For the majority of the 20th century horses favouring the diagonal gait in Australia were sired almost exclusively by stallions either imported from North America or colonial bred stallions.
There were a few exceptions though, most notably the Italian-bred quartet of Medoro, Pilade, Floridoro and Good Report. Pilade actually topped the Australian trotting sires’ stakemoney list in 1967/68, while the others all made a contribution to the breeding industry.
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