MG1SW Notnowcato Passes at 17
Updated: December 10, 2019 at 4:26 pm
Three-time Group 1 winner and dual purpose sire Notnowcato (GB) (Inchinor {GB}) died after sustaining a heart attack while covering a mare near the end of the breeding season at Knockhouse Stud in Ireland, Racing Post reported on Tuesday. Out of listed winner and MGSP Ramblin Rose (GB) (Cadeaux Genereux {GB}), he was 17.
Bred by Sir Evelyn de Rothchild's Southcourt Stud, the chestnut was raced by Anthony and David de Rothschild from the yard of Sir Michael Stoute. A winner of the 2006 G1 Juddmonte International S. and second in the G1 Coral Eclipse S., Notnowcato landed two more at that level a year later-the G1 Tattersalls Gold Cup and went one better in the Coral Eclipse S. He was also third in both the 2007 Juddmonte International and G1 Prince of Wales's S.
Retired with seven wins from 20 starts to Newmarket's Stanley House Stud, he moved to Knockhouse Stud in 2014. His best Flat runner to date has been triple Australian Group 1 winner Redkirk Warrior (GB), followed by MGSW Custom Cut (Ire) from his tally of five black-type winners. In the jumping sphere, Notnowcato has sired Grade 1-winning hurdler Long Dog (GB).