SHUTTLING stallions from Europe to the southern hemisphere has been a huge success and those who have done well all but guarantee that the practice will continue for a long time to come.

Sending Australian or New Zealand-born sires to Europe has not yielded as many rewards, and given the global impact he made, it is no surprise that two of the more successful ‘reverse shuttlers’, as they are called, are sons of Danehill (by Danzig), the horse whose achievements are largely to credit for its endurance.