Shergar stand him at the Ballymany Stud in Ireland. He arrived in October 1981, and was paraded down the main street of Newbridge, County Kildare. Milton Toby, the writer on Thoroughbred racing and equine law, judges Shergar to have been "a national hero in Ireland. ... one of the most recognizable sports personalities—horse or human—in Ireland." In 1982—his only rutting season—Shergar covered 44 mares, from which 36 foals were produced: 17 colts and 19 fillies. Of these, three won Group races, and the most successful of his progeny was Authaal. When sold as a weanling (between six months and a year)
In Excess (horse) duty, going into 2009 In Excess has sired forty-nine Thoroughbred stakes winners and was the leading sire in California in 2002 and 2003. As of 2008, he was California's all-time sire of money-earners. Among his progeny were: In 2009, In Excess stood at Vessels Stallion Farm in Bonsall, California. In Excess was pensioned from stud duty in 2011 and died in May 2013 at Vessels Stallion Farm. In Excess (horse) In Excess (foaled 1987 in Ireland – died 2013 in Bonsall, California) was a Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in England and in the United States. In Excess was a bay