The legacy of Kind

 

On March 8th 2021, Juddmonte Farms announced that their outstanding broodmare Kind had sadly succumbed to complications following the foaling of a colt by their resident rising star stallion Kingman. This colt was her first live produce since her Galileo filly Chiasma was foaled in 2018. The stakes winning daughter of Danehill had in recent years been blighted by complications in getting in foal.

A homebred of Juddmonte Farms, Kind won six races including two at Listed level. She was also placed in Group 3 company. Retired at the end of her four-year-old campaign. She joined Juddmonte's broodmare band. A daughter of the aforementioned Danehill, she is out of Group 3 heroine Rainbow Lake. She too became a very successful broodmare with her best produce being two time Group/Grade 1 winner Powerscourt who following his retirement from racing stood at Ashford Farm in Kentucky. His biggest success as a sire came with Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes heroine Termagant and Grade 1 turf winner Finnegans Wake. Rainbow Lake also produced Group 2 Ribblesdale Stakes winner Riposte, now part of Juddmonte Farms broodmare band and Group 3 scorer Last Train.

When Kind retired to the paddocks, her first chosen stallion was the phenomenal Sadler's Wells. That mating resulted in Group 3 Derby Trial winner Bullet Train. He has now embarked on a stallion career and currently resides at Woodfield Farm Stud. It was Kind's mating with Sadler's Wells sire son Galileo that propelled her to become one of the premier broodmares in the world.

Frankel was born on the 11th February 2008. Those at Juddmonte who cared for him during his early days always felt he was out of the ordinary and Frankel certainly proved to be exactly that. He went unbeaten in fourteen races including ten Group 1's and achieved a timeform rating of 143, the highest rating allocated to a racehorse. Frankel has since risen through the stallion ranks and is now recognised as one of the best young sires in the world. He is the sire of multiple Group 1 winners including Cracksman, Without Parole, Soul Stirring, Hungry Heart, Quadrilateral and Anapurna.
 
Following Frankel was his full brother Noble Mission. He went on to become a three time Group 1 winner and emulated his famed brother by culminating his career in the British Champion Stakes. Noble Mission retired to Lanes End Farm in Kentucky. His best progeny to date have been dual Grade 1 winner Code Of Honor and Group winning Spanish Moon. In 2010 Kind produced her first foal by one of Juddmonte’s own resident sires in Oasis Dream. The resulting foal was Morpheus who won three times. He first retired to Tally-Ho stud and is now currently residing at Haras de Toury in France. In 2011 Kind produced her first filly and second produce by Oasis Dream. Subsequently named Joyeuse, she won two listed races and is now developing into a dynamic broodmare. Her progeny to date include Group 1 placed Shamardal mare Jubiloso, stakes placed Dubawi filly Jovial and juvenile winning Galileo colt Maximal. Joyeuse also has a two-year-old brother to Maximal named Badge and a yearling full-brother to Jubiloso.

Following two consecutive vists to Oasis Dream Kind again returned to Galileo which resulted in a flashy chesnut full-brother to Frankel and Noble Mission. He was placed in the care of Andre Fabre and given the name Proconsul. There was much media attention surrounding him however Proconsul was unsuccessful in two starts. He is now residing at Annshoon Stud. Four seasons passed when Kind’s next foal was born. In 2018 she produced her second filly and the first full-sister to Frankel and Noble Mission. Now named Chiasma, she is scheduled to debut in a fillies maiden at Sandown on Friday April 23^rd.  There will be many racing fans beaming if she wins on debut and goes on to record stakes success. Kind’s untimely death was a blow to the breeding industry but with the recent success of her sons and daughters at stud there is no doubt that her name will be appearing in the pedigrees of many Group 1 winners for years to come.