Last Tycoon

[CPaulick]

Hi,

I'm new to this forum; looks interesting and I'll come back when I have more time.

I publish the media guide for the Breeders' Cup and one of the sections gives the status of past BC winners. I was wondering if anyone out there knew where Last Tycoon was standing and if he is still breeding.

Thanks for any help.
Carol P.
NTRA/Breeders' Cup -- Lexington, KY, USA

[imaufo]

Hi Carol P....thanks for visiting...couldnt find anything current on Last Tycoon ( info hard to find in Japan) but have tried to come up with some info for you that you may find useful? Seems that he stood at East Stud in Japan...you may have some luck writing to them directly via email...?

east-stud@j-horse.com

(web link below but no sign of Last Tycoon).

http://www.j-horse.com/east-stud2.html

Cheers

ima

LAST TYCOON (IRE) (B., 1983) Champion Australian Sire Top of the 1986 European 3YO classification (1000m - 1300m) Joint top of the 1986 European 3YO classification (1400m - 1800m) won 8 races inc. Royal Ascot Kings Stand S. Gr 1; Breeders' Cup Mile-G1, Sprint Championship-G1.

Sire of 72 SW's inc. Mahogany, Bigstone (IRE), Tracy's Element, Ezzoud, etc.; sire of the dams of the winners of over $40.9 m. and 45 SW's inc. Keltos, The Deputy, Hill Of Grace, Suntagonal, The Mighty Lions, Vintage Tipple, Sir Cherokee, Loxias, Vanquished, Kasthari, Taikun, Island House, Grey Risk, Legally Bay, Time Out, Mister Sacha, Perrexa, etc. 1st DAM GYPSY ANN, by Seventh Hussar (Fr). 1 win at 1100m

http://www.stallions.com.au/list/fubu_maleline.asp


LAST TYCOON's sons at stud include BIGSTONE*, JUST AWESOME, O'REILLY, POLIUTO*, MARJU*, MAGIC OF MONEY, MONDE BLEU*, etc. He is broodmare sire of winners of $32.7 million - 35 stakes winners inc KELTOS, THE DEPUTY, HILL OF GRACE, SUNTAGONAL, TAIKUN, etc.

Sire of O Reilly...Brown 1993 Last Tycoon - Courtza by Pompeii Court

RACE RECORD

1997 BMW Horse of the Year
1997 Champion Sprinter Miler
Head of the 1997 3YO Free Handicap


http://www.waikatostud.co.nz/oreilly.htm

http://www.waikatostud.co.nz/oreilly_race.htm


Sire of Iglesia

http://www.aapracingandsports.com.au/breeding/breedingnews.asp?id=5&NID=60559

Iglesia raced six times and won half of those including the prestigious Silver Slipper Stakes G2 in Sydney. IGLESIA commenced stud duties in 2001. His oldest progeny turned 2YO in 2004-05.

http://www.oaklandsstud.com/images/articles/20030701203042709_2.jpg


In 1992 champion sire Last Tycoon made his introduction with 27 yearlings alone being sold at Easter. This crop was to include chapion 3YO Mahogany

(MAHOGANY (dam by Alydar). A’ asian Horse of the Year at 3. 19 wins. $3,562,268. Won AJC Derby-G1, VRC Derby-G1, Lightning S-G1, Australian Guineas-G1, VATC Caulfield Guineas-G1 , QTC Sires’ Produce S-G1, Castlemaine S-G1 ).

and champion South African filly Tracy's Element. The top price at Easter belonged to a Last Tycoon-Nga'ambine colt who was purchase for $375,000. He later won the AJC the Galaxy as Magic of Money.

At the conclusion of the 1993/94 season Last Tycoon (Ire) was crowned champion Australian sire with earnings of $2.5 million.

Last Tycoon broodmares seem to be particularly popular.

Last Tycoon is establishing himself with Snippets and Danehill as the most exciting broodmare sires of their era. He is currently 8th on the broodmare list.

http://www.j-horse.com/img/img-horse/east/stud104-38.gif

The Deputy ( Last Tycoon).

The Deputy made amends by beating subsequent Breeders’ Cup Mile hero War Chant and Eclipse Award winners Anees and Surfside to win the $1-million Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby

He stands at Margaux Farm near Midway, Kentucky.

http://www.teamvalor.com/famous.htm

Last Tycoon was leased to Japan and stood at East Stud ( but no info avaliable) King Kamehameha ( Japan) by Kingmambo is out of a Last Tycoon mare.

He won the TOKYO YUSHUN (JAPANESE DERBY) and THE NHK MILE CUP

Story below re King Kamehameha

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/print/sports/sports2004/sp20040531a1.htm


FUCHU -- A mere three weeks after a 5-length win of the NHK Mile Cup, King Kamehameha once again reigned supreme, this time with a length-and-a-half record win of the year's biggest racing event, the Nippon Derby.

LTS has always been a leader in the Japanese market for which it has been instrumental in the purchase of many top stallions and broodmares from Europe, USA & Australia . LTS has also, in recent years, arranged the lease to Japan of top stallions such as DANEHILL, LAST TYCOON, THUNDER GULCH, SPINNING WORLD, HENNESSY, PEINTRE CELEBRE, DESERT KING, VICTORY SPEECH and ENTREPRENEUR and now HELISSIO leased from Japan to the National Stud for the 2004 and 2005 seasons. In the last few years LTS has been responsible for the purchase from Japan and import to USA and Europe of several top class performers, including TWINING.

http://www.lts-uk.com/

2004 details of Last Tycoons performance in Japan ( link below)

https://www.jbis.or.jp/jbis_hp/english/sample/sire_rank.html

http://www.stallionregister.com/sr_sire_page.asp

You may also be interested in the wherabouts of Val Royal..a Breeders Cup winner who is standing at stud ( Eliza Park, in Victoria)

http://www.elizapark.com.au/stallions/valroyal/valroyal.htm

Dosage of Last Tycoon in the Breeders Cup mile

http://www.chef-de-race.com/dosage/breeders_cup/bc_history_mile.htm

[cheesebeast]

According to this link LT stands at Suwa Stud?

http://www.jair.jrao.ne.jp/topics/t10151.html

No.Stallion Last Tycoon
Date of Birth 1983
Name of Race BC Mile
Imported Year 1995
Location SUWA Stud

https://www.jbis.or.jp/jbis_hp/english/index.html

Could find some info here?

[CPaulick]

As of last year, it seems that Last Tycoon was shuttling between Blue Gum in Australia and East Stud, Japan. This year I got some conflicting information; IRB said he was not shuttling and was at Suwa Bokujo (does that mean "Farm"?) and my JRA contact said he was at Miura Farm.

The strangest thing...I went to the JAIR link sent by cheesebeast and that went to the Blood-Horse story on Ferdinand. That whole story actually came about when I was doing this same task a couple years ago, and I was getting the "runaround" trying to find out what happened to Ferdinand. Further persistance from the folks at Blood-Horse uncovered the truth.

Anyway, I can't find anything on the internet that pertains to either a Miura Farm or a Suwa Bokujo so that's what I was trying to accomplish.

Thanks for the promp help ima and cheese...I'm still looking for something a little more definite as to where he is.

Carol P.

[imaufo]

I had some other info off another forum that says he was having fertility problems in Japan so may be out of service. I have written to Coolmore ( as he was Coolmore owned apparently when he went to Japan) and Ill post here if they reply.

Cheers

ima


From: Gaz23Red Sent: 19/04/2005 2:10 PM

When Last Tycoon left Australia he went to Japan, he was a Coolmore owned horse.

His fertlility was starting to become a problem here, we were struggling to serve any great book sizes because of this problem, and at that stage he had a number of good horses going around in Japan, a decision was made then to base him in that country and no longer shuttle him.

It may be the case that this problem would have seen his stud career come to a close, maybe Coolmore could sed some light on this?

He was a really nice horse to handle and left a wonderful legacy with his many top line performers here, and it seems he will continue to do so with his daughters becoming well regarded as broodmares.






As of last year, it seems that Last Tycoon was shuttling between Blue Gum in Australia and East Stud, Japan. This year I got some conflicting information; IRB said he was not shuttling and was at Suwa Bokujo (does that mean "Farm"?) and my JRA contact said he was at Miura Farm.
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The strangest thing...I went to the JAIR link sent by cheesebeast and that went to the Blood-Horse story on Ferdinand. That whole story actually came about when I was doing this same task a couple years ago, and I was getting the "runaround" trying to find out what happened to Ferdinand. Further persistance from the folks at Blood-Horse uncovered the truth.

Anyway, I can't find anything on the internet that pertains to either a Miura Farm or a Suwa Bokujo so that's what I was trying to accomplish.

Thanks for the promp help ima and cheese...I'm still looking for something a little more definite as to where he is.

Carol P.

[CPaulick]

If you have some juice with Coolmore, I AM impressed!

Thanks!

[imaufo]

of October at Suwa Jinja Shrine, is a heroic and beautiful festival. ...
Inland is a popular dairy farm-cum-theme park Mother Bokujo (Mother Farm), ...


Looks like it does mean farm?

[imaufo]

From: specialweek Sent: 20/04/2005 6:08 PM

Last Tycoon moved to Miura Farm in Aomori prefecture in northern Honshu which is a local stud farm mostly producing horses for regional racing. Don't know the stud fee but obviously considerbly less than before. He moved there last September

(Kabari Miura Farm Ltd)

This more or less confirms what you heard via your JRA contact. I have asked SW to post any Japanese sites that may be out there re Last Tycoon. Stay tuned!


( btw Special Week calls the Japanese races...in English)

[imaufo]

http://www.star-racing.net/miura_farm/

All in Japanese Im afraid! Thanks SW

[CPaulick]

Thanks all for the assistance. I went to the web site for Miura Farm and noticed an e-mail address at the bottom: miura_farm@mbc.nifty.com (underscore between miura and farm)

I wonder if there is any english-speaking contact there? I'm afraid if I query them in English, they'll disregard it.

[imaufo]

Im not sure but you can give them a try. If it doesnt work out I can get it translated into Japanese for you ( Im sure SW or another contact who deals with Shadai stud can help) and send.