Elegant Fashion, Vitesse Dane, County Tyrone, Excites and Toulouse-Lautrec; and (Commands): Undue and Paratroopers. Cotehele House is the grand dam of Emerald Dream (Group 1 winner); Special Bond (Listed winner) and Taimana (Group 2 winner). She is also the great grand dam of Impaler (2x Group 2 winner) and Listen Here (Listed winner).Cotehele House is the great-great grand dam of the 2020 Caulfield Cup and 2021 Melbourne Cup winner Verry Elleegant. La Brillante (1986 by Sir Tristram): dam of Philidor, Listed winner. Nine Carat (1989 by Sir Tristram): dam of Court of Jewels, Listed winner. Sons as sires Eight Carat's sons: Octagonal, Kaapstad, Colombia and Mouawad have all stood at stud. Octagonal is currently standing at Woodlands Stud, and will be best remembered as the sire of the two brothers: - Niello and - world champion miler of 2004, Lonhro (now also at stud at Woodlands). Kaapstad stood at Windsor Park Stud in New Zealand and was a leading sire and broodmare sire until his death on 9 May 2007. At stud Kaapstad sired 40 individual stakes winners. Colombia is currently standing in New Zealand at Newmarket Lodge. Mouawad stood one season in Australia at Glenlogan Park Stud in QLD, however due to fertility problems, he was re-sold again at public auction for A$525,000 to the former Domeland Syndicate and shipped to China. Unfortunately his whereabouts are unknown due to the collapse of the Chinese racing industry in late 2005. Honours Eight Carat won the New Zealand Broodmare of the Year a record-equalling three times from 1995 to 1997 due to the deeds of Octagonal and Mouawad. In 1996 Eight Carat was named Broodmare of the Year by the international journal Owner-Breeder (USA). Eight Carat died in 2000, aged 25 at Sir Patrick Hogan's Cambridge Stud. She is buried alongside Sir Tristram (IRE). References External links Stallion News: Eight Carat http://www.pedigreequery.com/eight+carat http://www.studbook.org.au http://www.ror.net.au https://web.archive.org/web/20070615131207/http://www.nzthoroughbred.co.nz/studs-stallions/stallions.aspx http://www.windsorpark.co.nz 1975 racehorse births 2000 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Thoroughbred family 9-c