Grade 1 winner Nadal is leading the table of first-season sires at the Japan Racing Association with total progeny earnings of ¥264,614,000 (approx. US$1,736,619) through Dec. 13. By Blame , Nadal is ranked fourth in 2-year-old sires, and Saturnalia by Lord Kanaloa , who is also a first-season sire, is ranked fifth with total progeny earnings of ¥246,367,000 (approx. US$1,602,866).
An undefeated winner of the 2020 Arkansas Derby (G1) by three lengths, Nadal was one of the leaders on the Road to the 146th running of the Kentucky Derby (G1). However, he suffered a condylar fracture of his left foreleg during morning track work at Santa Anita Park following the Arkansas Derby and retired before the COVID-19 pandemic-delayed Kentucky Derby, which took place the first Saturday in September that year.
Nadal started to stand at Shadai Stallion Station in 2021 with a fee of ¥4 million (approx. US$26,312). Through…
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