Sanwa, The Dam Of Sea The Moon, Euthanised At 21

Sanwa, the dam of G1 Deutsches Derby hero and Group 1 sire Sea The Moon, was euthanised due to laminitis in England. She was 21. Concurrently, her Cracksman filly foal broke a leg in a paddock accident and died.

Gestut Gorlsdorf's owner Heike Bischoff-Lafrentz said, “Sea The Moon's little Cracksman sister broke her leg yesterday in the paddock and could not be saved. With a heavy heart, we decided to also relieve mama Sanwa of her laminitis, so that she could accompany her daughter over the Rainbow Bridge.”

The daughter of Monsun is credited with 10 foals, four of them winners. Besides the Classic exploits of Sea The Moon, Sanwa produced the stakes-placed Sansiwa to the cover of Dansili, as well as Listed Prix Joubert heroine and G3 Prix Minerve third Sea The Sky (Sea The Stars), a full-sister to Sea The Moon. Another Sea The Stars daughter, Sea The Sun, is the dam of Listed Prix Solitude winner Golden Lyra (Lope De Vega).

Added Heike's husband Niko Lafrentz, “Sanwa and her son Sea The Moon turned our breeding lives upside down. We will miss her forever. It's wonderful that she lives on in so many Moonie children and grandchildren.”