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Retired to stud at Coolmore Ireland, he was eventually sent to Italy for stud duty at Allevamenti della Berardenga, and was the leading sire in Italy on two occasions. His most successful offspring has been the gelding Collier Hill, a multiple winner of major international stakes whose victories include the 2004 and 2006 Stockholm Cup International, the 2005 Gerling-Preis and Irish St. Leger Stakes, and the 2006 Canadian International Stakes and Hong Kong Vase. He was also the sire of the Prix de l'Opéra winner Kinnaird. Dr Devious died in Sardinia in March 2018.