 He was the sire of Fair Maid of Kent, dam of Kentish Fire (IRE) who won the Irish Derby Stakes and Frigate, a Grand National Steeplechase winner.Suffering from a disease of the navicular bone, Gladiateur was euthanized in January 1876.He is buried at Dunmow Stud Farm but his tail is at the National Horseracing Museum in Newmarket.