Former prominent sire Langfuhr dies at 31

Champion Langfuhr, who went on to become a prominent sire across North America, has died at the age of 31 at Lane's End Farm. The son of Danzig moved to Lane's End beginning with the 2004 season, and was pensioned in 2018.

Langfuhr earned the Sovereign Award as Canada's champion sprinter of 1996, when he won the Grade 1 Vosburgh Stakes and Grade 2 Forego Handicap. In 1997, he added major victories in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap and Grade 1 Carter Handicap. He was inducted into the Canadian Hall of Fame in 2004.

Langfuhr is the sire of 99 career stakes winners, according to Equineline statistics in all countries. Chief among those are Grade 1 winner and Eclipse Award champion Lawyer Ron; and Canadian Triple Crown winner and Horse of the Year Wando.

Langfuhr's other top runners included Canadian champions Kimchi and Mobil, U.S. Grade 1 winners Euroears, Imperial Gesture, Interpatation, Jambalaya, and Lang Field, and Japanese Grade 1 winner Apollo Kentucky.

“It was a privilege to stand Langfuhr at Lane’s End and to have him spend his retirement at the farm,” Lane’s End's Bill Farish said in a release. “We are grateful for the many years we had with him. Langfuhr’s intelligence and kind temperament will have a lasting impact on all who had the opportunity to work with him.”

Langfuhr will be buried in the stallion cemetery at the farm.

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