It's been a sad week. Another death in the past few days is that of champion sire Danzig, a stallion referred to by The Racing Post as "one of the most influential stallions of the post-war era". Danzig was euthanised on Tuesday at Claiborne Farm, Kentucky, where he had spent his entire stud career. According to media reports the 29-year-old stallion had been suffering from the infirmities of old age.

A report filed by Amy Bennett for The Racing Post states:

"In a stud career spanning 23 years Danzig sired 188 stakes winners and 106 group or graded winners, including 21 champions worldwide. Only Danehill [his son] and Sadler’s Wells have sired more stakes winners than him.

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"His outstanding success at stud is all the more noteworthy given that he was covered limited books, never covering over 75 mares, according to Gus Koch, stallion manager at Claiborne."