If you could bring back a stallion from the dead, who would it be?
John Messara: I would like to bring Danehill back from the dead. His dominance was breathtaking.
Damon Gabbedy: Without doubt Danehill.
Jason Walsh: Dubai Millennium.
Lisa Manning: Street Cry.
Bevan Smith: Being a Kiwi, I will always love Zabeel and what he did for the industry there. (He was) not just a champion sire, (he was) probably (an) even better broodmare sire. He’s shaped New Zealand breeding.
Jim Carey: Danehill!
Michael Smith: As an influence Northern Dancer is without equal, even more so given that his dominance springs from an era when stallion books were much smaller. Taking him out of the equation, Mr Prospector is a clear second choice given his propensity to sire top-class and influential horses in their own right, on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Tom Moore: Scat Daddy.
Tim Wilson: Probably Secretariat. I’m just a bit seduced by his story, I’ve seen the movie, what a racehorse he was. He was before my time, so you’re always intrigued by the ones you never saw.
Sam Fairgray: Mr Prospector.
Jason Abrahams: Adraan; sired one incomplete crop of 27 foals, 20 won, seven won stakes races and three ran in the Golden Slipper.
Troy Stephens: Danehill; for a stallion to leave such a legacy in both hemispheres is unmatched.
Andy Williams: Not A Single Doubt.
Dane Robinson: Northern Dancer’s impact on the breed is immeasurable, and more recently it would have been great to see Northern Meteor with us for longer.
Tom Ryan: Northern Dancer overcame the perceived limitation of size to be a brilliant race horse and averaged less than 30 live foals (and was still able) to become a breed-shaping sire. Fifty years later, his mark on both hemispheres is remarkable on both dirt and turf.
Gallery: Stallions who industry professionals would bring back from the dead
Toby Liston: Bellotto. He was a proper stallion, he was misunderstood. He was a proper stallion’s stallion, he was good to us in South Australia, he was a top five stallion nationwide. We had him a bit later in his life, everytime we needed money he’d come good, he was a man's man, he was a proper stallion. His timeform rating was 134, he was amazing so I was only a kid, but it will never be forgotten what he did for the family to get us started. Dad imported him with some other people, he went back to America and it was unfortunate, because he was one of the world's best stallions, and we had an opportunity to have him in Australia, and it wasn’t to be, that’s the sliding doors game of the thoroughbreds.
William Johnson: Vain. Just to see him once in the flesh.
James Mitchell: Danehill!
Marcus Corban: Zabeel, for obvious reasons.
