 Bletchingly died on 13 July 1993 having sired 61 individual Group winners of 174 Group races.Since his death, he has been a leading broodmare sire in Australia, with his daughters producing at least 18 individual Group One winners, including Charge Forward, Bonanova, and Stella Cadente.In addition, one of his granddaughters, Shantha's Choice (by Canny Lad), is the dam of champion sire Redoute's Choice.