King of Diamonds

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If king of diamonds died in i think it was 1989 or something like that - how can so many horses claim him as "daddy" - think the gene pool is being a bit "exagerated" - although he did have 11 sons .... so if you were buying a youngster now what % would he/she be of KOD ?
 
if they are registered ISH with a green passport then they should be blood type certified to confirm their parentage. If not take the pedigree with a pinch of salt
 
Its amazing - horses have been KOD for years now - and me being a crabby old bag at the moment phoned ref a horse today that was KOD and when i asked a few more questions and it became obvious they had no idea it suddenly went to being KOD stamp!
 
LOL I know what you mean! He's much sought after IMO in a horse's pedigree so people bend the truth a little. However just ask them if you can see the horses passport to prove his pedigree and that should sort it out for you :)
 
I've got an 19 yr old mare by a son of KOD so he's certainly been dead a few years!! She's a Grade A and I still think he was the best producers of jumpers! Also have 3 youngsters out of her which makes KOD their Great Grandad!
 
You can still have grandsons of KOD - I have one (passported) but as he is 9 and his sire is in his 20's (Coevers Diamond Lad) you can see how that will stretch. Most people say KOD or Cloverhill lines but I have had a dealer say "out of Clover Hill" which changed to CH lines when I queried it. As was said previously, really popular breeding lines - CDB was still one of the highest used ISH stallions used last year..
 
well i had a 4 year old with a green book,who was a grandson of cloverhill and great grandson of KOD for sale earlier this year and hardly any interest...
 
yes they are more like the lines of KOD. My lad's sire was full brother to KOD so that where his lines came from, through KOD sire and dam. Born in Ireland, bred for jumping.
 
echo someone above- it is much harder to find an Irish bred horse WITHOUT KOD in its lines!!

imo people oversell the KOD line now- a great great grandsire claim to fame is hardly going to make your horse an Olympic prospect by itself!
 
So many irish horses have King Of Diamonds in their breeding- one of my horses doesn't have any of his parentage listed but so so many people over the years that are clued up on breeding have said to me that my horse definitely must be close relation, in looks and temperament.

You will also know by their temperament if they are closely related to KoD!!!- (Mines in no way nasty though), just a bit quirky, sensitive and a bit of a character!!!
 
My ex had a mare who was a daughter of King of Diamonds and his spitting image. She was born in 1985. She went to grade A herself and bred a lovely foal who evented to some success. She jumped into her 20s and died not long ago still sound and happy. Lovely mare but with the King of Diamonds quirkiness which actually gave her a bit of an edge, not international standard but won some decent national tracks in her time. Very upright neck and a bit straight through the hock which she got from her dad, but didn't pass on to her son who had a nearly perfect conformation.
 
My 10 year mare has KOD as her great grandfather - to say she is quirky with a lot of character is an understatement but I think putting it down to having KOD mixed in there might be stretching it

:D:D:D
 
I had a mare who was by Flagmount Diamond, by King of Diamonds. She'd be 18 or so by now. Best horse I have had to date (unless my current Limmerick mare can trump her!). Totally honest, jumped anything, impeccable manners and not one quirk or flaw. I would definitely have another with KOD breeding!
 
God knows, but all I can say is that the name is so popular It wouldn't interest me at all if I saw a horse by him, We had a horse on our yard about 8yrs ago and he was nothing special and couldn't even jump very well!
 
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