Stud Record
Retired to stud duty, Master Derby met with some success as a sire. The most notable of his progeny in racing was the Grade I winner Uptown Swell, who earned just under $1 million for owner Virginia Kraft Payson. However, his daughter Doff The Derby produced Generous, whose 1991 Group One victories in England and Ireland included the Epsom and Irish Derbys and whose earnings helped make Master Derby the 1991 Leading broodmare sire in Great Britain & Ireland.
In 1992, Master Derby was inducted into the Fair Grounds Racing Hall of Fame.
In January 1999, due to the infirmities of old age, the twenty-seven-year-old Master Derby was humanely euthanized at Notjustanother Farm in Chino, California.
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