Gestut Rottgen mourns loss of its fine producer Enrica
Daughter of Niniski was the dam of German Oaks heroine Enora
Gestut Rottgen is mourning the loss of its fine producer Enrica, whose five black-type performers included the stud's seventh German Oaks winner Enora, following a severe colic at the age of 25, the stud announced on its social media channels this week.
The producer of nine winners, Enrica was herself a high-class racemare in the Rottgen colours, finishing second in the Group 2 Premio Lydia Tesio, and was out of the German Listed winner Eicidora, who was purchased carrying Enrica in utero by Rottgen in 1993.
As well as Enora - who was quick of the mark at stud, producing the 2017 Group 3 Preis des Winterfavoriten winner Erasmus - Enrica was also responsible for Group 2 Hansa-Preis winner Egerton and Group 3 scorer Ephraim.
Enrica was also the granddam of the Group 1-placed Eliot and fellow black-type performers El Loco and Elora Princess.
Following Enora's Classic success in 2010, Rottgen stud manager Frank Dorff told the Racing Post: "We bought Enora's third dam, the Listed-winning Surumu mare Eicidora, in foal to Enora's dam, Enrica, in 1993.
"Eicidora also produced for us Enrique, who was Listed-placed in Germany and developed into a useful chaser in Britain, but it is Enrica who has been a really important broodmare for us."
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Published on 9 February 2019inNews
Last updated 16:16, 9 February 2019
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