Commands (28 September 1996 – 12 July 2014) was an Australian stakes winning racehorse and stallion.
Background
Bred by
Arrowfield Stud in the
Hunter Valley of
New South Wales
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, Commands was a full brother to 5-time
Group One winner Danewin.
Racing career
Commands won 4 races in his 15 start career with the highlight being the 1999
Missile Stakes at
Rosehill as a two-year-old, beating the older horses at
Weight for Age.
He also ran placings in two
Group One races, running third behind
Redoute's Choice
Redoute's Choice (15 August 1996 – 26 March 2019) was a multiple Group One-winning Australian Thoroughbred racehorse and also a Leading sire in Australia, champion sire. He is by the phenomenal international sire Danehill (horse), Danehill ( ...
in the 1999
Caulfield Guineas and a second placing in
The Galaxy.
Stud career
Commands was retired to the Inghams' Woodlands Stud and in his first year in 2000 had a service fee of $10,000.
Darley Stud acquired ownership of Commands in 2008 following the purchase of the Inghams' breeding empire in Australia.
Commands retired from stallion duties in 2013. He is the sire of 14 time
Group One winner
Melody Belle. Overall he sired 13 individual
Group One winners, and been Australia's "Leading Sire by Winners" on 3 consecutive occasions.
Commands died suddenly on the 12 July 2014 at Darley's Kelvinside property in
New South Wales
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aged 17.
Notable progeny
Commands'
Group One winners:
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colt, f =
filly
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*In most cases, a ''filly'' is a female horse under four years old.
*In some nations, such as the United Kingdom and the United States
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, g =
gelding
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Pedigree
References
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Racehorses bred in Australia
Racehorses trained in Australia
1996 racehorse births
2014 racehorse deaths
Thoroughbred family 9-c