twice-graded winner Tizway, a 13-year stud stand owner in America, Australia, South Korea, and Turkey, passed away. The 19-year-old son of Tiznow passed away on March 2, according to trainer and bloodstock agent Murat Sancal of Lexington.
Tizway cause of death
Tizway died due to a heart attack. Sancal claimed that at the time of the heart attack, Tizway was getting ready to procreate. All told, Sancal predicted that Tizway would have sired roughly 400 foals in Turkey.
Tizway obituary information
The obituary information of Tizway is currently not accessible. Tizway retired in 2012 to stand as a stud at Lexington’s Spendthrift Farm, where he shuttled to Australia and stood for six years.
He was shipped to South Korea in 2017, and when Sancal and Sean Nix mediated a contract, Turkey’s Nimet Arif Kurtel bought him in 2019.
Tizway had a career comeback in Turkey, where he produced several Turkish Derby hopefuls this year as well as the multiple Turkish champion filly, 2019 Horse of the Year The Last Romance.
According to Sancal, Tizway was the top sire of 2-year-olds in Turkey in 2023. In 2024, he was assigned to 130 mares, and his stud fee increased to almost US$20,000.
