois (Gran Criterium), Zafeen (St James's Palace Stakes), Iffraaj and Trade Fair.[8]
In August 2002, Zafonic's owner leased him for the southern hemisphere covering season to Arrowfield Stud in Scone, New South Wales, Australia. Only a few days after being released from quarantine, Zafonic died on 7 September 2002 as the result of an accident at Arrowfield's paddock.[9]
Pedigree
| Sire Gone West (USA)1984 |
Mr. Prospector (USA) 1970 |
Raise a Native | Native Dancer |
|---|---|---|---|
| Raise You | |||
| Gold Digger | Nashua | ||
| Sequence | |||
| Secrettame (USA) 1978 |
Secretariat | Bold Ruler | |
| Somethingroyal | |||
| Tamerett | Tim Tam | ||
| Mixed Marriage | |||
| Dam Zaizafon (USA) 1982 |
The Minstrel (CAN) 1974 |
Northern Dancer | Nearctic |
| Natalma | |||
| Fleur | Victoria Park | ||
| Flaming Page | |||
| Mofida (GB) 1974 |
Right Tack | Hard Tack | |
| Polly Macaw | |||
| Wold Lass | Vilmorin | ||
| Cheb (Family: 9-e)[10] |
References
- ^ a b "Zafonic pedigree". Equineline. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2013.
- ^ "Zafonic's pedigree and racing stats". Pedigreequery.com. 7 September 2002. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ "Results from the 2.35 race at DEAUVILLE (FR) – 23 August 1992". Racing Post. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ "Results from the 3.35 race at LONGCHAMP (FR) – 13 September 1992". Racing Post. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ "Results from the 3.40 race at NEWMARKET – 16 October 1992". Racing Post. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ "Zafonic". Racing Post. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ Hayward, Paul (2 May 1993). "Racing: Mighty Zafonic zooms from zero to hero". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Zafonic Stud Record". Racing Post. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ "Zafonic dies in paddock accident". Thoroughbred Times. 8 September 2002. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
- ^ "Thoroughbred Bloodlines - Maid of Masham - Family 9-e".