Group
I QEII Stakes winner and prolific sire Poet's Voice (GB) suffered a fatal heart
attack over the weekend at Dalham Hall Stud.
The son of leading sire Dubawi was a superb racehorse, who broke his maiden by
an astounding 10 lengths, before going on to win at Group I level at three.
Saeed bin Suroor, who trained Poet's Voice throughout his racing career said,
"I am very sad to hear of the death of Poet's Voice and my condolences go to
His Highness Sheikh Mohammed and everyone connected to him at Darley. He was a
pleasure to train, always relaxed in his work and gave his best throughout his
career. His victory in the QEII Stakes was very special indeed."
Since retiring to stud, Poet's Voice has provided a consistent stream of
winners and last year his outstanding total of 29 juvenile winners could only
be bettered by his own outstanding sire among British stallions.
Poet's Voice shuttled to Australia for three seasons with his best locally bred
horse being Group II winner Viridine.
Sam Bullard, Director of stallions, said, "Poet's Voice has been a great
servant and will be greatly missed by the team here at Dalham Hall Stud. "He
has been a reliable source of winners for breeders and he enjoyed a wonderful
year in 2017 with his two-year-olds and of course Poet's Word, who we hope will
continue to fly the flag for his sire this year."
Stud Director Liam O'Rourke said, "It is sad to lose such a lovely stallion
who, as a homebred, embodied all of what we wish to achieve – a remarkably good-looking
individual, by our own sire and grandsire, G1 winner in the Godolphin blue
silks and a credit to all those associated with him."