Forestry, a Grade 1 winner and sire of elite runners in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, died Wednesday at Haras São José da Serra in Brazil due to the infirmities of old age, BloodHorse reports.
The 27-year-old son of Storm Cat had resided in Brazil since the 2014 Southern Hemisphere breeding season, bringing to an end a dual-hemisphere shuttle schedule that saw him begin his stud career at Taylor Made Stallions in Kentucky in 2000. He also spent Southern Hemisphere seasons in Argentina and Peru before being purchased by a group of Brazilian breeders.
Bred in Kentucky by Robert S. Evans and raced by Aaron and Marie Jones, Forestry raced for one season at age three, winning seven of 11 starts and earning $591,225.
After breaking his maiden in January of his 3-year-old campaign at Santa Anita Park, Forestry earned his first stakes win in the listed San Pedro Stakes at the same track. He spent the first part of the summer at Churchill Downs, then he moved to the East Coast, where he won the Grade 2 Dwyer Stakes and finished third in the G1 Haskell Invitational Stakes before earning his signature victory in the G1 King's Bishop Stakes. His final start came in the 1999 Breeders' Cup Sprint at Gulfstream Park, where he finished third.
Forestry has sired 21 crops of racing age, with 896 winners and combined progeny earnings of more than $60.3 million.
His biggest achievement in the Northern Hemisphere came from Shackleford, the winner of the 2011 Preakness Stakes.
Other Northern Hemisphere runners of note include Grade 1 winners Discreet Cat, Forest Danger, and Diplomat Lady, and Grade 2 winners Smokey Glacken and Etched. He is also the sire of perennial leading Canadian sire Old Forester.
In South America, Forestry was responsible for Brazilian champions Oceano Azul and Itaperuna, along with Peruvian champion Khazir and Argentine Group 1 winner Fantastic Four.
Forestry has arguably been even more impactful as a broodmare sire, represented by the dams of Kentucky Derby winner Nyquist, champion Rushing Fall, Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint winner Bobby's Kitten, and Grade 1 winner Country Grammer.
Read more at BloodHorse.
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