Orfevre was the highest rated Triple Crown winner in Japan with a 129 IFHA rating.
The son of Stay Gold won the Japanese 2,000 Guineas by three lengths, the Japanese Derby by one and three-quarters of a length and the Japanese St Leger by two and a half lengths.
He also won the Arima Kinen twice, the second time by a sensational eight lengths, and finished second in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe twice, going down by only a neck to Solemia in 2012.
He is the sire of 33 black-type performers, including 17 Pattern winners, and is responsible for Marche Lorraine, the first Japanese-trained to take the Breeders’ Cup Distaff, and dual Queen Elizabeth II Cup scorer Lucky Lilac.
Orfevre stands at the storied Shadai Stallion Station in Japan at a fee of ¥3.5 million.