The sire of 45 stakes including six Group I winners, Bellotto enjoyed his retirement in the surrounding beauty of Wellington, South Australia near the mouth of the Murray River.
After starting his stud career at the famous Arrowfield Stud in 1989, this son of
Mr Prospector transferred to the property then known as Paumah Stud and has
been in South Australia ever since. Bellotto was a more than handy racehorse, placed in both the Group I Epsom Derby and English 2000 Guineas.
He was a headline horse when he came to Australia in an era before the shuttle sires when local studmasters could not afford the winners of these races and made do with what they could get.
The three-time Magic Million South Australian Leading Sire award winner has sired more than 1000 foals including the successful sire, Clang and the stakes winning broodmare Seto Flowerian which had a foal sell in Japan for $AU4.2 million.
His daughters have left 30 stakes-winners headed by Group I winners Miss Danehill and Coniston Bluebird.
Bellotto has had a number of different owners as has the stud over recent years.
Bellotto's last resting place is at Rosden Park, which was formerly Paumah Stud and then Lakewood Stud.
