Eurosilver, a Grade 2 winner and veteran sire, died on Sept. 13, per Korea Racing Authority records. He was 21.
The son of Unbridled's Song had stood in Korea since the 2015 breeding season, arriving in the county the previous summer.
A Kentucky homebred for Buckram Oak Farm, out of the stakes-winning Nijinsky II mare Russian Tango, Eurosilver was a quick-starting juvenile. He broke his maiden in his second career start at Saratoga Race Course, and parlayed that into a mild 11-1 upset victory in the Grade 2 Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland.
Eurosilver won a Gulfstream Park allowance in his 3-year-old bow, then finished second in the G3 Swale Stakes at the same track.
Following seven months away from the track, Eurosilver was moved from the barn of trainer Nick Zito to Carl Nafzger's shedrow, and he finished second in the Perryville Stakes at Keeneland in his first start for his new conditioner.
During his 4-year-old campaign, Eurosilver won the G3 Skip Away Handicap at Gulfstream Park, and he finished second in the G1 Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs. His final start came in that season's G1 Whitney Handicap, where he finished sixth and came out of the race with a hairline fracture in his left hind leg that led to his retirement. He finished his career with four wins in 12 starts for earnings of $622,310.
Eurosilver retired to Dromoland Farm in Lexington, Ky., for the 2006 breeding season. In 2011, he was moved to Penn Ridge Farm in Harrisburg, Pa., where he resided until the end of the 2015 breeding season, when he was sold to stand in Korea.
From 13 crops of racing age, Eurosilver has sired 202 winners and amassed combined progeny earnings of more than $12.1 million.
His top North American-born runners include Grade 3 winner Neversaidiwassweet, multiple stakes winners Silver Sashay, Euro Platinum, Wild Jacob. He's also the sire of Grade 3-placed stakes winner Will's Wildcat.
The stallion became a desired target for the Korean breeding program following the success of Gippeumnuri, a U.S.-born filly who was exported to Korea prior to her racing career. She earned that country's champion 2-year-old filly honors in 2009.
Eurosilver currently sits in 31st among Korea's leading general sires in 2022. His best finish on the country's general sire list was 23rd place in 2020.
Eurosilver's most active breeding season in Korea was his debut in 2015, when he covered 64 mares. His numbers gradually declined each year after that, save for a fifth-season spike in 2019 when he was visited by 30 mares. In 2021, he covered three mares.
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