Night Of Thunder (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}), last year's champion first-season sire who continues to lead his sire crop, will cover a limited book of mares Southern Hemisphere time at Kildangan Stud later this year.
Night Of Thunder got off to a fast start last year, registering seven stakes winners in his first season with runners. He now has 12 Northern Hemisphere stakes winners, headed thus far this season by the G3 Jersey S. winner Molatham (GB). His seven European 3-year-old black-type winners this season leads all sires on the continent, and his 10.4% clip of stakes winners to runners puts him atop all Northern Hemisphere sires by that metric. While that first crop continues to win at a 55% clip (from runners), his second crop has also hit the ground running; it is currently registering 57% winners to runners and is headed by the 'TDN Rising Star' and G2 Coventry S. second Qaader (GB).
Meanwhile, from his lone Australian-conceived crop, Night Of Thunder has sired eight winners and two stakes winners from 16 runners. He is the only first-season sire Down Under this season with more than one stakes winner and his 12.5% clip of stakes winners to runners leads all sires in the nation. All of his Australian winners are rated 80 or higher by Timeform.
Eamon Moloney, nominations manager at Kildangan Stud, said, “The standard that Night Of Thunder's progeny have achieved in both hemispheres to date are propelling him to an elite stallion status with global appeal. He has just finished covering an exceptional book of mares and is now receiving a lot of interest for a limited number of Southern Hemisphere nominations, which will be covered from his base in Kildangan Stud.”
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