At the rip old age of 29, champion and much loved sire, JALLAD has peacefully passed away at Highlands this weekend.

A Champion sire who ended the 2005 season with more Graded stakes winners and wins than any other sire despite being denied the Championship on the last day of the season. Champion sire in 2003, Champion runner up in 2003, 2004 and 2005 and 4th leading sire in 2006 behind National Assembly. 

His best was most likely the multiple Group 1 winner Free My Heart but he also produced the likes of the I'll fated Rabiya. He was a sire mich loved by buyers and highly sort at the sales in his prime years. He got them to run plain and simple. 

A producer of big-hearted horses from 1000m to 3200m, champion sire Jallad had over 60 stakes winners.

JALLAD (USA) (1988 - Stud 1993), 8 wins, 1200 - 1600m, Durban Merchants Gr.2, Ashburton H, Gr.3. Dam PETRAVA(NZ), Champion 3-Y-O Filly in SA, 10 wins, Paddock S, Gr.1, Sire of the winners, inc. FREE MY HEART, LUCY'S LAD, ICY AIR, SCARENA, GRANDE JETE, PRINCESS FABERGE, COUSIN JOHN, MAJOR BLUFF, JAMES JAGUAR, RABIYA, VEGA, TORNADO KING, ZEBRA CROSSING, TALAHATCHIE, LYRICAL LINDA, DIVINE JURY, KAPIL, RUSSIAN SAGE, GAULTIER, SUCCESFUL BIDDER, GRAFTON STREET, ZIRCONEUM, THE HANGMAN, etc.

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