Group 1-winning miler and stallion All American has died in Western Australia at the age of 19.
Geisel Park Stud, where the sire has stood for the past seven years, announced the death of All American on Thursday.
The sire of 2016 Group 1 ATC Sires’ Produce Stakes and Spring Champion Stakes winner Yankee Rose and 2018 Queensland Derby winner Dark Dream, All American started his stud career at Arrowfield Stud in the Hunter Valley in 2010 before being transferred to Eddie Rigg’s Geisel Park in 2016.
He spent the 2017 season at Chatswood Stud in Victoria before Rigg purchased All American outright to stand at his Myalup operation near Perth, where the stallion remained until his death.
“All American leaves behind a legacy and (he) has touched the hearts of many along the way,” Geisel Park Stud posted on social media.
“Everyone associated with Geisel Park will forever appreciate the impact All American had as our first stallion to stand commercially.”
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Bred by then-Strawberry Hill Stud owner John Singleton, All American was purchased by his trainer David Hayes for $220,000 at the 2007 Magic Millions Gold Coast Yearling Sale.
Lindsay Park’s Hayes won four races with All American, three of them being as a two-year-old.
By Vinery Stud shuttler Red Ransom, who was also the sire of Australian Horse of the Year Typhoon Tracy, All American finished runner-up to stablemate Reaan in the 2008 Group 1 Blue Diamond and third in the 2008 Coolmore Stud Stakes, won by Northern Meteor.
But it was his crowning glory as a spring four-year-old where he defeated champion So You Think to win the Emirates Stakes at Flemington, a Group 1 race now known as the Champions Mile, that ensured his career at stud.
All American winning the 2009 Emirates Stakes. (Vision: YouTube)
In total, All American has sired six individual stakes winners among 16 stakes horses, including the David Vandyke-trained and Darby Racing-owned Yankee Rose who is now a Group 1-producing broodmare in Japan, from his 12 crops of racing age.
All American, whose first season fee when at Arrowfield was $16,500, covered seven mares at Geisel Park in 2023 at a $4,400 fee.
He has 16 two-year-olds, four yearlings and five foals on the ground.
Geisel Park also stands Winning Rupert, second-season sire Aysar and Manhattan Rain.
