King of Diamonds

1962-1991, chestn.
Breeder: Tom O'Neill, Slyguff Stud,
Ireland.

King of Diamonds is ranked 21st in the World Breeding Rankings for the period 1992 - 2001 on the basis of 19 of his progeny, including Rodrigo Pessoa's Special Envoy, John Ledingham's Millstreet Ruby and Olympic Medallist, Mill Pearl. King of Diamonds dominates the Irish Studbook. He has more than forty stallion sons or grandsons, bred either directly in the sire line or through his daughters. When King of Diamonds died in 1991 at the age of 29 he had eleven stallion sons on the Irish Horse Register and two grandsons. Four years later his descendant stallions numbered over forty. His total registered progeny at the time of his death was 547. King of Diamonds was by Errigal a son of Silvermines, which was the Irish Draught side of his parentage. His dam Ruby was by True Boy, a half-bred sire who traces to Kildare, a well known Irish Draught stallion at the beginning of the century. His grand dam was the Thoroughbred mare Biddens. King of Diamonds has made a specific contribution to thousands of highly acceptable riding and show jumping horses. Irish breeding would have been much the poorer without him.
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