Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted May 2, 2019 Journalists Share Posted May 2, 2019 Elusive City, sire of five Group 1 winners headed by the G1 Poule d’Essai des Pouliches victress Elusive Wave (Ire), has died aged 19 at Haras d’Etreham in France after suffering a heart attack. Etreham tweeted on Thursday, “it is with great sadness that we have to announce the death of Elusive City at the age of 19 from a heart attack. He brought us a lot of joy and success in Europe and New Zealand and a total of five Group 1 winners. We thank all the breeders that have supported him over the years.” The majority of Elusive City’s Group 1 success did in fact come from his shuttle stints to New Zealand, where he left the G1 New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders S. winners Xanadu (NZ) and Perfect Fit (NZ) and the G1 Diamond S. winner Vespa (NZ). His New Zealand-bred son Famous Seamus (NZ) won the G1 BTC Cup in Australia. Elusive City is also the dam sire of last year’s G3 Breeders’ S. winner and current well-regarded Australian 2-year-old Dubious (Aus) (Not A Single Doubt {Aus}). The aforementioned Elusive Wave was sold to stand in Japan after her racing career and has produced two top-priced lots at the JRHA Select Sale, including a colt that in 2017 achieved a world-record price of ¥580 million (£3,992,700/€4,654,093) for a colt foal at auction. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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