In fact, he was so difficult that his handler was forced to wear protective gear, which remains on display at Cambridge Stud.
His sire sons include Zabeel (who stood at Cambridge Stud at a fee of NZD$100,000),[3] Marauding, Dr Grace and Grosvenor.
Whilst he was known as a sire of stayers, Sir Tristram's progeny and further descendants have excelled over a wide range of distances.
As well as siring winners of the Melbourne Cup (the world's richest handicap – over 3,200 metres), Sir Tristram sired Marauding, who won a Golden Slipper (the world's richest two-year-old race – over 1,200 metres), and several other outstanding two-year-olds.
[4] Sir Tristram was humanely euthanized on 21 May 1997 after he broke his shoulder and he was buried standing up – 'A priest conducted a 40-minute service for the horse they called "Paddy"'.