NAEVUS is dead at 25 - RIP NAEVUS

[jellac]

Talk about a truly good "regional sire" - NAEVUS is no longer with us folks. He was a dependable/consistent sire here in Texas of a versatile group of runners/winners of generally workmanlike class and occaisionally an outstanding offspring' a sire of "color" to boot:

Naevus, leading active sire in Texas, euthanized at age 25

8/16/2005



Naevus, the leading active sire in Texas by lifetime progeny earnings, was euthanized on August 12 due to complications from laminitis. The 25-year-old stallion had stood in Texas for the past 10 years, most recently at Sue Dowling’s Stoneview Farm near Hempstead, where he is now buried. Naevus was owned by Dowling’s father, Al Gerrans, in the name of his APG Holdings Ltd.

“I’ll never be around another stallion like him,” said Dowling, who had managed the stallion since 1997. “He had a lot of personality. It’s just a huge loss. He lived a long, good life. We considered him a family member.”

Bred in Kentucky by Morris D. Krumhorn, the chestnut son of Mr. Prospector placed in four graded events at Santa Anita in 1983, including the Santa Anita Derby (G1). He retired to stud in 1984 in California with two wins from eight starts and a bankroll of $111,250. After a stint at Airdrie Stud in Kentucky, Naevus relocated to McDermott Ranch in Texas in 1995 before moving to Stoneview.

His top earner was second-crop runner King Glorious, the millionaire winner of the 1988 Hollywood Futurity (G1) and 1989 Haskell Invitational Handicap (G1). From nine outs, King Glorious triumphed in eight, winning by a combined margin of more than 53 lengths. The 19-year-old stallion now stands in Japan.

In the Lone Star State, Naevus sired 2001 Texas Champion 2-Year-Old Gelding Nuclear Assembly, as well as Texas-bred multiple stakes winners One to Five, Little Angel and Herve. Because of his age, Naevus had covered a limited book of mares for the last few years of his stud career. In the 2005 breeding season, he covered 25 mares, 23 of which were pronounced in foal. His lifetime progeny earnings exceed $21 million with 370 winners, 29 stakes winners and five graded stakes winners.

At the time of his death, Neavus led the state’s active sire list by progeny earnings and was second only to the late 1983 Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Sunny’s Halo, who tops all Texas stallions with earnings of nearly $26 million.

Naevus, whose dam was the winning Bold Lad mare Mudville, was named for the Latin word for birthmark or mole. Although unusual for a Thoroughbred, Naevus had a white patch on his side. Airdrie Apache, a colt from the stallion’s 1993 crop out of Not Quite White, was so colorful he was cross-registered with both The Jockey Club and the American Paint Horse Association.