The evolution of the company’s business has come with an explosion of interest in off-grid power for emerging markets. Ned Tozun and Sam Goldman, co-founders of d.lightįrom that first solar-powered lamp, d.light has expanded its product suite to include everything from a solar powered energy kit for an entire home and… soon… low-powered televisions. When he returned to the states for business school, the idea of creating a low-cost, solar-powered replacement for the lamp became his focus.īusiness school was where he met Ned Tozun, who had similar dreams of changing the energy and power mix in emerging markets. Goldman had seen similar lamps all his life while moving from country to country as a child. Goldman witnessed an accident involving a neighbor’s child who accidentally knocked over a kerosene lamp, spilling the fuel on himself and suffering third degree burns across his body. The company was launched at the height of the first push by young entrepreneurs into renewables in the 2006-2007 timeframe.įor d.light, inspiration for its initial product came from an accident that d.light’s co-founder Sam Goldman witnessed during his time working with the Peace Corps in Benin. Looking to take advantage of these powerful emerging trends, d.light, a startup founded by two Stanford Business School alums, has raised $22 million in its latest round of financing. This is also encouraging for breeders with AMERICAN IDEAL, ROCKNROLL HANOVER and ROCK N ROLL HEAVEN mares.The development of mobile payment platforms, increasing options for providing debt, and cheaper and better off-grid solar power systems are presenting countries around the world with a chance to leapfrog the archaic electricity infrastructure that defined the twentieth century. His top colt named ‘Pebble Beach’ in North America is out of a WESTERN IDEAL mare. WESTERN HANOVER – mares with sires from this line have already seen success when crossed with Downbytheseaside.
CHRISTIAN CULLEN mares also fit into this bracket and and Downbytheseaside’s recent New Zealand winner Aardiebytheseaside is bred on this cross. IN THE POCKET - This line has worked well already with Somebeachsomewhere and his sons.
ART MAJOR and DREAM AWAY mares also cross well with Downbytheseaside. SPORTSWRITER mares have been a popular cross with Downbytheseaside in both North America and Australasia and the cross is already proven to be successful. Captaintreacherous was bred on this cross. This cross is already proving to be successful with one of his best fillies in North America called ‘Sea Silk’ being bred on this cross.ĪRTSPLACE - this line works terrifically with Somebeachsomewhere and his sons. He is the perfect cross for these mares and it is possible he would add some height into the smaller Bettor’s Delight mares. Being a son of Somebeachsomewhere, some of the proven crosses for that line are as follows:īETTOR’S DELIGHT - Downbytheseaside is a brilliant option for breeders with Bettor’s Delight mares.
Downbytheseaside was brought for the reason that he can be crossed with many Australasian mares. He is also highly fertile and has tremendous in foal rates.Īlongside being a terrific racehorse. We expect him to be very popular with breeders, with his exceptional looks, staggering juvenile speed, terrific gait, talent and pedigree. We are genuinely excited to our offer fresh chilled semen to Southern Hemisphere breeders from a champion son of Somebeachsomewhere.įrom a Woodlands Stud perspective Downbytheseaside ticks all the boxes.
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In a crop of great horses among them Huntsville and Fear The Dragon, he was named the 2017 Dan Patch 3YO Pacing Colt of the Year. As a 2-year-old he banked over $577,000 in purses and recorded eight wins.Īs a 3-year-old Downbytheseaside won a staggering $1.6 million in stakes. In a breath-taking career Downbytheseaside, was the equal fastest 2-year-old in history pacing 1.49! In his freshman year he also paced a ‘World Record’ 1.50 on a half-mile track. Australasian trainers are impressed and his debut crop in North America are performing so well that he is the current leading 3-year-old sire overall and he was the leading first season sire of 2-year-olds last season and second overall, only behind Captaintreacherous.Īustralasian breakers and trainers have big wraps on his progeny down under and we are thrilled to see him with so many quality winners down under already! Leading first season sire of 2-year-old’s in North America in 2021!ĭownbytheseaside is a sire making a splash in the harness racing scene already.
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