Shirocco (foaled 10 April 2001) is a German Thoroughbred racehorse. He was trained in his native Germany by Andreas Schütz up to the end of his three-year-old season before moving to French trainer André Fabre to race as a four and five year old.^[1]

Background

Shirocco was sired by Monsun, a German racehorse and leading sire.^[2] His dam was The Minstrel mare So Sedulous who won two races when trained in England by Geoff Wragg. She was also the dam of Subiaco (winner of the Group 2 Gerling-Preis) and stakes winners Satchmo, Storm Trooper and September Storm.^[3][4]

Racing career

Shirocco is best known for winning the Breeders' Cup Turf in 2005. He also won the 2004 Deutsches Derby.^[2] Overall, he won 6 major group races in 5 countries.

Awards

In 2005 Shirocco was named German Horse of the Year.^{[citation needed]}

Stud record

In October 2006 he was purchased by Darley Stud and retired to Dalham Hall Stud in Newmarket, England.^[1] In seven seasons on the Darley stallion roster he sired Brown Panther (winner of the Group 1 Irish St. Leger), Windstoss^[5] (winner of the Group 1 Deutsches Derby) and Group 2 winners Arrigo, Grand Vent and Wild Coco.^[6] Before the start of the 2014 breeding season he was sold to Glenview Stud in Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland to stand as a National Hunt stallion.^[7] In 2016 his daughter Annie Power won the Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.

Pedigree