Stud Record
Night Raid served one season at stud in Australia during 1923 and then resumed racing. He was retired to stud in New Zealand in 1924. His legacy as a sire is outstanding. Night Raid sired two great racehorses, namely Phar Lap and Nightmarch, victors in the successive Group One, Melbourne Cup in 1929 and 1930.
In all Night Raid sired 13 stakeswinners that had 75 stakeswins, including:
- Blixten (won RRC Rosehill Guineas etc.)
- Nightbeam (won AJC The Metropolitan etc.)
- Nightly (winner of seven Principal Races in Australia and New Zealand including CJC New Zealand Derby Stakes, MVRC Moonee Valley Cup, CJC Canterbury Cup)
- Nightmarch (RRC Rawson Stakes, New Zealand Cup, Melbourne Cup, WS Cox Plate, New Zealand Derby Stakes and AJC Epsom Handicap
- Phar Lap (Australian Derby, VRC Melbourne Cup, Victoria Derby, WS Cox Plate and 1932 Agua Caliente Handicap,
plus Aesulus, Lady Graceful, Pillow Fight, Peter Jackson and The Cardinal all of which were good horses in their own right.
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