{"id":3652,"date":"2022-05-30T15:46:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T15:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rathbarrystud.com\/cms\/?p=3652"},"modified":"2025-12-16T14:19:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T14:19:58","slug":"shirocco-crowned-leading-irish-point-to-point-sire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rathbarrystud.com\/?p=3652","title":{"rendered":"SHIROCCO CROWNED LEADING IRISH POINT-TO-POINT SIRE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3652\" class=\"elementor elementor-3652\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6de417e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6de417e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2d13b5a\" data-id=\"2d13b5a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ddf62b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ddf62b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-356\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rathbarrystud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Shirocco-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"588\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rathbarrystud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Shirocco-17.jpg 588w, https:\/\/rathbarrystud.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Shirocco-17-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 588px) 100vw, 588px\" \/>\n\nShirocco\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a0c32fc\" data-id=\"a0c32fc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc8700a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc8700a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3><strong style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1rem;\">Shirocco<\/strong><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); font-size: 1rem;\"> has been crowned leading sire of the 2021\/2022 Irish point-to-point season, with an impressive 25 wins to his name. He finished three wins clear of his nearest rivals and is one of just two active sires in the top five table.<\/span><\/h3><p>Shirocco has risen through the stallion ranks since his first Glenview-conceived crops hit the track, bred off the back of Annie Power, et al. Seven of his point-to-point graduates sold for six-figure sums since December 2021, with Ross O&#8217;Sullivan&#8217;s mare Alfie&#8217;s Princess commanding the highest price of \u00a3220,000. Other notable results include \u00a3180,000 for Mary Doyle&#8217;s debut victor Off To A Flyer and \u00a3175,000 for Aidan Fitzgerald&#8217;s 14 length winner Queens Vic.<\/p><p>Shirocco&#8217;s former studmate <strong>Presenting<\/strong> also continues to make his presence felt and earned the leading broodmare sire title by a wide margin. His daughters produced the winners of an incredible 45 races- almost double the number of his nearest rival at 23. The late Glenview Stud resident also\u00a0finished fourth in the leading sires table with 19 winners.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shirocco Shirocco has been crowned leading sire of the 2021\/2022 Irish point-to-point season, with an impressive 25 wins to his name. He finished three wins clear of his nearest rivals and is one of just two active sires in the top five table. 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