South African Champ Harry's Son Dies

Roy Waugh and Harry's Son | laffertyracing.co.za

Harry's Son (Aus) (Haradasun {Aus}–Dash On Ruby {Aus}, by Anabaa), the 2014 champion 2-year-old and a Grade 1 winner in South Africa and runner-up in the 2016 G2 Al Fahidi Fort S. on his Northern Hemisphere debut last January, died Jan. 6 in a French veterinary clinic.

A 5-year-old entire trained through most of his career by Paul Lafferty, Harry's Son won the G1 Premiers Champion S. in 2014 and added a Group 2 success in 2015 before entering quarantine for the Dubai World Cup Carnival. Second to Safety Check (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) in the Al Fahidi Fort, Harry's Son was sent to France to prepare for this year's Carnival, but suffered a completely severed superficial tendon when cut into from behind two furlongs into the Prix Luthier at Deauville Dec. 17. He underwent immediate and successful surgery to re-attach the tendon at the Grosbois Veterinary Clinic south of Paris and his wounds had been recovering well and without infection. This past Friday, doctors at the clinic decided to change the cast and to remove the sutures from the injured area, requiring a brief surgery under anesthesia. The wound was healing well and a new cast was applied, but Harry's Son went into cardiac arrest while still under anesthesia and efforts to revive him proved unsuccessful.

“Harry's Son was one of those great rarities in racing,” said Roy Waugh, who spent the last 17 months accompanying Harry's Son from quarantine in Mauritius to Dubai to Spain to France, all the while separated from his children. “From the outset, he had an air of nobility and a wisdom beyond his years. He was always easy to train. It was one of life's great pleasures to be associated with this remarkable character, and an honour to have been by his side over his racing career. Unfortunately, fate has intervened to deprive South African breeding of an opportunity to share in his unique genes. It is a great loss. And for the stable, Harry is our great personal loss. We will sorely miss you, our dear Harry….”

Bred in Victoria by Cranton Bloodstock, Harry's Son was an A$60,000 Magic Millions National Weanling purchase in 2012 and an A$60,000 graduate of the Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale the following January.

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