“IT is with deep sadness that we announce the death of our stallion Havana Gold, aged 13, after sustaining a fatal pelvis injury this afternoon.”

With that we learned of the passing last week of the Tweenhills sire, and what a blow it must be for David Redvers, Sheikh Fahad and anyone who had a part to play in the stallion’s success. Havana Gold was the leading British-based first-season sire in 2017, and the leading British-based sire of two-year-old in 2021.