SCONE stud Yarraman Park has announced the devastating loss of their top-class stallion Hinchinbrook, who has died at the age of 10 following an accident on a walking machine.
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Foaled and raised at Yarraman Park, Hinchinbrook was turning 11 this year and was at the peak of his career with seasonal earnings of $6.2 million and 100 winners highlighted by five stakes-winners headed by Group I winning filly Seabrook.
A son of Fastnet Rock, Hinchinbrook would have been entering his eighth year at stud with a full book of mares to cover this spring, but died tragically after suffering a broken hind leg at the Scone farm on Monday.
In a statement Yarraman Park Stud principal Harry Mitchell said Hitchinbrook was a special horse they had believed in from the start.
“We are devastated as you can imagine,” he said.
“He wasn’t an easy horse to get going as he was not the most fertile, but he kept proving himself and getting that good horse.
“It just breaks your heart, but it’s something that happens.
“It happened to Northern Meteor and it happened to Scat Daddy, as sad as it is, you have to regroup and move on.
“We will miss him dearly.”
