Modern Bred Fast, just Less so

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Modern Bred Fast, just Less so – DNA analysis indicates that the Scythian people prioritized not only ‘speed’ in their breeding practices.

The science detected endurance, robust forelimbs, behaviour tractability, performance traits, stress response (docility) and trainability.

It suggested that the demographic collapse associated with domestication reduced the efficacy of purifying selection in filtering out deleterious alleles
(**science cited below)

The three greatest racehorse breeds in the world today, Thoroughbred, Standardbred and Quarter Horse, have a common origin: Irish Hobby, Scottish Galloway, and English Running Horse. These parent breeds consistently produced horses of speed, stamina, hardiness, soundness, comfortable gaits and good temperament then they remained uncontaminated. The historical record demonstrates that continual out-crossing with unrelated strains resulted in the lessening or loss of the admirable traits. (credit – American Running Horse: A Forgotten Breed – Kathleen H Kirsan)

**Queen’s Hussar by March Past – Jojo by Vilmorin**. Tough, sound, courageous, truly made with particularly good limbs, he resembled Fairway more than any other horse in his pedigree. Although not of classic ability on the racecourse himself, he was at his best on hard going. He proved a good sire and got the classic winners Brigadier Gerard and Highclere. (John Hislop) *(note, Highclere 3rd dam Deep Impact JPN)*

With horses like Brigadier Gerard distance makes no difference. Brigadier Gerard would have beaten the best sprinters of his day. (Alec Head)

The Scythian Bronze and Iron Age horses carried rich genetic diversity which through domestication, the modern Thoroughbred all but lost, weakened, as shaped by the handful of stallions and centuries of human pressure. The Sciences suggest that the Thoroughbred developed ‘highly specialised, genetically constrained modern creation‘, shaped by the few centuries to intense breeding management with its main contribution ‘fixed’ on speed.

Main Points

Ancient horses were far more genetically diverse, especially on the Y‑chromosome.
The collapse to a single dominant sire line is a modern phenomenon driven by selective breeding, not early domestication.
Modern horses carry more harmful mutations than ancient ones. This rise in genetic load aligns with the last two millennia—and intensifies in a closed studbook.
Early domestication drew on many male founders, the opposite of the Thoroughbred model, which relies heavily as the Darley Arabian.
Ancient breeders selected for much broader factors—endurance, robust limbs, tractability—while modern Thoroughbred breeding continues to focus on speed with heightened, specific muscle‑development traits.
Behavioural traits shaped by neural‑crest genes were central to early domestication. The Thoroughbred’s more reactive temperament reflects modern selection priority.
Iron Age breeders avoided inbreeding, even while selecting for performance. This contrasts with the rising inbreeding coefficients seen in today’s Thoroughbred population.
Some speed‑related alleles existed in ancient horses, but the deepened fixation in modern racing breeds is a recent, human‑driven development.

The MSTN “speed gene” was present in some ancient horses

Some ancient genomes carried variants linked to muscle development and racing performance.
This suggests the Thoroughbred’s speed‑related alleles are not new, but their fixation is modern bred.

MSTN (myostatin) is a gene that controls muscle growth.

When MSTN works normally → muscle growth is limited.
When MSTN is mutated → more muscle, especially in the hindquarters, and better sprinting ability.
Mutation associated with muscle hypertrophy and sprint performance

Bigger muscles are hypertrophy for short‑distance speed & fast acceleration.

Homozygous means the horse has two copies of the sprint version of the gene.

CC genotype at MSTN = sprint specialist
CT = versatile
TT = stamina type

The study suggests: some ancient horses had the same sprint‑type MSTN mutation that modern sprinters have.

But it gets Tricky…

There are two different MSTN mutations linked to speed:

The SNP (C/T variant) — the common one used in modern genetic tests
The SINE insertion — a chunk of DNA inserted near the gene that also reduces myostatin

The SINE insertion part was NOT present in ancient horses

Ancient horses had some sprint‑related MSTN changes, but not the modern version (the SINE insertion) that is strongly associated with elite sprinting in today’s breeds.

Research into the genetic basis of racing performance in Thoroughbreds has identified specific alleles in the ACN9, CKM, COX4I1 (COX4/1), and COX4I2 (COX4/2) genes as being under positive selection and associated with athletic performance. These genes are related to exercise-induced responses, mitochondrial activity, and cellular respiration.

The specific alleles/sequence variants identified are:

CKM (Creatine Kinase, Muscle): A significant association was found between CKM variants and elite racehorse performance, specifically relating to energy metabolism and fatigue resistance. A specific SNP identified is CKM g.15884567A>G, where the A allele is considered favorable for racing performance. Tesio, wrote a winner is the one with least muscular fatigue
COX4I2 (Cytochrome c Oxidase Subunit 4 Isoform 2 – COX4/2): The sequence variant COX4I2 g.22684390C>T is significantly associated with elite racing performance, with the T allele ✅being more frequent in elite flat-racehorses compared to non-winners. It is linked to beneficial adaptations in aerobic metabolism. C:C is associated to short-distance sprinters, C:T middle distance and T:T stamina.
ACN9 and COX4I1 (COX4/1): Along with CKM and ACSS1, these genes were identified as having SNPs associated with racecourse performance in a study of exercise-relevant genes.
Origin of Alleles: These specific alleles, along with others in the PDK4 gene, are considered part of the “genetic machinery” of modern Thoroughbreds that was inherited from, or closely related to, ➡️those found in ancient horses that were already adapted for high-intensity exercise ⬅️

These genes contribute to a higher metabolic capacity in skeletal muscle following intense exercise, aiding in faster recovery and better performance.

Associated with elite racing performance ✅ with the T allele ✅being more frequent in elite flat-racehorses ✅as compared to non-winners

**Summertime** (Precipitation – Great Truth by Bahram), a talented and elegant near-black English stayer who developed into one of the finest all-purpose sires. He endowed his stock with class, verve, acceleration and adaptability to almost any racing conditions and was a magnificent sire of broodmares. His son Sobig *(3×5 Hurry On)* was regarded as the greatest sire ever to have stood in New Zealand with progeny Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. (Ross du Bourg)

Numerous bloodstock writers, over time, predicted the overt enthusiasm in breeding ‘speed’. And or, its experiments. Franco Varola expressed each aptitudinal group did contribute in some degree to the well-being of the other groups. He noticed the early trend and its decline in stout factors, as further inclined on ‘brilliant’.

It is well evident Fair Play (5th male West Australian) Discovery, Man O’ War descendants’ particularly War Admiral, down to In Reality pierces into a much potent genetic threshold to the breed capturing stamina with speed. The indelible traits sought, is to recreate from the sources.

**West Australian**, the greatest horse sired by Melbourne and share with Barcaldine distinction of being “swell” of the line. He was, in fact, a very high-class performer, and many of the last generation of Yorkshiremen used to swear by him as the best horse they had ever known, even when the names of St Simon and Ormonde cropped up. (West Australian 8x Matchem, 11 x Eclipse, 14 Herod)

To add Hurry On/Marco/Marcovil et al, sire line West Australian. *{The peerless Precipitation male line (Hurry On) dynasty of classic stamina to New Zealand in 1946. A grand-son Mainbrace, winner of twenty three races from twenty five starts including seventeen wins in succession and one of the greatest champions ever to grace the New Zealand Turf}. Ross du Bourg

(side note comment) Profiling many of the contemporary bred, its noticeable Hurry On ‘dampened (?). Thoughtfully, a similar scenario akin to other professional Princequillo, Round Table)

The Hurry On blood is certainly one for robust versatility. And one only needs to review Wilkes (Fr) sire of Vain (Aus), > 3×4 Vain best example – Black Caviar (Aus), 25 for 25 wins.

Examining the Hurry On male line – find Barcaldine – jockey Fred Archer said of him, “I have a notion that Barcaldine could do more with his horses than any horse I can remember. By Solon the large Barcaldine (by Solon, a very big horse) 2×3 Birdcatcher mare & 3x Birdcatcher. There packed with geno source…Whim/Irish Drone/Master Robert >> Florizel by Herod.

**Barcaldine** (1878), unbeaten but took no part in classic races. Purportedly, Barcaldine had an extraordinary girth, eighty-six inches and upwards of 16 hands. He was a much bigger horse than St Simon in physique – St Simon with seventy-eight-inch girth. The 1901 author goes on to state that though a high ranked racehorse, Irish horses like Barcaldine, Irish Birdcatcher and Harkaway were discounted from the English turf.

The #BT’s, Djebel et al ‘Tourbillon blood’. who is Byerley Turk? A Temperament and intelligence is a powerful factor in the make-up of the racehorse. Tourbillon’s temperament and soundness was considered temperamental; yet a worser trait in temperament is lack of courage, since courage is one of the essential qualities of a top-class racehorse. *{Better Boy’s (My Babu) first crop made their debut on Australian race-tracks in 1960-1, thereby launching a saga of success which has continued unabated for nearly twenty years with aggregate progeny earnings astonishingly (then) neared the $A4 million mark}. Ross du Bourg

gray flashes…the interwoven history of Thoroughbred & Standardbred founded, or then infused in development, the lines are traceable to earlier pedigrees.

Hambletonian 1792 (by King Fergus). Beaten once in 17 starts. Described as having been rather harness-like in appearance, fine and lengthy. He did not get ‘size’ in his stock, so much as speed. Acknowledged with speed and stamina in most of the family, he produced more good horses & more so than any of other lines *(attribute 1901)*

The Australian, Bluebloods writer Mark Latham (2013) explored what duplicated lines made the holy grail? The article tables – total number of runners with minimum 50 bred on duplication. As then calculated dependent on overall breeding numbers – it grouped, (A) winners/runners %: (B) Group Winners/Runners % : (C) Stakes Winners/Runners %.

What got more productive than another?

In the scheme of things not much changes on typology and the author arrives to comment the winning edge lies elsewhere, through richer combination of strategies noticing successful matings are often up to 10 special affinities.

As the nuances are counter fold, (mindful it covered Australasian only), the work uncovered Nominal & notable sires as extracted below. It was noted, less runners more ‘success’ and those more significant sire duplications (ie Northern Dancer) would enable some conclusion.

Although end results were not conclusive; the delivery lies through a consistency of individuals, and the forefront came with little surprise.

In Reality (3×3 War Relic, 3x Fair Play) – Miswaki – My Babu (Djebel ex- Perfume by Badruddin, distaff 4th dam by Marco) – Dr Fager (Rough n’ Tumble ex-Aspidistra by Better Self) – Twig Moss – Native Dancer (Polynesian ex-Geisha by Discovery)

**Twig Moss (FR)** by Luthier (a leading three-year old in France, and champion sire in France in 1976 when his produce Riverqueen, the French 1,000 Guineas winner, Ashmore and Tip Moss (full brother) filled the first three places in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud)

**Miswaki** (Mr P ex- Hopespringeternal by Buckpasser, 2nd dam Princequillo), *n.b. 3x Plucky Leige*. **Princequillo** twice leading sire of winners in America to the eight times he led the list of broodmare sires). Broodmare sire of Galileo, daughter/dam Urban Sea.

How breeding achieves new winners is nature’s refinement. Better is the exercise to see emerging ‘trends’ or ‘patterns’ at work – how these individuals may come to maximum genetic efficiency. They represent a certain typology: Varola’s Stout/Professional Tables, integrating individuals with ‘speed’ from that Brilliant and Intermediate category.

Grand example ….

🏆🏆🏇🏇 2026 Dubai World cup winner 4 year old Magnitude (Not this Time) exhibited his talent in true blazing fashion to an admirable defeat over Japan’s Forever Young. His racing amongst finest (Sovereignty (Into Mischief) also from a Bernardini dam, Baeza by McKinzie) his dam an unraced Bernardini mare was purchased for $140k. Magnitude Horse Pedigree

The dam profiles > 4×4 Fappiano (Dr Fager) 🏆- 4×4 Caro, the quirky Caro Pedigree Analysis: Caro – BloodHorse. Grey Sovereign, Relic, Chamossiare/Hurry On

Another trait of profession chefs-de-race, just as significant as stamina, is the capacity for maturing later than other aptitudinal shades. This trait is not generally in favour nowadays, at least in the current transatlantic racing set-up, so much so that sires with a professional syndrome find life at stud very hard. But it is to be regarded ecologically as one of the assets of the breed, and one which might even return to popularity at some future time. The late-maturing trait, while generally associated with soundness and reliability, has in turn a drawback, since it may go hand in hand with a loss of finishing speed. (Franco Varola)

Unrelenting traits

**Caro** by Fortino ex- Chambord by Chamoissoire (by Precipitation by Hurry On)

What is the future?

Japan’s rising prominence becoming the breeder of stayers. A framework of British-bred stayer sires through 2015 study has highlighted the significant issues as faced similarly by numerous racing countries: the absence of sufficient staying programs.

Britain and Ireland staying sires however re-locate to the National Hunt breeding roster. In that, the bloodlines prevail.

Symbolic is the enigmatic 9-year-old Constitution Hill (GB) (by Blue Bresil FR – note Caro & Twig Moss, sire line) having retired from hurdle racing (G1 8x ) converts to flat-racing He proves age (longevity) and his racing agility which is simply astonishing. Racehorse Constitution Hill was a top hurdler who has switched to the Flat

Signature traits ⬇️

🗣️ "No horse in the history of Southwell's 1m4f on tapeta has gone faster than Constitution Hill at this stage!"

In-depth race analysis, courtesy of Jamie Lynch 👇 pic.twitter.com/Rckcd7FXrn
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) February 21, 2026

References

**(99+) Ancient genomic changes associated with domestication of the horse_2017

Disclaimer: This post includes AI‑assisted interpretation of scientific material, references above. It is intended for general informational purposes only and should not be taken as scientific, veterinary, or breeding advice. Interpretations of research can vary, and readers should consult the original sources for authoritative information.

*The Australian and New Zealand Thoroughbred – Ross du Bourg

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A presence beyond interpretation, Autumn Glow by The Autumn Sun (Aus) – a race mare with one heck of phenotype. Her next racing is the Queen Elizabeth, April 11 2026.

Autumn Glow Horse Pedigree

She’s the PERFECT 10! 🙌

Autumn Glow makes it 10 from 10 after winning the TAB Verry Elleegant Stakes! 🏆@cwallerracing @mcacajamez pic.twitter.com/0NaQ2VWYmf
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) February 28, 2026

The Autumn Sun – Arrowfield producer strong, tough, dynamic individuals. The G1 champion performer gets the G1 progeny.

Autumn Glow from Via Africa (SAF) by broodmare sire Var (USA), Group 1 Winner Var Euthanised at 23. Unfortunately, Vars male legacy did not continue. His multiple and international performer at 6 years, G1 winning son Variety Club went infertile.

Var reminds this determinable scope, a dominant potency increased by other streams to gain genetic diversity availability. His daughter/dam smart sprinter Via Africa exported to Australia Via Africa | Sporting Post when demolishing her rivals, undoubtedly possessed ‘star’ quality,

Var @ 2nd dam Halley’s Comeback (USA) has, 2x *War Admiral + 2x Blenheim (sire of Mahmoud & Mumtaz Begum) and Var’s 3rd dam/distaff by Promised Land.

Promised Land, was not much of a house-hold name yet so much of the old-gold makes promise. **Teddy male-line, 2x The Tetrarch, dam Mahmoudess (Mahmoud). Promised Land broodmare sire of Spectacular Bid (Bold Bidder). Promised Land (note) had also sired Understanding, in turn he sires mare so-named Wishing Well, she produces Japan’s conduit factor, Sunday Silence.

(Jantar Mantar post (JPN) has Promised Land distaff, NEWS , Shadai Race Horse Company, which owns Jantar Mantar, has confirmed will not travel from Japan to the 2026 Dubai World Cup meeting, citing the uncertainty surrounding the conflict in Iran and across the Middle East. )

Autumn Glow, dam/distaff South Africa to her lines & development, come ‘solid’. Lords (SAF), Sovereign Path and 2x Hurry On, 2x Blenheim, Court Martial, 3x #Fair Trial additionally to the longer familial affinity branch has Persian Wonder (GB) been 5th dam Lady Americus by Americus (USA).

With account to the earlier pedigree cite Gold Bridge (FR). He is 3×3 Orby by Orme, he the male line to descendant **the Teddy tribe. Gold Bridge defined his ‘classic’ breeding influence – sire of Vilmorin and the blue hen Rough Shod thence there > Sadlers Wells through Galileo. Nureyev to Zilzal in Vars. 2x strains to dam’s distaff are Gold Bridge, Lords (SAF) & Denturius (GB)

Photo Credit & Ped Gold Bridge | SporthorseData

**Rough Shod** – outstanding speed influence, though only won once in 7 starts. At 7 years purchased at the Newmarket December Sales, by A.B. “Bull” Hancock she has carried a legacy *beyond.*

To note: Autumn Boy G1 champ by The Autumn Sun winner 2026 ATC Rosehill Guineas G1 2000M dam by Savabeel. The nick depth in Rough Shod family, Nureyev through Zabeel and note, Vilmorin through Queens Hussar sire of Brigadier Gerard (GB) to dam Rosegarden (NZ)

**the ‘Teddy Tribe’ places Buckpasser. Also upon his line through The Autumn Sun distaff @ Azarrika (her sire Ribero (USA) 3rd dam Gold Bridge distaff). Fourth dam Norna (FR) (3×4 Teddy daughters), Anne de Bretagne (FR) and the much ‘TBL’ admired Tara , dam of Norseman. (side note: Tara the noted dam/daughter Sans Taras, dam of Wilkes (FR) & Worden (FR).

Line major, is that of #Fair Trial ‘pooled’ descendants (ie Fair Trial distaff Lady Josephine f.f. 9-c). The ultimate Australasian breeding Champion Australasian Sire (Combined Earnings) 1970/71,1971/72,1973/74, second 1968/69,1972/73,1974/75,, third 1969/70.
Champion New Zealand Sire 1968/69,1970/71,1973,74, second 1969/70.1971/72,1972/73,1974/75.
Champion Sire of 2YO’s 1967/68, second 1966/67,1968/69, third 1972/73,1974/75 is Pakistan Horse Pedigree – Fair Trial ➡️Palestine ➡️Pakistan 2. Fair Trial ➡️Court Martial

Of the Varola Group dosages & Typology, his comments arise “Teddy classic-stout blood, merges to that of American strains classic-brilliant indicating that onwards, solid presence maintains outstanding produce with a reinforcement back to multiples in Teddy”.

There it goes: the precise application in the two G1 performers #Autumn Glow & #Autumn Boy

Autumn Glow Video – 2023 Australian Easter Yearling Sale – Inglis

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A noble horse shall live forever

Arrogate died as a result of a neurological health problem at age seven. In his all to brief stallion career, Arrogate (USA) produced remarkable progeny.

2022 Kentucky Oaks winner Secret Oath from his first crop

2023 Belmont Winner and Champion Three Year-Old Colt Arcangelo

2024 Preakness winner Seize the Grey from his last crop

After a poor start, Arrogate’s running back of the field by ten lengths was a remarkable victory in the 2017 Dubai World Cup (G1). He decisively outran Gun Runner. Arrogate was a two-time World Champion in 2016 and 2017.

arrogate, we hardly knew you, or how good you were; the son of unbridled’s song has 10 percent stakes winners to foals, with 5 percent graded winners

TBL profile – Arrogate Horse Pedigree 4×4 Mr Prospector – 5×5 In Reality – dam side 2x Northern Dancer explodes far further to a die-hard potency so penetrative.

By notable distinction it is with the great Man o’ War. He suffered his only defeat by the Whitney-owned Thoroughbred, appropriately named Upset. There was that other day, as Man o’ War raced against John P. Grier to defeat and broke his heart and spirit. (n.b. John P. Grier 2nd dam of Native Dancer)

Man o’ War was labelled a ‘half-bred’.

For reasons well known…historical bloodstock narration was directed largely towards English thoroughbred ‘imperialism’. It discounted unfavourably to stigmatize American exclusions as half-bred. It was a lengthy disheartening period for the American RH and additionally, French (RH), all selected well-built lines and ‘pools’ significantly managed out. (Executed detail, Kirsan’s book).

The Americans strongly objected. A long history and contribution left to be as rightly defended in altruism; a sincere desire to consider and improve the Thoroughbred as a world product and not an animal from any one locality or nation was dismissed. The formative commercialism restricting a market for American bred both in England and in other parts of the world. Pedigrees denied, pride hurt, confidence eroded that really ultimately American Stud Books were just as justified as the English, though neither recognised perfect.

{Well, the battle raged lustily…until the British began to wonder if the “Exclusion Act” instead of helping to improve British bloodstock was perhaps working to its disadvantage. Then came some rather shocking news: the American-bred Battleship, a son of Man o’ War (the half-bred), won the Grand National, most difficult jumping race in Europe, and the American bred Flares (full brother Omaha) won the Ascot Gold Cup, premier distance race of the work…and the great Italian horse Nearco began to assert his leadership and he too had the cursed American cross that made him a technical “half-bred” to his sixth dam by Lexington (on a Lexington/Glencoe cross). The British clearly saw the light and the “Exclusion/Jersey Act” was rescinded}. (H. Finny)

Behind ‘protectionism’, a discontinuing critique for defined Function. True purpose bred, versus notions placed upon ‘purity’ (the beautiful sham) that progressed or updated commercial appeal with fault.

The leading principles faltering, warped in time. Superior typology punches below and above, phenotype 🔄️ genotype.

Contemporary pedigrees come the two familiar determinations ie Mr P & N.D. They fire Native Dancer, fire Discovery, and thence if there is Discovery, it stands to full reason his grand-sire Fair Play & sire of Man o’ War – himself a transformative breed shaper, a trans-cross by America – English lines that so came to bear his fruit.

Man o’ War’s distaff had blending strengths of Herod – Godolphin Arabian & Eclipse via his descendant 3x Beningbrough, being of family 61 strains formulated to branch & breeds standardbred/trotter ex- Mambrino/Hambletonian descendancy.

M o’ W overall to note, @t 14x Orville by Beningbrough – integral crosses for two-three types of speed, scoped to constitution, conformation and disposition.

Its expanse, ever dominant are of siring line(s) stamping afar. One naturally is not far from the other. Hastings ➡️ Fair Play (Man o’ War)➡️Display (Discovery) either & onwards descendants American Flag, War Admiral, War Relic➡️➡️➡️➡️In Reality. War Relic, the pedigree re-counts, daughter/dam selection to Lexington, the wheel rolls its ‘Typology’.

Varola’s typology went to consider a finer assessment work – not so much towards line-bred contributary factors but by functional; he calculated considered traits to the effects of breeding performance i) sire, or of ii) dam’s broodmare sire.

Varola – one ascribes the trait to War Admiral’s own grandsire Fair Play. The mention of Fair Play is not entirely out of order, because one of the recordable cases of split personality is precisely that of the great American racehorse and sire Man o’ War by Fair Play, out of Mahubah, by Rock Sand.

Man O’ War split his produced, broadly into a Fair Play type and a Rock Sand type. His most signficant runners and sires where of the Rock Sand type,

War Relic, a chestnut out of a chestnut dam, a small horse and distinctly hollow-backed
War Admiral, a brown out of a bay mare, in size little over 15 hands weighed 400 kilograms as against about 540 kilograms of Discovery.
Battleship, a chestnut out of a brown mare, a minuscule horse who won the Grand Nation in England and bred good jumpers in the US as well as some mares who bred on.

(i) above and ii) – Typology of The Racehorse – Franco Varola excerpts

**Man o’ War** (Fair Play – Mahubah by Rock Sand) with his devoted groom Will Harbut. America’s “mostest hoss” was a product of the potent cross which was responsible for such high-class stakes winners, many of them good sires, as Mad Hatter, Mad Play, Chatterton, My Play, Sporting Blood, Blind Play, Broadside, Ordinance, Festival and Playfellow. Man o’ War was himself a leading sire of winners, two-year-olds, ‘chasers’ and broodmares. *(extraction: Humphrey S. Finney)*

The old timers tell of the Lexington-Glencoe ‘nick’. Of later years, evidences came to hand of a “nick” between the Fair Play tribe and the descendants of Roi Herode.

Because the late Major August Belmont had Fair Play in his stud as his head sire at the same time that he had a number of daughters of Rock Sand, he naturally bred a large number of the latter mares to the stallion and the results were such that everyone with a Rock Sand mare wanted to breed her to Fair Play to get some more Man o’ Wars and Mad Hatters, etc. (Humphrey S. Finney)

Chasing the Grey (roan) in Arrogate

Sire Unbridleds Song – dam Trolleys Song by grey Caro ➡️➡️Grey Sovereign & Myrobella by Tetratema. @ Dam’s Distaff – by Native Dancer dam Geisha, 4th dam La Grisette by Roi Herode (Fr).

The Herod blood in Greys…

*- Chanter, 1820, (renamed Skeleton when sent to Australia 1827). His brother Drone, traces down to the French horse Le Sancy, and back through Herod to the Byerley Turk. Drone was by Master Robert, 1811, sent to Ireland, by Florizel, sent to America, by Herod, 1758 by Tartar, 1743, by Partner, 1718, by Jig, by the Byerley Turk.

*Drone, 1823, a grey horse, got Whim, a grey mare, who foaled Chanticleer, a grey horse by Birdcatcher, who got Souvenir, a grey mare, who foaled Strathconan, a grey horse by Newminster, and he got Gem of Gem, dam of Le Sancy.

Le Sancy – Le Samaritain – Roi Herode – The Tetrarch – Tetratema – Mr Jinks et al

(* excerpts – Polo breeder Gerald M. Browne; His ‘Grey Wall’ are pictures – 1967 Humprey Finney)

Arrogate – an exceptional runner. A true champion whose spirit ignited the racetrack leaving his progeny to do the rest.

G1 filly class: Orange Riviera (BRZ)

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By critical mass, the underlying and profound potent ‘blood’ in Man O’ War (#GB) comes to subject profile: Orange Riviera (BRZ) by Put It Back (USA) from Go To Rivirea (BRZ) ex Wild Event (USA) (pedigree). The 3 year old filly, won 2026 Grande Primio Diana (G1), with a strong homestretch finish. Orange Riviera and Torres García, in the second leg of the Rio de Janeiro’s Triple Crown.

(Half sister Fanciful (BRZ) by Wild Event is twice a G1 winner @ 1600m and 2000m)

Man O’ War influences Champions

– 2x War Relic (Honour & Glory & Beau Purple) – War Admiral (Francis S. & Swaps) – American Flag (Raise a Native) – Spotted Beauty (Relaunch) – Salaminia (Sir Ivor) – *Hostility (Ogygian, grand-dam Honour & Glory) (+) Man O War daughter Speedboat (Damascus) + Firetop (Grand Splendour/Gonfalon)

Pedigree: 4×5 Gonfalon (USA) War Admiral & *Hostility ➡️ 4×5 MOW reinforcement

*Hostility’s grand-dam – Plucky Leige by Spearmint. Orange Riviera > Plucky Leige producer of sons @5x Sir Gallahad + @6x Bull Dog. Bull Dog & 3x Man O’ War are mix potent lines! (Hostility’s 5th daughter is double-copy mare Killaloe)

3rd dam Grand Splendor’s daughters Killaloe and Gonfalon are responsible for some big names, including Ogygian, Lookinforthebigone, Fappiano, Torrential, Clabber Girl, and Keeper Hill. The 2nd dam, Farnesol, was exported to Argentina and produced G2 performer Farenboy. Frieda Fritz (ARG) by Roy, a G2 winner in Argentina has Fappiano & Ogygian. Gonfalon is the great granddam to Florida sire, Curlin’s Honor. (not rostered)

Ogygian Grade I Winner and Sire Ogygian Dies at 32 – BloodHorse

As ‘School of Varola’– Brazil and Argentina bloodlines critique sires capturing Type. “When the name of Blenheim is chosen, and Blenheim is a name that can never be absent from a list of Breed Stallions.” (credit link)

Thus we see the emergence of two distinct tendencies from this count: one is that in which attendance decreases from father to son, i.e., Swynford 47, Blandford 34, Blenheim 12. In this case, we have a sequence that must be considered together, since each of its components demonstrates that it has not transmitted its qualities to a single son, but to a plurality of descendants.

Turf and Élevage

THEORY OF RATIONAL

DOSAGES “The selection of a sire for a given breeder must be indicated by its ability to correct excesses or deficiencies due to the presence of past Breed Chiefs in the mare’s pedigree. Consequently, bringing the pedigree of the planned product as close as possible to the recommended dosage.” credit –https://purosanguedecorrida.blogspot.com/

Admirably, what the above IS, has a specific instruction, dedicating question and answer for identifying what dosage, where it is or can be preferable in the pedigree, thereof to emerge influence.

Orange Riviera – 12 x Blenheim

Mahmoud (The Axe/Relaunch, Ogygian, Northern Dancer, Mr Trouble/Lode, daughter Clovelly/Wild Again/Wild Event)– Mumtaz Begum (Nasrullah) – Free America (2x Gonfalon by Correlation)– Mar-Kell (dam line, sire PUT IT BACK)

By influences @ male line, Blenheim – Blandford- Swynford @ 7th dam sire (Idle Hour GB) – 2x Swynford merges filly’s 3rd dam Fricote, 11 x Blandford.

Obviously, other numerous highly valued contributor sire ‘lines’ & of dams are equal, to some effect. The Bay Ronald, short-coupled Son-in-Law contrasts physical type @ 8 strains – ex 4th dam Quip Mask, a champion G1 mare reminds value is continued from its heritage.

To take awareness how powerful ‘they’ still have it – these stronger diverse descendants are remarkably potent and effective. With incomparable foresight “cultural stability achieved by the maintenance of cultural variety, just as biological stability is achieved by the maintenance of biological variety.” Franco Varola.

This gradual transformation of the Thoroughbred from feudal to corporative, and from corporative to international, is ~~not only~~ a striking parallel to the transformations which have occurred to Western society which sponsors it.

‘School of Varola’ classic & professional.

10k for a G.1 winner – Sheza Alibai (Aus)

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Stuff of dreams, an online $10,000 weanling purchase lands 2026 Randwick’s Guineas G1 winner. (Image link)

Bred to win: Buy of the Weekend: Fred Noffke’s shrewd $10,000 decision

The grazier from Queensland has a star ⭐

Sheza Alibi's Sandown Guineas win was one of the highlights of a huge day, as is owner Fred Noffke's interview with @JaseRicho!

Here's to many more wins for Fred and his filly🤝 pic.twitter.com/Lp1aA6Ai5E
— 7HorseRacing 🐎 (@7horseracing) November 15, 2025

Pedigree Profile – 3 yr old filly, Saxon Warrior (JPN) – Sheza Gypsy ex- Shaft (Aus) Sheza Alibi Horse Pedigree .

Sheza Alibi with her outright classic flesh and strong conformation, she is @ Plucky Leige – 5 lines noting – Bois Roussel 9dx7dx8D – Bull Dog 5x – Sir Gallahad 2x.

Closer…@ 2 strains @ War Gypsy 4th dam > Bois Roussell (Fr) by Vatout from Plucky Liege by Spearmint (Carbine)

Bois Roussell – an exceptional broodmare sire. Plucky Liege equally powerful (genetically) as Almahmoud.

> 12x Almahmoud thru Cosmah (Halo) & Natalma (Northern Dancer & Spring Adieu/Danehill). The siring class of Mahmoud (13x) by Blenheim got daughters producing natural speed, a constitution in turf steel.

Not so odd, many bargains appear to work through the numerous pathways via Mahmoud progeny.

To turn to the distaff side of Bois Roussel‘s pedigree, his dam Plucky Liege was one of the greatest broodmares of modern times whose influences has been felt on bloodstock, throughout the world. Bred in England 1912 she won four two-year old races, given the name Lucky Liege and then became Plucky Liege on account of her owner’s admiration for the defence of Liege during the early days of the First World War.

After her racing career Plucky Liege went to France. The first of her 12 produce of particular note was Sir Gallahad III, born when she was eight years old. He won the French 2,000 Guineas and other good races including the Lincolnshire Handicap and was placed in the French Derby and St. Leger. Sent to America he proved to be an exceptional stallion, compiling himself exceptional broodmares. Plucky Liege also continued to produce daughters’ winners until the age of 23. The outstanding point is that all her sons were good stallions. There cannot be a major bloodstock breeding country in the world that has not had one or more horses holding court by Sir Gallahad III, Bois Roussel, Bull Dog or Admiral Drake. In Bois Roussel’s case his granddam was by St Simon and his paternal great-grandsmire by St Simon. (excerpts Sir Charles Leicester, Bloodstock Breeding – Revival of the St Simon line)

The Vatout male line of stamina gained exceptional success in Australia and New Zealand through its two main branches of Vatellor and Bois Roussel. (Ross du Bourg)

Shez Alibi also upholds to the ‘revival’ of the St Simon lines: the transformative Lyphard from Goofed, Ahonoora via the filly’s Indian Ridge & Princess Tracy. As impactful, 8x Princequillo – 6x Selene, the premium S.S. ‘tribe’ once so powerful undoubtedly transforms breeding genotype for generating steely phenotype.

Profile 2x Bois Roussel, 5th dam grandsire Hindostan.

Australasian’s classic and astute stud masters further climaxed the Star Kingdom male line descendant to culminate, the freakish speed, Our Maizcay, a champion sprinter miler – 2nd dam sire of Sheza Alibi.

Our Maizcay – Selene dam line.

Clearly the major impact of Mahmoud progeny. Very interesting Alzao by Lyphard > 5×5 Mahmoud (Almamoud & Mr Trouble) other affinity Maizcay (Aus) via distaff, Donatella and Mahmoud son Cohoes ➡️ Rahy’s 3rd dam. Northern Dancer’s dam of course, Almahmoud, inclusive Danehill. Shez Alibi – 4×4 Danehill.

–Our Maizcay daughters may very well be the ‘new’ broodmare market in demand ie Selene (dam of Hyperion), ‘she’ is importantly, a St Simon sire line. Sire Maizcay, Star Kingdom/Hyperion male line. Maizcay, 3rd dam by Hyperion.

Maurice colt – Zoroastro (JPN)

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The Kisaragi Sho (Japanese きさらぎ賞) is a Japanese Grade 3 horse race for three-year-old Thoroughbreds run in February over a distance of 1800 metres at Kyoto Racecourse. The race is also known as the NHK Sho.

2026 winner 3 year colt colt, Zoroastro (Maurice – Almirena by Deep Impact) https://www.pedigreequery.com/zoroastro7

It’s Japan’s remarkable story – the purchase of Sunday Silence, what injected a breed-shaping development like no other in creation, the Japan ‘brand’ racehorse.

As a yearling Sunday Silence was considered undesirable, ‘skinny’, a modest pedigree growing into an unappealing stallion. His sire Halo got a difficult reputation yet by all accounts the Halo blood yielded a type to run on virtually any surface, being especially good and durable in mud and extremely competitive. He is of course a genetic ‘close’ to Northern Dancer. Sunday Silence simply was a whole lot more than what hit the eye.

The winning colt’s sire Maurice stands at A$55k shuttling to https://arrowfield.com.au/stallions/maurice/ Australia. Yearlings sold have averaged $197 – $200k, top price $600k.

In Australia, Maurice has produced multiple G1 winner Hitotsu and Mazu, (AUS-G1,1200m, Eagle Farm) & G1 performer, Cosmic Crusader. Maurice’s progeny achieve distances 1200m – 2400m.

At Arrowfield – Hitotsu stands for a fee of $22,000 serving 162 mares in his 1st season.

Maurice’s distaff develops through French breeding – @ the St Simon type @ TB-o1.

TB-o1 signature is a real and scientifically recognized Y-DNA haplogroup; it carries a powerful ancestral story.

Profiling Zoroastro > 4×3 Sunday Silence – 4×4 Sadler Wells – 5×5 Lyphard, taking attention to Maurice direct male line.

@ Silver Hawk by Roberto, daughter/dam Gris Vitesse duly dosage St Simon / Rablais blood#BT – Mat de Cocagne (Fr) Chouberski 5×5 + Kildare/Le Samaritain/ Le Sancy + Fastnet Alcantara, +Motley are of prescribed genetics, heart and soul.

What Japan appears to focus primarily, heads @ #BT type where though Lyphard by Northern Dancer, has that special dam Goofed (Court Martial) her dam Barra, primarily feminine #BT through 5×5 Chouberski.

French bred and exported to Brazil – Mat de Cocagne (Fr) biases #BT (Byerley Turk) lines, the constitutional makeup https://luizeduardolages.com/aiscan.htm.

Mat de Cocagne (Fr) is classified notably #female family 61 and the line @ ancestral origin Wyvills roan mare. Alike, #female family 61, King Fergus 1775 sire of Hambletonian, these distinguishing descendants indicates TB-M branch, crosses in several back strains to St Simon.

All branches of Rabelais, whether in France or South America, operated in the stout/professional areas of the functional diagram. St Simon down through Rabelais by the sequence: Biribi-Birikil-Mat de Cocagne-Al Mabsoot (FR). Stout “chefs-de-race” Typology of the Racehorse, Franco Varola

The difference between racing and breeding in South America and that in Europe prompted me to make an exception …….. to unify the stout and professional sections in a single, aptitudinal area. South American branches of Rabelais do not represent the standard, ………to prove that even in a different environment of the Rabelais line it has never given up its original vocation. ex- Franco Varola

@ Halo – 5×5 Blue Larkspur, recognize Roberto, 4×4 Blue Larkspur .

Blue Larkspur male-line expands Domino: interwoven history (thoroughbred & standardbred) by haplotype formulation competitive strains ‘speed’ the early and continuing technique upon American bred. It resulted to develop the breed specific speedier than what earlier English thoroughbreds had not achieved. More importantly is distinguishing how these lines are still the important jig-saw.

The invincibility blood: Hyperion/dam, Selene (male line – St Simon) to his daughter Lady Angela (Nearctic) and Aristophanes, son Forli > 5×6 Sadlers Wells. Another strain @ Forli placed to @ La Meilleure (IRE) dam of Sholokhov, Zoroastro’s 2nd dam sire.

The distaff – stamina German bred. Confusingly, 4th dam sire Kalaglow (IRE) is of GSB ‘error’ in not sire Kalamoun (IRE). (link)

Zoroastro’s distaff has Catnip, 2nd dam of Nearco, female family 4-r. Zoroastro distaff (f.f. 4-r), Catnip, 2nd dam of Nearco!! The remarkable and undefeated Nereide (Ger) had distances 1000m to 2400m inclusive of a record set. These are the names – the wider breeding formats the incredible champions of the future. https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/taking-stock-of-n-names-nazis-and-new-beginnings/

Genetic relationships @ German breeding are of stamina stayers. Naxos (f.f.4-r) – champion 3-year-old filly in Germany, is fine bred for true ‘type’; breed rare specific conformation, tremendous shoulder, short back, long rump, the Dark Ronald’s typeset. German dams like Aversion, that came to culminate German bred crosses with the USA’s (Sadlers Wells) getting the classic breeder in Galileo and Sea the stars (Cape Cross/Green Desert USA). Thereof, also came the desirable international hybrid and its typology.

This is what Japan leads to – dynamic breeding.

Sires Maurice and Hitotsu (Aus) across Australian mares offers similar potential.

Classy ‘geno’ for 3 year old filly, Full Keynote (ARG)

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Grey Sovereign – A Train Express – Grey Sovereign & Vilmorin powerhouse continues profile Grey Sovereign (via Caro).

The male direct stamps Full Keynote (Full Mast) the winner @ Gran Premio Miguel A. Martínez de Hoz (G1) 2026 @ Hipódromo de San Isidro, Argentina. https://www.pedigreequery.com/full+keynote

Full Keynote latest win 🏇race reel – https://www.instagram.com/reel/DUee8hSgPNA/

🐎 Sire Full Mast

Breed: Thoroughbred
Color: Bay
Sex: Stallion
Foaled: 9 May 2012, USA
Breeder: Juddmonte Farms
Sire: Mizzen Mast (Caro- Grey Sovereign)
Dam: Yashmak (by Danzig) –5×5 Native Dancer from Geisha (by Discovery f.f. 23-b ✅ ) ➡➡️➡️ La Chica dam (Sweep/Domino)✅ – La Grisette (IRE by Roi Herode (FR) ➡️➡️➡️Le Sancy dam Gem of Gems ➡️ Strathconan (GB) by (Newminster/Chanticleer) *** DRONE ✅✅ (as discussed further below)

Full Mast retired to stud in Argentina, currently stands https://www.turfdiario.com/post/de-la-breeders-cup-al-ring-de-ventas-gran-mu%C3%B1eca-da-un-nuevo-paso-en-su-historia Haras Gran Muneca

The G1 winner Full Mast arrives at Haras Chenaut. (2017 X- Twitter)

🏆 Racing Career Highlights

Major Wins

G1 Prix Jean‑Luc Lagardère (1400m) — awarded the win after stewards’ inquiry
G3 Prix La Rochette (1400m)
Prix du Val Sery (Deauville)

Other Notable Performances

Close 4th in the G1 Woodbine Mile behind Tepin (2016)
Competed in France, the U.S., and Canada

Career Record (France, USA, Canada)

10 starts: 4 wins, 1 second, 1 third
Earnings: €376,007

Full Mast (USA) reine-de-course broodmares Ride the Trails, Mrs Peterkin, Petitioner & Slightly Dangerous. Their inheritances – simply superior corresponding to ‘stamina and heart’ (ARTICLE link) (additional, Standard bred pdf @XH, TB origins LINK

Dam Keila (ARG) by Pollard’s Vision (USA) @ f.f. 23-b! – a G2 winner high-class 1m-9f dirt winner at 3-4 years & the sire of Eclipse champion 3 YO – Blind Luck (Pollard’s Vision – Lucky One).

Pollard’s Vision “little, one-eyed & huge on courage” https://oldfriendsequine.org/horse/pollards-vision/

His daughter, Blind Luck deceased September 2024 –https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/champion-blind-luck-dead/

Full Keynote, a 2nd dam by Argentina’s genetic powerhouse Fitzcarraldo (ARG) primarily the genotype alike, Hyperion/Selene’s family via Serenissima (GB) 1913. Credentials – https://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/fitzcarraldo-arg.html. Co-affinity with the Selene family via sire Full Mast distaff @ Noblesse by Mossborough (GB) (Nearco – All Moonshine from Selene).

@ bottom distaff female family 9-g; family Ante Diem dam & daughter of the great antipodean sire Musket evolves further as family of the great Argentina sire Congreve

@3rd dam Kefallinia – 5×5 Fair Trial – 5×5 Prince Bio a spectacular genotype to this distaff…@ Fair Trial ex- Lady Josephine/Americus Girl + the ‘S’ family Sainfoin & Sundridge additional Mirza (Fr) (Blenheim/b/m sire The Tetrarch, daughter Mumtaz Mahal) as is Migoli (GB) (Bois Roussel/Mah Iran/Mumtaz).

Kefallinia @ 2x Prince Bio >5×5 St Simon with notable Grey Leg by Pepper and Salt (f.f.23a) 3rd dam by Rust by Master Robert. The Tetrarch direct male line Le Sancy (Fr) Chanticleer 1843 (family 23) (Birdcatcher/Whim by ***Drone by Master Robert.

Lyphard (Northern Dancer/Native Dancer – Goofed/Court Martial (Fair Trial/Lady Josephine + 5×5 Chouberski + 5×5 Basse Terre. – @ distaff @ Alcantara (Fr) find Barcaldine 4×5 Whim by Drone as is Chanticleer distaff Whim by Drone via crossing thru Le Sancy & also noting 2x Basse Terre has Chanticleer, he the 2nd dam sire St Gatien.

@ Drone by Master Robert

3x Cygnet mare by Cygnet dam Godolphin Blossom.

Origin thoroughbred, quietly unaccounted, it appears Drone mares are influencing super-elite thoroughbreds.

The influence spread: Bruce Lowe family 19-a, dam Southdown the 2nd dam of Cambuscan (Austro-Hungarian Monarchy 1872, stood at Kisber Imperial Stud) SIRE OF KINSCEM 54 starts, 54 wins.

Cambuscan influences are Ajax, sire of Teddy – Ajax dam/daughter Havresac (Fr) b/m sire Nearco

Also, the influence of thoroughbred strain to French Trotter via Ada (GB), f.f. 19-a 1824, 4th dam Ministere 1875 sire of Intendante (1886 French Trotter) & broodmare sire Jaguar III 1887 – 8th dam french trotter, Idao de Tillard

As named lines Le Sancy (Fr) & Ajax thru Orange Peel 1919 (TB) has the siring-line Alme Z (@breed Selle Francais) well-famed & breeder to sports and jumping lines (noting please, sports bred horses are not my forte!) however majorly exposes potent genes are absolutely all-round competitive.

🏇🏇 … why Grey Sovereign blood?

The ancestral distaff (f.f.6-f) @ Fancy full sister to Diomed by Florizel from a Cygnet mare by Cygnet, dam Godolphin Blossom. His up-front profile i) 4×5 The Tetrarch ii) Havresac via Ajax distaff Cambuscan Drone Mare + iii) Lady Josephine/Americus Girl by Americus >> Boston 5×5 Diomed by Florizel from Cygnet mare/Cygnet. Americus Girl also to her 2nd dam sire/grand-sire Solon 3rd dam Whim by Drone.

Godolphin Blossom dam of Cripple & Cygnet

‘phenotype’ **Gimcrack** – Sire of outstanding American stallion Medley, sire of top class Bell-Air (sire of dam of top class Sir William and grandam of great racehorse Henry), Grey Diomed (sire of dam of Duroc, sire of great racehorse and outstanding sire American Eclipse); and of 3rd dam of American Eclipse *(a painting by George Stubbs)*

A Train Express – Grey Sovereign & Vilmorin powerhouse

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Determining influences are the criteria towards establishing how a classy-Type goes bigger than pedigree.

After the 2026 New Zealand & Australia yearling bloodstock sales buyers cited their athletic or scopey type purchases.

Another view took hip and depth/hindquarter wide was consistent by certain sires.

With a pedigree overview of stallion lines, the emergent and prime genetic influences for their supremacy is featured.

First distinguishment is Grey Sovereign. His global breeding impact thereof numerous notable branches(see) https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/pdf/cau/cau020521.pdf where each developed on and re-created male dynasty line to grand-son Caro, to deceased sire Uncle Mo (USA).

Grey Sovereign was a champion breeding sire of two-year-olds. He was notorious for ill-temperament (history notes to Chanticleer (IRE) 1843 by Birdcatcher) yet nevertheless, the line truly flourished –

**Sovereign Path** by Grey Sovereign, also a leading sire of 2-year-olds, sire of winners of 421 races.

Grey Sovereign’s coat 2x The Tetrarch, (link The Tetrarch) undoubtedly a Individual type and speed influence impelled like no other strain. Whether G gene coat, a constitution, or ‘speed’ endurance an ancestor mare factors considerably Godolphin Blossom. > see Chanticleer/Drone/Master Robert).

The determination of great sires appears and re-appears much to that nucleus mare, and the work is often finding what are carriers.

Second significant influence – Vilmorin (GB) through the Deep Impact males.

Vilmorin, 16 hand horse sired Quorum and there rolls in the ‘magic’ of astonishing racehorses, sire of immortal Red Rum, Grand National Steeplechase (thrice), 2nd twice, Scottish Grand National

Vilmorin, his daughter/dam Jojo (GB) dam of Queens Hussar and she, sire of Brigadier Gerard. Queens Hussar profile 3×3 Fair Trial (hence Lady Josephine f.f.9-c) + The Tetrarch + Vilmorin catalyses one genetic powerhouse.

@ Australasian breeding, there generated the fabulous family – Denises Joy (Aus) by Seventh Hussar (FR).

The Grey Sovereign and Vilmorin cross with homozygous grey coat bred Zeddaan (GB), his grandson Kenmare (FR) sire of Virage (Aus), black-type producer (Virage de Fortune, Glasnots, Avenue).

Virage de Fortune is 3rd dam of rising star and grey-colt Hidrix (Extreme Choice). Further in brief, the 6th dam by Gunsynd influences Hidrix’s profile & ancestrally same to Grey Sovereign, Florizel mare Fancy 1780 being a full sister to Diomed.

"He's the nicest yearling that we've ever seen!" 🔥@RickySurace__ from @B2BThoroughbred who purchased HIDRIX has huge praise for the @cwallerracing colt who is now an $8 equal favourite for the Golden Slipper! 🤩

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— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) February 3, 2026

**Photo Credit** – FB Racehorses Australia/post Peta-Anne Tenney > **Fenwick** *GB grey 1962 (**Vilmorin** – Heliographic by Coup de Lyon) Rushlands Stud, Toowoomba, QLD. **Photo: Peta-Anne Miller, 1969**

@ Master Robert (IRE) 1811 – Drone (IRE) 1823

3x Cygnet mare – an exceptional broodmare CYGNET MARE (GB) gr. M, 1761 {5}

Dam of 1) the outstandingly successful stallion Florizel, sire of at least 175 winners of £75,901, the sire of a) top class racehorse and outstanding sire Diomed (1780 Derby, sire in America of the top class racehorses Lavinia, [Ball’s] Florizel, Duroc (sire of the great American Eclipse), [Wilkes’] Wonder (sire of [Tennessee] Oscar), and sire of the dams of the great Henry and top class Sir Alfred; however, his crowning achievement was as sire of great racehorse Sir Archy, one of greatest stallions in American turf history); b) Eager (1791 Derby); c) Tartar (1792 St Leger); and d) Ninety-Three (1793 St Leger);

full brother – Bourdeaux (1774 Jockey Club Plate [4yo division] –

https://www.pedigreequery.com/drone2

Again, the female family origin – Grey Sovereign distaff comes from a Florizel mare Fancy 1780 being full sister to Diomed.

Below examples Uncle Mo son, Arabian Knight (f.f. 23-b) Mannie Gray family – 3×3 Lexington. Further back 11 lines Florizel, 12 lines Diomed, 3x Gimcrack.

Through his sire line @ In Excess (IRE) has 2nd dam by Vilmorin, daughter Vi.

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run free – 2 year old filly, Dream Roca

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A New Zealand $10k sire takes the dream win with 2-year-old filly Dream Roca at the Karaka Millions, New Zealand. https://www.pedigreequery.com/dream+roca (El Roca – Petrachor ex Redwood).

NZ$75k purchase, her dam’s first foal winning $1m prizemoney TAB Karaka Millions.

Credit: https://www.nzb.co.nz/sales/25kbb/770

You beauty!

Dream Roca wins the Karaka Millions 2YO 😎 pic.twitter.com/N9oDbFGDdo
— TAB NZ (@TAB_NZL) January 24, 2026

Whilst stars are ‘said’ to come from anywhere; the old story goes, what Type affixes stronger than its pedigree.

The filly’s profile has multiple lines to Byerley Turk blood. She has a selected depth ‘in’ Yesteryear breeding.

Fastnet Rock’s distaff Twig Moss (Luthier) – Rubiton (Century) – 5×7 Lyphard (dam side) + influences Hugh Lupus, My Babu, Abdos, Djeddah, Tourbillon 9th Gen distaff.

El Roca presented as an honest stallion: El Roca – A Rocket Man Stallion (n.b. reference older TBL post) with his female distaff also belonging to champion Australian sprinter Redzel, 2x Everest Winner and G1 winner BRC Doomben & VRC Victoria Racing Club Stakes.

Fathoming genetics has perennial questions whether by layman or sciences for what ‘nucleus’ thoroughbred and hybrid breeding encompasses.

Scoping sire speed is insufficient.

The research wants for a truer determination; speed endurance (stamina) and soundness sustained elsewhere.

– with focus & of strain(s) @ female family 23-b, by Type and pedigree, it is comprehending two speed types within & alongside to a hybrid dominance factoring with double copy mares.

– Dream Roca’s profile has Chiefs Crown (Danzig/Secretariat, distaff mare *Chris Evert, where breaking down into Chris Evert profile aligns at ‘old’ US classic speed strains.

With a probing further to the Byerley Turk blood, it shall be ‘seen’ to align remarkably well to ‘old’ USA strains – more so noted to Tourbillon & his descendants.

Note Tourbillon descendants are from direct male line @ Androcles (FR) f.f. 61 (find Wyvills Roan mare strain/origin), the family inclusive to high class racehorse and exceptional sire King Fergus, Champion Sire 1797 and sire of Young Traveller (1791 St Leger, 1792 Doncaster Cup), Beningborough (1794 St Leger and a good sire), Hambletonian (1795 St Leger and a good sire.

Hambletonian and alike aligns TB-dM

Tourbillon’s dam 2x Hanover (USA) – 13x Diomed has 12x Beningborough, for again, the truer determination stems or serves Type in pedigree.

The Tourbillon son Djebel (filly profile 6x Djebel) dam Loika by Gay Crusader, dam Gay Laura by Beppo, male line Marco by Barcaldine, is equally remarkable.

Barcaldine – (who would’ve have known)... not only the old stayer type but there deep within @ Drone (IRE) by Master Robert has 3x Cygnet mare by Cygnet from Godolphin Blossom. Godolphin Blossom progeny – her testament to its sole branch of breeding that identifies a hallmark of US race ‘speed’ matches.

– the Godolphin Blossom branch blossomed to none other than The Tetrarch (IRE) uncovered through his 3rd sire Le Sancy (FR) through Chanticleer https://www.pedigreequery.com/chanticleer, a sire & distaff to Brocklesby Betty. https://www.pedigreequery.com/grey+brocklesb – fifth earliest mare in the lineage of Family 23.

By Blossom’s influence: 3rd dam of Gimcrack (by Cripple (GA / Godolphin Blossom) one of first early turf superstars, winner of 26 of 36 starts, sire of 1) outstanding American stallion Medley, sire of a) top class Bell-Air (sire of dam of top class Sir William and grandam of great racehorse Henry) and b) Grey Diomed (sire of dam of Duroc), sire of great racehorse and outstanding sire American Eclipse

Seriously failing breeding… disappearance of the magnificent unmatched male lines yet so fortunately remaining, evolve by remaining daughters/female lineages.

Insanely, the modern-day diversity Tourbillon and respectably, Hurry-On. (Marcovil) still misunderstood or undervalued.

The classic bred shine bright -Toorak Jewel (Aus)

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She showcased her sire’s worth – a strong win from her debut start, the 2 year old bay filly Toorak Jewel https://www.pedigreequery.com/toorak+jewel by Tassort (Aus) from Toorak Rose ex-Toorak Toff (Aus) surely shone bright.

The filly cast aside ‘well-bred’ runners, making headlines – $36k spend returns $500k prize money https://www.ttrausnz.com.au/edition/2026-01-19/buy-of-the-weekend-dollar36000-tassort-filly-dazzles-in-magic-millions-debut –

@ sire Tassort, son of Brazen Beau (Aus) B.B’s distaff goes by a Nearctic daughter, Nearctic Answer (Can) (n.b. Nearctic’s broodmare sire Hyperion viz., > 6x Northern Dancer).

Tassort’s dam Essaouira, the producer of 3x G.1 wins mare, Alizee (Aus – sire, Sepoy) & G1 at 3 years – Astern (Medaglia D’Oro) standing 2025, Turkey.

Toorak Jewel profiles @12 x’s Star Kingdom to the old road: Star Kingdom (IRE) with his sire-son 5x Biscay & son sire Bletchingly noting the broodmare sire Relic, to 6x Relic & contributor Fair Trial (f.f.9-c).

The mention @Fair Trial in Biscay’s pedigree take lines @ 4x Sundridge (Star Kingdom – 2x Sunstar – Solario – Lady Juror. ‘S’ family, f.f 2-g: Sundridge’s dam Sierra & Sainfoin’s dam are genetically 1 n’ same, hence find with 3x Tracery.

The filly’s 6th dam/distaff @ Todman by Star Kingdom – distaff Haplotype @ Todman f.f. 1-u same f.f. 6-e being Selene/Hyperion + sire, Selene/*Sickle (note below) inclusive to her son Pharamond (thru Sir Ivor which notes, Green Desert sire & male line).

Star Kingdom was the prolific breeder of breeders; his sons entirely dominated Australian turf & breeding mid 60’s & 70’s; the rise n’ falls of sires so declined of this preeminent male line in Hyperion however to become reclaimed through generation and critical mass.

Broodmare sire Toorak Toff is both by sire-male line & by distaff, Hyperion.

credit: **Kingsley Park Thoroughbreds – Tasmania**

Star Kingdom’s son Todman is also 2nd dam sire to Strategic (Aus) – a powerful breeder of his own account.

Toorak’s Jewel distaff has a famous race mare – Allez France by Sea Bird by Dan-Cupid 5×3 *Sickle from Selene.

Allez France – 1972 French Champion 2YO Filly – 1973 French Champion 3YO Filly – 1974 French Horse of the Year / Champion Older Mare – 1975 French Champion Older Mare.

Allez Franche is the dam of Air de France (USA) by Seattle Slew Toorak Jewel’s 3rd dam sire. Allez France’s distaff brings to the fold…War Admiral/Man O War and connect that through Relic/War Relic/Man O War (specific carriers @ speed sound Type) are pre-determined traits dominantly stronger than pedigree itself. (n.b. Out of date criteria, PedQuery – GSV 35.99?)

Sharp, explosive pedigree it further applys speed-endurance with Australian champion sprinter @ Exceed and Excel (Aus) through his distaff @ f.f. 23-b Back Britches & Watch Your Step dam Stepwisely 10x Lexington by Boston @ 14x. Again @ f.f.23-b Chief’s Crown, he at 2 years old: 1st Breeders’ Cup Juvenile(G1), Norfolk S.(G1), Hopeful S.(G1), Cowdin S.(G1), Saratoga Special S.(G2); 2nd Futurity S.(G1)
At 3 years old: 1st Marlboro Cup Invitational H.(G1), Flamingo S.(G1), Travers S.(G1), Blue Grass S.(G1), Swale S.; 2nd Preakness S.(G1); 3rd Belmont S.(G1), Kentucky Derby(G1), Woodward S.(G1)

A Norwegian saying “Marry not the one who is the only good one in the breed”

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credit to Magic Millions @ Gold Coast Yearling Sale https://catalogue.magicmillions.com.au/lot/25GPR/1035

gray flashes…the interwoven history of Thoroughbred & Standardbred

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Perhaps someday somebody will make a study of the interwoven history of the Thoroughbred and the Standardbred. Until that has been done, it cannot be realized how intimate it has been and with what far reaching influence throughout both domains of sport. That the Standardbred was founded by the English Thoroughbred Messenger is generally known. But it is not understood that throughout the development of both types, the connection between them has been constant and pervasive.

(the above by John Hervey a master writer of horse breeding from sources who bred the greatest US trotters and US thoroughbreds known. Major Daingerfield and his family of breeders, Major Barak G. Thomas the breeder of Domino & James R. Keene. They were breeders of ideas and methods.

A John Hervey article writes of a magnificent world champion trotter, a gray gelding by the name of Greyhound 1932, bred by Henry Knight during the Depression. Henry Knight thought highly of his yearling (Greyhound) and ensured at the very least he would go into good hands as prices went poor. From those humble beginnings, the picturesque, majestic, head high, tail elevated with a long sweeping but perfectly controlled stride, hurled himself through the air with power and velocity that was thrilling. His action was an entirely inspiring sight. (transcript John Hervey)

– Greyhound was to typify the close relationship between two great breeds of speed horses.

Examining his distant blood distaff, to observe Gimcrack’s influence; the Clockfast dam come (nowadays) are truly understated; origin & family strains going uncovered to our recent TBL posts.

https://www.pedigreequery.com/joe+gales

Joe Gales was a 19th‑century American Thoroughbred stallion who became historically important because his bloodlines were absorbed into the early Standardbred breed. He appears in both Thoroughbred and Standardbred pedigree databases, and his descendants contributed to the foundation of American harness racing lines

https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/american+eclipse

…{ throughout the development of both types, the connection between them has been constant and pervasive.}

To another date and time, the thrill of velocity for an Australian thoroughbred, thunder from down under Chautauqua by Encosta de Lago from Lovely Jubly ex- Lion Hunter. The gray flash delights, running last to first by an explosive turn of foot. https://www.pedigreequery.com/chautauqua2

Chautauqua (f.f. 8-k) ancestral distaff has quite ‘rarity’ in Harkaway, the Irish Eclipse. Yet for sorting what governed the English GSB pedigree baseline (Sire Lines upon Herod – Eclipse – Matchem, it for whatever reason, excluded a great born sire Gimcrack (see – https://www.pedigreequery.com/grey+diomed2) and of those speed descendant traits must and did so, come interwoven.

We now comprehend these align somewhere with @ TB-dM sire-line branch, unique from the alone father of thoroughbreds Whalebone, Tb-dW demonstrating two types are indeed, to be referenced.

Hypo theoretical align to TB-dM (Hambletonian by King Fergus f.f. 61, & Mambrino by Engineer (Blaze f.f.61 & Hip f.f.23 line) these been Standardbred & Morgan horse assigned: a main, distinguishable branch Haplotype. (link, view FIG.1) & Fig 3. Wallner doc & http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.086 – Page 4 Figure 2. (do Note, not TB- dW1 (aka Whalebone) where science suggests almost ‘fixed’ @ 93.4% to thoroughbred pool). The character & attributes of sport Type are better & finer understood to researcher, Kathleen Kirsan’s work & books.

Early English breeders loved incestuous breeding. More to the point however close in-breeding wasn’t a big deal. The method as such, came with climaxing important critical strains. Back in the day – a setting of their speed blood.

Of Chautauqua’s female ancestor, Campania (Aus) 1891 f.f. 8-k her Marpessa line (Pocahontas’s dam) @ Maribynong (Aus) by Fisherman. Working with strains like 15x Orville > King Fergus from Creeping Polly, Blaze, Portmores Whitenose (sister to Blaze), Hip, Cripple (Gimcrack’s sire) from Godolphin Blossom. Fisherman inclines to a New Zealand bred family @ Kilting 1927.

Another ‘gray flash’ that draws something spectacular, unusual and special is Gunsynd – 54 Starts, 29 wins. He endearingly played the crowd like no other.

Unbeknown to early Australian breeding, the diligence for speed endurance was already displaying of those 2-types built for speed. His sire Sunset Hue (Aus) from distaff through to Americus daughter Lady Americus, commonly f.f.9-c, as is Fair Trial b/m grand-sire of Gunsynd. And further ancestral Gunsynd distaff – observe (f.f. 6c) Fancy (GB) 1780 a full sister to Diomed by Florizel.

The study of Diomed & Fancy pedigree by Florizel is a fascinating one for his broodmare sire Cygnet from dam Godolphin Blossom is also dam of Cripple being Gimcrack’s sire. Miss Belvoir (GB) 1761 through daughters Sister Three to Steady & Sister One to Steady substantiates how comprehensive speed-endurance traits emerged.

White Abarrio (carriers in brief... via female family 23-b dominance viz Into Mischief, Lochinvar distaff, discovery, Haste, Affirmed collective, cannot be affinity differing with from descendant families @Mumtaz Mahal et al & more to Myrtlewood under f.f.13-c, – Hamburg & Domino.

(White Abarrio’s next major race 25 January 2026 Pegasus Cup encore https://www.horseracingnation.com/news/Horse_Racing_Nation_First_Look_2026_01_19_123)

🏇 Brazil…5 year old & G.1 winner Galo White celebrated his 7th victory a distinguished win – going clear. Whilst profile has 3x Lyphard review Shenanigans Cherokee Rose (Royal Academy), John P. Grier (Native Dancer) Boola Brooke (Red God & Crafty Admiral) to note speed endurance strains (as afore mentioned) built through yielding two types.

In closing and of interest – it was recently noted the NZ standardbred boys suggest not the in-breeding, but the close breeding.

Their Pearl of Wisdom describes practice and though complex, a finer interpretation of the racing pedigree to comprehensively integrate ‘in’ 2 Types from the accurate account of one, John Hervey.

But it is not understood that throughout the development of both types, the connection between them has been constant and pervasive.

Breeding Success: Havana Cigar (BRZ)

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It always impresses how Brazilian breeding maintains bloodlines rather than speculate to the marketplace. Thereby protecting dissolution of that particular bloodline where its generational ‘blood’ may not be replaced.

Resilient strains purposefully bred is Brazilian acumen.

3 year colt winner 2025 Derby Paulista (G1) Havana Cigar by (Can the Man (USA) – Havana Club (BRZ) ex- Vettori (IRE) inherits a dam’s distaff built/developed from the great Brazilian sire Locris (FR), a Relic, Man O War descendant male line 3×3 Tourbillon – 5×5 Teddy. His 5th dam Freedwoman (GB) by Lorenzaccio (#BT).

Broodmare sire, G1 winner French Two Thousand Guineas Vettori (IRE) – the sire that ‘gave to the world‘ Lady Vettori dam of Lope de Vega (Shamardal (USA)

To genetics: a comprehension what really furthers to this magnificent ‘X’ potency, shall go uncovered.

Firstly ...Locris inheritability speaks to the magnificent cross to make conduit Type; the selector work of Marcel Boussac. Boussac like other dedicated French breeders of the time Francois Dupre & Madame Jean Couterie experimented in crosses.

Philosophy drives Brazil’s breeding and its history, the accounts of Senor Federico Tesio apprentice – https://luizeduardolages.com/aiscan.htm summarizes “Unfortunately, almost everything about the commercial tendency in the world breeding became true and the stamina of the modern racehorse today is on the point of extinction!” QUOTED

Havana Cigar Profile: Sired by Can the Man (dec. 2023) Havana Cigar is the grandson of sire Into Mischief (USA), who secured his seventh consecutive leading sire title by earnings in 2025, to place him alongside a legend. He is the first stallion to secure that many consecutive titles since the legendary Bold Ruler, from 1963-69. (ref cr. link)

Into Mischief has a notable female *family 23-b, (& with Affirmed, b/m sire Harlan’s Holiday) a dynamic strain that has long potent history and examining its ‘origin’ strongly suggests this is a breed within the breed – one that takes the lead.

-Can the Man be the striking dominant productive sire & his progeny display a tough will. More of Can the Man progeny are noted below– ps://abcpcc.com.br/noticias/post/uruguai-mr-can-encerra-2025-com-vitoria-em-classico > >>>> (https://www.pedigreequery.com/mr+can) by Can the Man

https://www.pedigreequery.com/yes+he+can4 by Can the Man 👇👇

Yes He Can wins his second consecutive race at @turf_paradise Thanks to Jose Puentes for the opportunity — and my second win of the day. 🏆🐎 pic.twitter.com/qnkGa7L2hh
— karlo lopez (@kljockey) December 31, 2025

@Can the Man’s 3rd dam Best in Show (USA) distaff factors @ 3x Rock Sand (4x *Pocahontas) + 2x Fair Flay, Discovery & Mr Busher by War Admiral – a recognisable and impressive distaff as well known to Australasia through Redoute’s Choice (4th dam) and Written Tycoon (Iglesia) sires’ bloodlines.

Can the Man’s 2nd dam sire Blushing Groom (FR) by Red God (USA) has the Type-setter markers viz., Nasrullah through Americus Girl >> 3×3 Lexington 4x Glencoe 4×4 Chloe Anderson where Rodolph (USA) has Harts Maria 3x Medley by Gimcrack. Harts Maria is the transmitter influence of Spendthrift and this transpires Fair Play/ Man o’ War dynastic descendants.

Bell-Air by Medley by Gimcrack influences the distaff of Enquirer (sire of Minnie Gray, *f.f. 23-b) + American Eclipse (through Grey Diomed & Grimcrack mare)

Where the pedigree ‘stamps’: – Ultimus (USA) 2x Domino dam Minnie Gray, Peter Pan by Commando and elite dam, Pink Domino

Upfront profile: Red God has 5×5 Spearmint (#Carbine) + 2x Chaucer (daughters Selene & Scapa Flow) & 5×5 Roi Herode (Fr) by Le Samaritan, sire of The Tetrarch & daughter Regal Roman, @ distaff Menow. (With these, observe Pocahontas, & by duplications @ Martha Lynn > Le Samaritan, Carbine & Voltigeur, Bend Or.)

@ Haplotype Determinations & ‘sizing’ a core-contributory Type

Foundation Mare Family 23 The GSB says that Hobby Mare (dam of the famous racemare Brocklesby Betty, (GSB) Gimcrack distaff) was out of Piping Peg. However, evidence in early breeder Cuthbert Routh’s stud book, various 18th century stallion adverts and Racing Calendars clearly evidence that Hobby Mare was out of Piping Peg’s dam, not Piping Peg. mtDNA analysis of family 23 found 3 different haplotypes showing the family consists of three separate founder mares. One haplotype is found in the trunk and both branches and is most plausibly that of Piping Peg’s Dam. Another haplotype is found only in branch 23-a, and the third only in branch 23-b, indicating pedigree errors at some point in both branches. Piping Peg’s Dam is dam of top class racehorse *Brocklesby Betty (4 King’s Plates 1716 to 1718): of the King’s Plate winners Brocklesby and Long Megg; and of the good stallion Hip (her full brother), which sires a number of mares which breed on, including an unnamed mare which is dam of Sampson (winner of six King’s Plates and sire of high class race horse Engineer, the sire of top class racehorse Mambrino)(source link)
Hypo theoretical align to TB-dM (Hambletonian by King Fergus f.f. 61, & Mambrino by Engineer (Blaze f.f.61 & Hip f.f.23 line) these been Standardbred & Morgan horse assigned: a main, distinguishable branch Haplotype. (link, view FIG.1) & Fig 3. Wallner doc & http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.086 – Page 4 Figure 2. (do Note, not TB- dW1 (aka Whalebone) where science suggests almost ‘fixed’ @ 93.4% to thoroughbred pool). The character & attributes of sport Type are better & finer understood to researcher, Kathleen Kirsan’s work & books.
It is mindful to consider Haplotype classification systems (of 4) are not consistent. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11939364/.

Early & well-renowned Type-setter Martha Lynn (f.f. 2-h) has 3x King Fergus. King Fergus is reinstated to Family 61 distaff (formerly 6-x) sourced to Wyvills Roan mare and sourced as Hobby. (ref. Kirsan). Co-affinity of another to family 61, is the sire Blaze broodmare sire of Herod, as is his full sister.

The full sister named, Sister to Blaze, is dam of sire, Portmores Whitenose f.f. 61 This dam and her son enter (amongst others) West Australian, his dam is Mowerina distaff to 7th dam (n.b. female line of Danzig USA, West Australian male line descendant Hurry On (GB)).

West Australian is the broodmare sire of Musket, sire of #Carbine

What’s this about?

The specific to determine or, isolate what traits forth i) truer native mare heritage(s) ii) powerful DNA influence for its hardy ‘will’, soundness, temperament the factors of high-paced speed with stamina which appear and come to this remarkable genotype.

Such Genotype appears critical, amass a newer or current typesetter, where conduits draw relationship. ( Example to ***Newminster & Hermit provided further below).

Profile upfront: Havana Cigar

@ 5×5 Stop the Music daughters (Hail to Reason – Bebopper by Tom Fool). 4x Pocahontas – 3x Plucky Leige (Spearmint by Carbine) + 5×5 Newminster (thru Carbine & Petrarch). Remembering, Martha Lynn 3x King Fergus (family 61), granddaughter Clemence by Newminster from Beeswing by Dr Syntax (an outstanding stayer) 3rd dam Prince T’quassaw mare by Prince T’quassaw (Snip) (@ accounts GSB?!) has distaff, Brocklesby Betty (family 23)
@ 4×5 Mr Prospector strains multitude – However in short, 3×4 Teddy, a Bend Or (Tadcaster/Martha Lynn) male descendant – his sire Ajax, b/m sire Clamart’s dam Princess Catharine of a Pocahontas distaff. Teddy’s broodmare sire Bay Ronald (Newminster male descendant).

{***Newminster (though of a Whalebone male line TB-dW1 has duplications with suggested TB-dM genotype viz. duplications @ King Fergus, his son Beningbrough through Portmores Whitenose from dam, Sister to Blaze distaff + Williams Forester by Crofts Forester, dam Bay Brocklesby of Brocklesby Betty family line. (note subject to GSB!)} Newminster the sire of Hermit, with again by distaff/dam influences with Orville (King Fergus, Blaze, Portmores Whitenose + Gimcrack’s sire Cripple) + 3x Selim – Blaze, Portmores Whitenose, Crofts Forester.

Can The Man, uma perda inestimável para a criação nacional

**Discovery** – @*female family 23-b*. {Discovery had been beaten with 143 lbs up, but no horse in this country had ever won with that much weight so we weren’t very upset over it. The cause of most of his bad race – he hit his hocks and refused to extend himself. This to our minds accounted for his reluctance to break and his lack of early foot, of which he had had so much as a three- and four-year-old. We sent him to the farm and advertised him for the stud next spring.} source Horse & Horsemen, Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Seven Old Shirts.

**Havana Cigar** has 6 lines through Geisha *Native Dancer* + Traffic Court, *Traffic Judge sire of Best in Show*, My Recipe, dam of *Intentionally*.

Uncovering the Gimcrack Legacy in Horse Pedigrees

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look into a pedigree not at a pedigree, know what every name on the page means

2026 – the year of a Fire Horse to arrive new opportunity; sudden ability to transform and occurs wild or natural excitement.

2025 we closed the year upon a small, gallant horse named Gimcrack – a horse who changed ownership hands frequently. By all appearances he appears to be the ideal wagering horse beating early match horses and those identifiable names were entered to the early Studbook.

Gimcrack’s racing feats and progeny are a marvel of those times. Early American breeders bought his sons Medley and Clockfast and dam/grand-dam.

It is difficult to understand how the English allowed Gimcrack to diminish when as sire of numerous winners, among them being Grey Robin, his dam Snapdragon by Snap, winner of the Great Sweepstakes pf 5,600 gns, ran Newmarket Second Spring meeting 1777 to be one of the most remarkable races ever run. The little horse holds ‘honours’ @ Gimcrack Club Dinner held in York every December. To his name, Stakes races are held in honour to this very day.

Having always mused what is a ‘true’ thoroughbred, Type and types takes the greater equation. The classified haplotypes stand affixed yet distracts ‘pools’ or gene ‘islands’ – as ‘lesser’ proportioned contributor breeds. (in context, think of your family DNA)

Alike interpretative: – It may mean entirely different blood in different pedigree, and you must search further to have an intelligent knowledge of the blood lines of the animal. (Osborne)

Through the yarns and expanse of horse tales, the course of history may sound inconsequential however a cross weave inside the very breeding fabric determines an ultimate genotype that simply over time, almost fell between cracks. Hell, it could never disappear.

His (Bruce Lowe) figures are misleading and do not sow “at a glance” what blood has been brought into the combination.

Today, Inbreeding appears to a sire line bottleneck, (science maintains however plenty allelle diversity available) yet for the only remaining complexity – what will incline the elite bred.

Governance to the historical development by GSB, was only approved sires, these came by Herod – Matchem – Eclipse. This somehow overlooked this very distinguishing character where… {the period 1756 to 1765 was noted, not only for the three great horses born within its cycle – Herod (1758), Gimcrack (1760) and Eclipse (1764) but for the quickening of the impulses which were leading to the Golden Age of industry}.

Turning now to Part I., it will be seen that seventy-eight of the principal stallions covering in the United Kingdom during 1898 and following seasons are advertised in this volume, together with their pedigrees and performances in full; and dividing them according to their descent from the three great sires, Eclipse, Herod and Matchem, through the amalgamation of whose blood the breeders of old found the best result, they will be found to stand thus… (Joseph Osbourne Horse Breeders Handbook)

The entrapment of breeding idealism had begun to show…

Eclipse was quite as much due to the five strains of the Lister Turk (+ 9 strains D'Arcy's White Turk) than to the single strain of the Darley Arabian. (n.b. this explanation is noted to Osbourne because the author entirely dismisses the works of Bruce Lowe figure numbers and its introduction as taproot families)

Outstanding among all thoroughbred founder sires, Eclipse was sold as yearling after the death of his breeder. The Duke’s (Duke of Cumberland) stud was sold, according to Professor Robertson, by Tattersall. Robertson gives no authority for his statement, which had, however, been preceded by a similar statement by his predecessor, James Whyte. In his reference to the sale, Whyte referred to the disposal, “for a trifling sum”, of Marske. The buyer was a farmer, who put him to country mares in Dorset, at a fee of half a guinea. Later, the famous Wildman acquired him for 20 guineas. Meanwhile Wildman had bought Eclipse at the sale. He must have been the cleverest, or luckiest, man in London at that time. He bought Eclipse for 75 guineas, Marske for 20 guineas, and Gimcrack, bred by Mr Gideon Elliot.

By introduction or rather the elimination of a key bloodline genotype, only tipped and furthered those 3 determined sires’ lines as they went repeatedly crossed as such English Thoroughbred. Those out of the framework illogically over-ridden.

However, overtime, nature’s genes had come to prove the ‘fire’ of the little horse, a Sub- type, little acknowledged.

Accepting that particular genotype is where today’s breeding should only focus.

Should Byerley Turk, Godolphin Barb, Darley Arabian (Whalebone) are Foundational, the other goes wantonly amiss.

Libraries should give you an idea of the enormous wealth of information at our disposal…. not only the practical breeder but also the scientist to go through the bookshelves and lift the curtain which still covers so many hidden truths. (Tesio)

Our post appraising Byerley Turk morphological delves the Tourbillon pedigree and with a finer or deeper appreciation what has been previously overlooked – the powerful depth 5×5 Hanover (USA) – Gimcrack male line Wild Medley (USA), his daughter Ophelia 4th dam Hanover, – Leading Sire in North America 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898 (n.b.> references blocking the American RH lines 1908 onwards, see P.320 Kirsan*)

By strains to Gimcrack – those of Domino, Ben Brush sire of *Sweep and Broomstick and Fair Play descendants – the breeding propensities were so effectively perpetuated that each individual successfully established a significant sub-family in its own right toasting elite individuals like the undefeated Colin and the famous “chocolate soldier” Equipoise.

This Type clearly displays something so potent and is found to recent deceased Coolmore sire Wootton Bassett distaff through Blue Banner, a daughter of War Admiral (ie Man O’ War/Sweep) – Blue Larkspur (male descendant Domino) – Stimulus. (2x Domino + 2x Lady Thompkins 3x Gimcrack)

Fascinatingly, it is recorded to the racing style of War Admiral , he broke early and lead from the front. Hanover – 17 straight wins in 1st 2 years, including elders., won from 6f to 16f. It is a phenomenon to breaking clean and early of those distinguishing elite performers.

Who would have thought that Australia’s wonder girl, Four Time Australian Champion Racehorse of the Year, champion Winx (Street Cry) had the above Gimcrack (Grey Diomed + Hoskins Melzar) in her veins through broodmare sire line to Hold Your Peace. Or short cut into Type markers – Tourbillon/5×3 Blue Larkspur, Man o War, the rarer distaff (f.f.12-b Lady Grey). This is also @ Hoist the Flag dam Tourbillon/War Admiral to Street Cry’s sire Machiavellian.

World champion sprinter Ka Ying Rising is another ‘break early and lead’. As the punters say, he doesn’t need to go through ‘gears’.

We now understand ‘why’…this is about Type Markers Gimcrack.

references

Tattersalls, Two Hundred Years of History – Vincent Orchard

Breeding the Racehorse – Tesio

The Thoroughbred World – Walter Osborne

The Horse Breeders Handbook – Joe /Beacon’ Osbourne

American Running Horse – A Forgotten Breed, 2nd Edition – Kathleen Kirsan*

Gimcrack, Ho Ho HO!

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Greetings to TBL readers and Subscribers.

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An interesting year.

In the last week or so when one thinks all there is to know, comes the most interesting to date.

Through Rodolph distaff **(Harts Maria (USA)** – Rodolph daughter Chloe Anderson (Glencoe), her daughter Novice dam of Norfolk (USA) and distaff to Americus , sire of Americus Girl, ie Lady Josephine/Mumtaz Mahal f.f. 9-c, Nasrullah

Navigating strains models the veritable work of Kathleen Kirsan (speed + stamina + 5th gait Types at foundations, galloways and hobby’s.

World-champions inherit ‘Gimcrack’, a name to oddly mean, ‘showy but cheap.’

The early founders of the American Stud very well knew what they were about when they bought Medley and Clockfast, the granddam of Medley, as well as the dam of Clockfast, being got by Regulus. (The Horse Breeders Handbook, Jos. Osborne)

This will mean today’s Gimcrack sources are only through the (USA) roots, bred in.

To last post (@ End/ additional section), identified some pedigrees that carry Gimcrack.

Gimcrack gave gait and pace rather than alone expressively speed and stamina.

How he transformed pedigrees shall take first-light…

...any rate a great thing to have kept alive the memory of that gallant little horse, which I don't suppose stood over fourteen hands, for nearly a century and a half. He was a horse which I think anybody would fear to possess now with the conditions that he was to run two or three four-mile heats every week for fifty pounds; and having been so valuable and admired as to found a Club of his own. He constantly changed hands and was once even allowed to become the possession of a foreigner. There must have been heavy hearts in York when Gimcrack became the property of a Frenchman. But he was reclaimed and lived to a good old age and so immortalised himself. (the Frenchman Count Lauragnais had a heavy wager, to find a horse able to compass 22,1/2 miles within an hour, came to England and bought Gimcrack winning him the 'match').

The period 1756 to 1765 was notable, not only for the three great horses born within its cycle Herod (1758) – Gimcrack (1760) and Eclipse (1764), but for the quickening of impulses where leading to the Golden Age of industry. (Tattersalls – Two Hundred Years of Sporting History, Vincent Orchard)

Gimcrack serves as a formative foundation, and his blending crosses reveal his distinct morphological identity that over the 300 years plus became increasingly remote yet one of high importance.

For example, Black Caviar (Aus)

In brief, Black Caviar – Royal Academy – 3×4 Vain below – Green Desert – Silly Season, Menow.

Below Vain and his greater female family.

“Best wishes for a wonderful Christmas and a brilliant 2026!”

Jane @ TBL

Where is the Circus (Trapeze Artist)

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Unexpectantly for punters a roughie 2-year-old filly lead start to finish for one spectacular show. Amongst the expected performers was Wootton Bassett’s colt Vatican on his debut run being placed 5th. Early days however!

Vatican was a high-profile purchase, secured for A$1.2 million at the Inglis Easter yearling sale by Tom Magnier of Coolmore.

As of December 2025, Vatican recently made his debut in the A$400,000 Inglis Nursery at Randwick, finishing 5th. He had two trials leading up to his first start.

TBL Subject profile 👇🏇

https://www.pedigreequery.com/wheres+the+circus filly, by Trapeze Artist (AUS)

@ broodmare sire Fastnet Rock

Fastnet Rock’s impact in the breeding shed far surpassed his racetrack achievements. Like his sire Danehill, he became a champion sire in Australia twice (2011/12 and 2014/15). His legacy includes:

Progeny: He sired nearly 1,200 individual winners globally, including 197 stakes winners and 44 G1 winners, a record for an Australian-born sire. Notable offspring include Atlantic Jewel, Avantage, Merchant Navy, and Via Sistina.
Versatility: His progeny were known for their versatility, winning G1 races at various distances.
Broodmare Sire: His influence continues through his daughters, who have produced over 150 stakes winners, making him a top-ranked broodmare sire.

Fastnet Rock resided at Coolmore Australia for two decades and was humanely euthanized in September 2025, at the age of 24, after a rapid deterioration from an injury. His impact on the Australian and global thoroughbred breeding industry is considered profound. https://www.anzbloodstocknews.com/we-owe-him-so-much-coolmore-australias-much-loved-stallion-fastnet-rock-dies/#:~:text=By%20Lydia%20Symonds,family’s%20operation%20and%20their%20partners.

The filly’s sire – Trapeze Artist https://widden.com/stallions/trapeze-artist/ distaff family 2-r. This distaff hints fame to none other than Phar Lap and Sunline. T.A. is the sire of G1 Griff, 2023 Caulfied Guineas winner and the curiosity where family 2-r may align to.

To get an idea, Trapeze Artist’s racing below – he goes wide, his spectacular turn of foot in beating Redzel, a back to back winner of The Everest.

Trapeze Artist – 5×3 Bletchingly (Star Kingdom/Hyperion male direct) – 4×5 Storm Bird by Northern Dancer to 3x N.D (with focus to Peace Chance/Fair Play). This has the profile expansive.

Trapeze Artist encompasses a true-type of types, both kernel and nut-shell focusing Relic – War Relic – Man O War – Fair Play – Hastings – Spendthrift. This backbone is the grand-sire Snitzel’s distaff In Reality ➡️➡️3×3 War Relic to 3x Fair Play through Discovery.

Trapeze Artist broodmare sire Doomsday > Damascus through sire Sword Dancer with Man O War distaff – evident how that cross is working.

T.A. distaff – 3rd dam Elegant Walk (AUS) 3x Hyperion, which also notes a dam 4×5 Honey Buzzard by Papyrus. She is the dam of Honeyway (GB) and why peculiarly, coincidentally (?) upon ff. 2-r, has alike influence to our great New Zealand mare Australian Hall of Fame – Sunline (Desert Sun)

Honey Buzzard/Honeyway also influences Fastnet Rock through 4th dam Hondalae by Better Honey.

To further observe @Where’s the Circus distaff > Sir Ivor from a Man O War daughter @ 3rd dam. His son Sir Tristram 6×5 Papyrus. Papyrus repeats to line Star Kingdom, 4x Star Kingdom. The upfront profile @2x Danehill, has through Ribot, to the 2nd dam by Papyrus, dam Barbara Burrini. (post – Papyrus Princequillo)

T.A. future matings should or may bring Nijinsky/The Minstrel duly to the dam Flaming Page. Flaming Page has 4th dam by Man O War. She also carries 3 strains to the great Musket. For phenotype – the two ‘bone’ sires Man O War and Musket are ultimate true-typesetters – they represent the heart of the breed itself, a breed of breeds.

Where’s the Circus 👇👇

Nijinsky	6×5
The Minstrel	7×5

One cannot mistake the consistent prepotency – this unbeatable MOW backbone (each n’ all, a specific line ‘marked’ with good reason) alike to Golden Sixty & Ka Ying Rising where KYR has just matched Golden Sixty’s record of 16 wins straight.

We wanted to know just exactly what obscure dominancy? What earlier strain/ trait bred-in may have developed a superior pedigree, which surpasses all. For reference, this focuses Man O War male line parentage inclusive and with descendants et al collective.

Let’s uncover the gem: Harts Maria (USA) > 3x Medley by Gimcrack (GB). The dam Harts Maria is significant female influence to Spendthrift, Man O War’s 3rd sire.

**Gimcrack** *(above)* – a grey, foaled 1760 and though only a little over fourteen hands high won a great number of races, and in fact made a very big mark on the turf. He began his running career when four years old and won races when he was eleven and his victories were very greatly in excess of his defeats. Gimcrack is *elsewhere* documented as a Galloway from a hobby mare whose daughter is Brocklesby Betty family 23.

Sire, Man O War (of his blue-bloods) has the great son War Admiral and there in, a super potent genotype X: accorded again by 5×4 Gimcrack (Medley & Gimcrack mare) to produce American Eclipse. (n.b. his daughter/ dam Lize has another strain Gimcrack through his grand-son Bell-Air. Lize’s daughter Lida is dam of Enquirer (USA).

*Cornelius van Ranst’s* **AMERICAN ECLIPSE** – Northern color bearer in his victorious match race with Sir Henry. (photo – The Thoroughbred World, Walter D. Osborne)

Enquirer (USA), sire of Mannie Gray, dam of Domino. This carries ‘geno’ to Sweep (USA), a champion two- and three-year-old from dam Pink Domino. Sweep is the b/m sire of War Admiral, daughter Brushup.

@Where’s the Circus profile, > the Nijinsky son the beautiful Royal Academy thru Crimson Satan , sire Spy Song @ 3×3 Peter Pan/Commando/Domino – 4×5 Hastings by Spendthrift.

What’s that trait about?? “the best racers of their day, although they were generally small; but their limbs were remarkably fine, and they were distinguished for their ability to carry weight ” ➡️https://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Gimcrack.htm

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(Hot! take on board pedigree Sally Ward, founder of f.f. A4 > 6×5 Medley by Gimcrack). Readers know this… as California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit – Love the Chase) 7x G1 winner. 2014 Horse of the Year and Champion Three-Year-Old Colt – 2016 Horse of the Year & Champion Older Male – Richest Kentucky Derby Winner in History

f.f. A4 – https://www.pedigreequery.com/green+desert

Pedigrees Mr Busher and full sister Busher > by War Admiral (Spendthrift) + 3×4 Sweep

Pedigree – https://www.pedigreequery.com/red+god (Nasrullah – Spring Run)

Gimcrack Stakes for 2yo’s is run annually at York since 1846 in Gimcrack’s honour

Bred or died out – https://www.pedigreequery.com/clockfast5 excellent son of Gimcrack

‘Here to Shock’ & it goes wilder…

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{‘Shocky’ shown here sharing a moment with Flemington strapper Deep after notching up his 14th career win in the Listed Testa Rossa Stakes. The remarkable Here to Shock, Kiwi-bred son of Shocking, is our evergreen 8yo galloper whose reliability, consistency and personality have earned him a large share of real estate in the Lindsay Park team’s heart. It was an excellent ride by Mark Zahra who rated him perfectly in the running before skipping clear on straightening and holding on for a well deserved victory despite carrying the 60kg top weight. Wonderful result for the great Slade Bloodstock ownership group! } Credit ref: FB Linday Park Racing, & Photo 👇

Testa Rossa Stakes I Here To Shock

Here To Shock narrowly sees off Persian Spirit, who was absolutely jumping out of the ground into second ⚡️ A brilliant front-running ride by Mark Zahra.

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TBL Last Post – KYR – the world champion sprinter; a New Zealand family bred for Gold features foundational origins – family 11 / 4 / 13.

It also mentions little-known English sire Robert the Devil who competed regularly against Bend Or. Not considered successful as a sire, his type-set goes 3x Guiccioli blood which made it to our antipodean shores.

‘Robert’ again surfaces to Sir Dane (NZ) by Summertime (GB) #GA/GB where infused upon Australian family distaff, through his dam Frescoes (Aus), she by Lonhro.

https://www.pedigreequery.com/here+to+shock (NZ) by Shocking (AUS) – Frescoes by Lonhro.

*the prototype reflects 3x Guiccioli (f.f. 11) – St Angela f.f. 11 – f.f. 4 Wenlock*

Today speed advertising makes its common appeal for breeding progeny successful, competitive, athlete. Conspicuously the decline of stamina influence is surely one powerful background under played. What can be the Geno to reflect it?

Today the market is dominated by commercial breeders who are guided by fashion and stallions need to adapt to the prevailing commercial parameters, currently initial success and speed are everything. Consequently, the bloodlines with more stamina and class are not flashy because they are not shiny and, unfortunately, are not fashionable. Therefore, the demand is low and these paternal lineages are disappearing. CREDIT – https://purosanguedecorrida.blogspot.com/2025/

Of course, the subject of bloodlines is not as simple as favoring one paternal lineage over another. Each stallion represents a mix of influences, and as such, there are opportunities to be taken advantage of. There is an argument that the health of the PSI will not benefit from the current situation, the lack of genetic variety of decades ago already takes its toll in terms of the durability of the breed. And this is an important aspect that must be considered https://purosanguedecorrida.blogspot.com/2025/

Nature of the beast – true classic speed gears with a stamina phenotype, as old day bloodstock writings saw such racehorses as genuine ‘flyers’.

The classic ‘speed ‘ factors were set long, long ago yet modern conjecture implies it appeared or ‘evolved’. By seeking out determining facts rather than premises applied through popularized narrative and other works US researcher, Kathleen Kirsan’s newly released book sets finer parameters. Its clarity has well documented history. It also begins to unravel a modern dilemma just what goes into breeding. Kirsan’s book has an ultimate level of discernment and gathers examined accounts in all matters.

In similar study, we’ve gone re-visiting our old books as this information reveals the curiosities of earlier breeding developments, the why’s of in-breeding and it accounts today where geneticists determine –

Whalebone.

Whalebone heritage records, are thrown as the Father of ‘modern’ racing thoroughbred, stamped to Haplotype TB-dW1, a crown HT-3, born 1807. (Fig 3)

The Historical records development of racing & the Thoroughbred went into a resting period due to the political unrest between 1795 and 1815 (Ireland and Britain were deeply affected by political unrest, rebellion, and war). Breeding and racing trials (testing breeding material) went neglected from 1795 & recommencing 1815. Prior were regular races in different localities (to observe the sire’s progeny performances) having all mixed ages, yearlings to older stock (even at 20 years) went gathered for spectators: the unequalled enthusiasm and sheer fun of the day for amusement and gambling on running horses.

What really weighed out however, would peak at the second half of the nineteenth century that the weight carrying capability of two- and three-year-olds was thought to be much improved; three-year-olds had almost approximately reached that point of weight carrying capability which was formerly held by five- and six-year-olds.

There came however a newly ‘formed’ retrogression of the development where existence of the many short Handicaps for the higher numbers of two-year-old racehorses exceeded the number of three-year-olds making for an obscure turning point that came upon re-producing a lesser resisting power.

Sound familiar?

The ‘mutation’ Tb-dW1, Whalebone (sire, Waxy) has by studbook full brother Whisker (born 1812) Derby winners and full sister Wire born 1811 and at 3 and 4 years a good racer. She had 17 foals ( 15 GSB) and lived to 28 years of age.

Wire is the ancestral dam to stand out sire & racehorse, War Relic (Man O War) – sire of Relic, sire of Pieces of Eight daughter Eight Carat, dam of Octagonal, sire of Lonhro.

Whalebone, Whisker are the sire factors with female factors @ Family 4 & 11, bred on as f.f. 3-m. What is largely significant to this cross has Sister to Regulus, the Grey Robinson – sedbury mare(s) (these feature to last post)

A modern representative Nashua broodmare sire of Mr Prospector and you will see how that begins to line-up. (Here to Shock – 4×5 Mr P)

The ancestress focus is dam Amazon and her daughter, Antiope (Whalebone) f.f. 3-m akin Isinglass, male line of Swynford (he, 18x Whalebone + 4x Whisker).

KING TOM	H	1851- 5th mare Amazon	HARKAWAY	POCAHONTAS
KNIGHT OF KARS	H	1855 – (ditto)	NUTWITH	POCAHONTAS
KNIGHT OF ST PATRICK	H	1858 “	KNIGHT OF ST GEORGE	POCAHONTAS
RATAPLAN	H	1850 “	THE BARON	POCAHONTAS
SROOD	H	1852 ”	CHATHAM	POCAHONTAS
STOCKWELL	H	1849 “	THE BARON	POCAHONTAS

Notable sire Star Kingdom, his distaff 4th dam/daughter by Swynford, sire of Biscay (Aus), Here to Shock, 3rd dam distaff.

Such type captures Consols (FR)f.f. 3-m > 3×5 Mieuxce (Fr) observed to sire Shocking’s distaff through Right Boy (IRE) daughter Right Bank.

In the framework of what is a thoroughbred – other european pedigree tables had existed of the later 1800’s – Herman Goos – Frentzel – Antwerp and Lamplighter.

Later Captain Bobinski whom Federico Tesio was a contributor to the compilation of the Bobinski Tables later taken up by Toru Shirai (1989). Breeding Racehorses by the Figure System compiled by Bruce Lowe 1895 supplements the GSB though foundations are revised by geneticists, the GSB still stands.

In consideration of Whalebone’s mutation, full brother and sister, the possible answer is that he, Whalebone, was a half-bred and stated so. The author thought along with a number of others that the necessary in-breeding as required (remember, it was a ‘time’ of setting the blood) proved difficult. As follows…

Half-bred stallions, excellent in their conformation but with insufficient inbreed support as for example Optimus – Whalebone – Sorcerer are often very difficult to mate to get the best results. As in the pedigree of Half-Breds, Thoroughbreds are generally the best ancestors, it is recommendable in Half-bred breeding to direct the inbreeding as far as possible to a Thoroughbred ancestor. B. Von Oettingen Horse Breeding in Theory and Practice. 1907*

To the above, appreciate its true source accounts running horse female families 4 – 11 – 13 and f.f. 3-m through Sister to Regulus, Grey Robinson et al, codex family.

Additional reading

Useful (see no. 5*)

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-42640-w

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8871751/

https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/226882/toward-a-single-bloodline-in-stallions

https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/index.php?query_type=horse&h=DARCYS+YELLOW+TURK&g=5&cellpadding=0&small_font=1&l=

KYR – the world champion sprinter; a New Zealand family bred for Gold

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K.Y. R. – He has an extra action – David Hayes

The breeding to Ka Ying Rising – heads up a remarkable Ancestry.

Sister to Regulus, the Sedbury Royal Mare – Family 11, 13, 4

Sister to Regulus – full brother Regulus (Godolphin Arabian) studbook origin, @family 11 and its branches @ Haplotype I2a1. Details to: mares Grey Wilkes & Hautboy mare/ > Sister to Old Country Wench = GREY ROBINSON https://www.pedigreequery.com/grey+robinson

Regulus daughter Sister to South, 4th dam Grey Royal https://www.pedigreequery.com/grey+royal Family 13 (1687) ancestress to Sovereign Edition, sire of K.Y. R’s 4th dam, Taiona. The scrutiny to 13 families (by G.S.B.) – the New Zealand sire O’Reilly (f.f.13-b) would also take another geno-type-affinity.

@ K.Y.R., the St Simon blood runs focus to female conduit, dam St Angela (f.f. 11-c).

(Pompeii Court/Tell – et al The Prince Lines – Indian Ridge – St Simon direct male descendants)

By Teddy multiples > his male line Orme from dam, Angelica, the daughter of St Angela. (again, f.f. 11-c). Super Champion NZ stayer sire, Le Filou has 3×4 Teddy plus, of S.S male line, >7s x 7d the big Fil goes seen to Grosvenor’s 2nd dam Gay Poss, her daughter My Tricia by Hermes is interestingly distaff @ f.f. 11-d.

Referencing Orme it is worth noting his direct male line culminates to Sir Cosmos sire of Knight’s Daughter dam of Round Table, sire of Tell, sire of Pompeii Court & seen to Sir Tristram.

8x War Admiral (MOW) his dam Brushup, from his distaff @ f.f. 11-g carrying St Simon through his son Persimmon with his daughter Permission carrying 5 strains to branches 11. All branches (according to Studbook) Sister to Regulus foundation. (note, ⚠️reserving, family 11-g haplotypes are of two: I2a1 & N2a, this considered generally to Family 1)

Man O War – through Sir Ivor daughter/distaff Salaminia (USA) + daughter Speed Boat (Damascus) & son, American Flag (Raise A Native). > 5X4 Sir Tristram.

5×4 Sir Tristram (Selene) family 6-e with KYR broodmare Per Incanto (USA) family 1-u are designated @ Haplotype L3a1b. 9x Selene, family 6-e, thru Pharamond male-line Buckpasser, Halo, distaff Sir Ivor – Hyperion, Moon Priestess + Schiavoni to Last Tycoon.

@ KYR distaff, family 7-d infuses Orme daughter Vane, 5th generation to New Zealand mare Hauteur, matriach breeding dam Taiona, dam of Melbourne Cup winner Guerners Lane (Australian Horse of the Year) beating Kingstown Town, though KT carried 3 kg more. Full brother Sovereign Red (a multiple G1 winner, distances 1000m to 2500m!) & full sister Trichelle, a G1 performer with 6 wins from 1200m to 2200m.

How the pedigree had evolved with attention to the ‘uncommon’ sire of the G.S.B. foundational pedigree is 🏇Robert the Devil.

History documents Robert the Devil and Bend Or met five times, where Bend Or won the first and last of five races, he could not stay the St leger distance and most certainly Robert was his superior as an autumn three-year old. Robert was undoubtedly the better stayer of the two and endured racing scandals of the day to Bend Or’s identity with alongside the objections to Bend Or’s running, the fowling upon Robert the Devil’s credibility.

Should it happen that Robert the Devil is awarded the bets, more than one bookmaker has expressed his intention of resigning the business rather than re-settle…. {The Judges’ verdict therefore remains undisturbed}. credit reference – https://www.thoroughbredracehorse.co.uk/investigation12.htm

Robert the Devil’s son Chittabob to race & train was unmanageable. It was stated ‘he would have proved himself a great horse if it was possible to train him’. Chittabob however did sire a chestnut daughter named Carlin producing a son Demosthenes who was a leading sire in New Zealand 1919/1920. His grand-daughter is Hautere (NZ).

Type-set > Robert the Devil has 3 strains to mare Guiccioli (IRE), matriarchal, a racing phenomenon @ family 11.

Born 1823, Guiccioli at 2 to 6 years was a very good racer. Ran as a 6 year old, after foaling and again in foal producing a healthy foal. Ran six times, won twice in the King’s Plates over 4 miles with heats in September at the Curragh and in Northumberland Handicap in October at the Curragh of 11 starters, amongst which were such good horses as Skylark, a 3 year old and Napoleon a 5 year old. 13 foals amongst which were Birdcatcher & Faugh-a-Ballagh. At 21 years living twins one of which was Gramachree, a foundation mare in family 11. At 24 years St John (later Carlow), a good racer 2 to 7 years old.

Guiccioli is the 6th dam distaff Sister of Regulus from Grey Robinson by Bald Galloway.

Striking geno similarities between Grey Robinson (family 11 & Grey Royal family 13, as Sedbury Royal mare(s), dated by 15 years) through sire Darcy’s White Turk, Places White Turk , are same (sire of Hautboy) + of family 4 Historical records: Mitochondrial DNA has shown that Family 13 shares the same maternal line as Families 4 and 11. As there is no identifiable link (?) between the families in historical records, the Sedbury Royal Mares which are the Foundation Mares of Families 11 and 13, and the Layton Barb Mare, Foundation Mare of Family 4, must all share a common maternal ancestor which predates the historical records. (ex-https://www.pedigreequery.com/sedbury+royal+mare)

Further to the K.Y.R (family 7 origin) has Darcy’s White Turk mare Darcy’s Oldest Royal Mare (it looks as though bred origins come out of the same stable) https://www.pedigreequery.com/darcys+oldest+royal+mare GSB

(n.b. update – ERROR! – the haplotype family 7 > L3a1a), equivalent > f.f.17-b & 22)

New Zealand breeding

Three days before the 1980 Melbourne Cup, New Zealand bred Sovereign Red won the VRC Derby. Sovereign Red, one of Sir Tristram's first crop, was from the Sovereign Edition mare Taiona and Melbourne trainer Geoff Murphy got him for a mere $55oo at the 1979 Waikato Yearling Sale. When Sovereign Red went to stud himself, syndicated for $1.6 million. He had six Australian Group One wins to his credit. A year after she gave birth to Sovereign Red, Taiona mothered another Sir Tristram colt. This one had all sorts of problems as a youngster - an accident with a fence that endangered his life, and a wind affliction. On top of that he was an ugly foal. He was not good enough for the sale ring and eventually sent to Murphy by Hogan for $7000. Named Gurner's Lane by the syndicate that bought him, the horse was not as brilliant as Sovereign Red as a spring three-year-old. However, he won the AJC and VRC St Legers in the Autum at the same time as Grosvenor, Cossack Prince and Sir Trout all by Sir Tristram. As a four-year-old in the spring of 1982 Gurner's Lane began his march to the Caulfield-Melbourne Cups. Gurner's Lane took the Caulfield Cup, bolting in by 5 lengths on a sodden track, and earned a three kilograms penalty to take his Melbourne Cup weight to 56. Kingston Town back to his best after a long layoff, won the Cox Plate for a remarkable third successive time from Grosvenor and Axeman. Gurner's Lane was a good seventh. Sir Tristram won more newspaper space when Grosvenor captured the Victoria Derby a week later. Kingston Town, a Cup certainty according to Tommy Smith, stayed in his stable on Derby Day but Gurner's Lane ran a slashing second to Axeman in the McKinnon Stake. Gurner's Lane, ridden coolly by Queenslander Mick Dittman, got a lovely run on the rail and finished brilliantly to catch Kingston Town 15 metres from the line and score by a neck. Gurner's Lane victory made him only the seventh horse to win the coveted Cups double and the first since Galilee in 1966. (credit extract November Gold by Max Lambert)

**Gurner’s Lane & Kingston Town near the finish line of the 1982 VRC Melbourne Cup.** *(photo credit The Australian and New Zealand thoroughbred – Ross du Bourg*

References & Study

https://www.thoroughbredracehorse.co.uk/investigation2.htm#brightsroan

https://www.pedigreequery.com/bustard+mare

https://www.pedigreequery.com/trumpets+dam -The third earliest mare in the lineage of Family 4. Dam of an unnamed mare by Brimmer through which the maternal line of the family continues. Ancestress of many top class racehorses including Sir Harry, Alice Hawthorn, Thormanby, Apology, Kincsem, Iroquois, Seabeeze, Thebais, Common, Rock Sand, Bruleur, Man O’ War, ☑️Coronach, Nearco, Assault, Ribot, Dan Cupid (sire of Sea Bird II), Generous and many others…

Grandam of Brown Farewell, the grandam of Matchem (Champion Sire 1772, 1773, 1774, sire of 354 winners of over £150,000, sire of Hollandaise (1778 St Leger); Tetotum (1780 Oaks); Conductor, sire of Trumpator (Champion Sire 1803, sire of Sorcerer, Champion Sire 1811, 1812, 1813); and progenitor of the Godolphin Arabian direct male line to (fading) the present day)

Final Comment

These defining profiles are type-setting deep.

Is it modern bred/commercial common? No.

Is it scarce? Almost. {contributions to the current population are very unequal, varying downwards from a maximum of 13.53% (Godolphin Arabian)https://www.academia.edu/20920375/Microsatellite_diversity_pedigree_relatedness_and_the_contributions_of_founder_lineages_to_thoroughbred_horses

A nice example is Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna – Sataves by Uncle Mo) – Champion Three Year Old Filly & Horse of the Year, 2024.

Bayaann: A 2-Year-Old Champion Debut

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🏇 Debut winner https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/haggas-hotpot-bayaann-delivers-on-debut/

Age: 2 years old (foaled February 26, 2023).
Color/Sex: Bay Colt.
Breeding: Sired by Too Darn Hot, out of the dam Madonna Dell’orto.
Owner: Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum.
Trainer: William Haggas.
Purchase Price: He was bought for 410,000 guineas as a yearling at the Tattersalls October Book 1 sale.
Pedigree Note: Bayaann is a half-brother to the Group winner, mare I Can Fly (Fastnet Rock)

"In irresistible form!" 🔥

It's a treble for @Rossaryan15 as Bayaann shows a willing attitude, quickening inside the final two furlongs to strike!@WilliamHaggas @LingfieldPark pic.twitter.com/eTc3JlyjvC
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) November 20, 2025

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Thoroughbred bloodlines master Ken McLean (2021) advocated * –

{had Northern Dancer never covered mares with a source of French champion Teddy (best son of Ajax), I truly believe he would not have become a champion sire}

It raises an interesting observation – classic backbone shall not alter. It rather persists dominantly.

Perhaps its epigenetics we do not know; yet the interpretative cross in-type/of-type is applicable.

Physical type is therefore an important ingredient in mating. With excellent individuals, breeding good with morphologically good is probably the best way to preserve your conformational strengths. With defective individuals, one must choose a partner who can compensate for these defects.
https://purosanguedecorrida.blogspot.com/search?q=teddy

Before Northern Dancer, grandsire Nearco/ Phalaris, thence Cyllene tail-male family 9e ‘G’ Haplotype structure, #Bend Or (Clemence)

Admittedly from studbook, seeking modern diagnostics makes for one’s greater guess however should G haplotype sequencing (of traits) be of a racehorse, a reasonable conclusion the pheno distributed to ‘Teddy’ culminates elite racing type. Remembering Teddy’s 2nd dam is from Bend Or.

Phalaris represent the Cyllene branch of #Bend Or (see reference)

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Haplogroup-tree-of-HVR-1-sequences-from-the-studied-horses-Mutations-were-shown-on-the_fig2_3255114

To forward McLean’s supposition to colt, Bayaan>> 4x Northern Dancer as crosses with 5×4 Mr Prospector (@5×6 Teddy) – 6×5 Buckpasser (@4×4 Teddy) – distaff, 3rd dam Flood 5x5x5 Sir Gallahad (Teddy).

Sire of G.1 Tornado Alert (IRE), (juvenile stallion) Broadsiding (Aus) & mare, Fallen Angel, stallion Too Darn Hot @female distaff @ Delsy (3 strains, 5x4x6 – Teddy) – 5×6 Tourbillon #BT .

His broodmare sire Singspiel whilst 5×4 Almahmoud, significantly has >5×3 Herbager & Herbager is 3rd dam/daughter of Teddy + 3x Phalaris + Singspiel – 5×3 Hail to Reason > 2nd dam/daughter Sir Gallahad/Teddy.

**Teddy** – a chestnut foal with a strong build, which was given the name Teddy. Sold as a 2-year-old by a disheartened Blanc during the war, proved himself to be the best of his generation while racing in Spain. He then became an extraordinary sire, much to the delight of his owner, J-D Cohn. (https://www.france-galop.com/en/content/history-edmond-blanc-tribute-founder-saint-cloud?)

Credit references & reading

💌It is not my job, or that of any other analyst, to defend or even attack this or that theory. This would be like you yearn to turn into a monster. It is up to us, analysts, – not the monsters – to explore the results, analyze them in an unbiased way and present theories of why they may have “something in common”. And when this particular “something in common” starts to seem with a certain constancy, try to create a way to treat and explore these “coincidences”. (🏆albatrozusa.blogspot.com)

*https://www.stallions.com.au/2021/10/18/battle-of-the-sexes/

https://albatrozusa.blogspot.com/search?q=teddy

#Bend Or – https://www.thoroughbredracehorse.co.uk/investigation12.htm

Cyllene – Field of chestnut Gold…Cyllene 1895

Well Written (Written Tycoon)

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Better Boy, Byerley Turk, St Simon, Written Tycoon

Top class 3 year old chestnut filly – her maiden run said it all. https://loveracing.nz/Common/SystemTemplates/Modal/Video.aspx?v=http%3a%2f%2fwww.racingreplays.co.nz%2fmedia%2f202509%2fM2_AUCK_R02_200925.mp4&i=%2fCommon%2fImage.ashx%3fw%3d720%26h%3d400%26a%3d1%26o%3d1%26bg%3deeeeee%26p%3dhttp%3a%2f%2fwww.racingreplays.co.nz%2fmedia%2f202509%2fM2_AUCK_R02_200925.jpg&r=Race+2+-+JOIN+TAB+RACING+CLUB+1200&rs=1&jwsource=cl

To a second start of her career, the filly Well Written (Written Tycoon) took victory by six and three-quarter lengths.

Purchased for NZ$80,000 from the 2024 National Online Yearling Sale @ Gavelhouse Plus to the recent high-profile purchase of a 50% share by global racing giant Yulong.

https://plus.gavelhouse.com/lot/1044/unnamed –

TBL profile: When one becomes aware of how superbly impacting the Byerley Turk/St Simon lines come, the pedigree shall ‘shape’. (n.b. when you get it, you get it…👉Updated TBL post who is Byerley Turk? cross examines sire type, sire haplotype with science & photos)

Her sire, Written Tycoon viz #BT lines are Milesian & Better Boy. Her Broodmare Sire, Sebring 2nd dam Lady Moulin (AUS) typesets 5×4 Djebel, where through Djebel tails Better Boy (My Babu).

To her distaff female family 3-b, the ancestral Byerley Turk’s Sister One True Blue (ref, updated post has also yesteryear accounts to the True Blue’s)

Her 3rd dam Torolosa (NZ) has 3 strains Nasrullah.

For sure these are star ‘types’ surpassing…

sire & instinct – More than Looks (USA)

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First Landing, Hildene, More Than Ready, Princequillo, Teddy

Aptly named stallion ‘More Than Looks’ – courage, determination, formidable speed are qualities and potential to his first Southern Hemisphere Australian Season – 2025 https://yulonginvest.com.au/stallions-yulong-investments/more-than-looks/

Noted for his balance and strong constitution, he is noted as an outcross over Danehill-line mares.

https://www.pedigreequery.com/more+than+looks

His sire More Than Ready (Halo male line) was a leading World Sire with the quality as outright game and determined in action. He stood 16 hands and had an excellent temperament. More Than Ready was a versatile stallion with top progeny on both turf and dirt and had Grade/Group 1 winners from sprint distances up to 2400 metres.

More than Looks TBL profile has – First Landing sire of 1971 Champion 2yo Colt, 1973 Champion Older Horse & 1998 Racing Hall of Fame the great Riva Ridge.

🏆✅👉For some time, we’ve taken an increasing interest to this wonderful, yet much less talked strain@ First Landing. Breeding talks to much of speed – much less of bone & phenotype.

Grandsire, More than Ready> 3rd dam/daughter Good Landing (First Landing) >> 2x La Troienne (Teddy) + 2x Black Servant are all high-quality speed factors.

Penny (Chenery) Tweedy led in the winning Secretariat, but then sought out Riva Ridge later explaining, “I have the greatest admiration for Secretariat, but I love Riva Ridge.
https://claibornefarm.com/history/hof/riva-ridge/

Insights @ Riva Ridge (First Landing) figures through to 2025 $5,000,000 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Mixed Sale 2025 black-type producer mare, Puca. (Big Brown). Puca’s 5th dam Castle Ridge by Riva Ridge. Puca is the dam of 2023 Kentucky Derby winner Mage, 2024 Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch, Gr 1 Winner Baeza.

First Landing dam Hildene designated Blue Hen mare, Reine-de-Course was also dam of Hill Prince (Princequillo). 4×4 Ben Brush (Bramble) – 5×4 Commando (Domino) they’re gold: old-stock American bred genes with toughness and brilliant speed with 5×5 Hampton.

Sire, More Than Looks (US) has the pedigree well stacked with the back-lines Teddy ✅🏆& Princequillo ✅🏆. His female distaff @ family 2-N signals co-affinity inheritance to Teddy (also 2-N) and likely gets the G haplotype winning (the winning Chromosome? homogozity admix. Hildene (family 9-b) > G Haplotype. (note More Than Looks sire More Than Ready has Sea-Bird, also a family 2-N)

More Than Looks sire pedigree is for mine, one that should go places…and genetically anywhere. The important genetics furthers@ his 3rd dam Vanquished (5×3 Dr Fager &Empire Maker @ 4×3 In Reality, direct male descent of champion Man O War by Fair Play) )being the optimal carriers of the thoroughbred. The type-setter Man O War (Fair Play) stakes upon grand-sire More Than Ready in 3rd dam Sea Saga (5×4 Discovery> Display> Fair Play).

Teddy (direct Orme male line) and Princequillo (direct male line – St Simon line) is the Long Term Plan to advancing invincibility – a very meaningful pattern in pedigrees of horses.

Quality determines bone & phenotype, alongside speed.

The Belmont Stakes was Riva’s kind of race. No mud, no surprises—just a long, grueling stretch where the best horse would prove himself. And when the gates flew open, Riva ran like he had something to prove. There was no contest. He powered home seven lengths ahead, an easy, effortless winner (ttps://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=riva%20ridge%20colt)

Sire, More Than Looks is USD $15,000 in the United States and AUD $22,000 (inclusive of GST) in Australia for the 2025 and 2026 breeding seasons.

He stands at Lane’s End Farm in Kentucky, USA, and shuttles to Yulong Stud in Victoria, Australia. He is a new stallion for the 2025 season. https://www.bloodhorse.com/stallion-register/stallions/173039/more-than-looks#:~:text=More%20Than%20Ready%20%2D%20Ladies’%20Privilege,Arthur’s%20Ride

**First Landing** – *photo credit* – Rimondo.com & https://www.pedigreequery.com/first+landing

where sky is the limit – Skyglider (AUS)

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As of October 2025, Skyglider’s sire Flying Artie (Aus) has overall winners-to-runners ratio of 62.1%. This statistic includes all seasons of his progeny’s racing performance.

Total numbers: From 306 individual runners, he has produced 190 individual winners.

Stake-winners: An article from June 2024 notes that his first crop produced six stakes-winners, and his second crop produced 49 winners from 72 runners, including stakes-winners.
Success in Australia and New Zealand: Among his notable progeny is Fierce Flight, a six-race winner in New Zealand, and Coin Toss, a Listed winner in Australia and Singapore.
Sire-line reputation: While Flying Artie was a high-class juvenile, he comes from a sire line known for producing horses that mature and improve with age, a trait his progeny have demonstrated.

Winners-to-runners ratio for Flying Artie has varied by season:

2024/25 Season: 46.9% winners-to-runners (147 total wins).
2023/24 Season: 46.2% winners-to-runners (146 total wins).
2022/23 Season: 48.8% winners-to-runners (138 total wins).

ref – https://www.racingandsports.com.au/thoroughbred/stallion/flying-artie/83358

Flying Artie

He is noted as Group 1 sire, – Asfoora, winning 2024 King Charles III Stakes (GB)
2025 Nunthorpe Stakes & 2025 Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp (Fr-G1,1000m,Lon – https://www.pedigreequery.com/asfoora & G1 performer sprinter, Artorius. https://www.pedigreequery.com/artorius8

@ Skyglider @ 2 for 2 wins

"If you had a stable full of horses like this bloke, it would be an easy job," – stable representative Darren Beadman speaking about @cwallerracing Skyglider after winning the @kiaorastud Brian Crowley Stakes pic.twitter.com/vYppFarb99
— Australian Turf Club (@aus_turf_club) October 25, 2025

Skyglider remains unbeaten! 👌@KPMcEvoy and @cwallerracing team up to win the Brian Crowley Stakes! pic.twitter.com/u9ZSDlRCI2
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) October 25, 2025

Pedigree discussions place a certain sire and tribe lineages – Almahmoud, Cosmah et al. These discussions are not critiquing better or for worse with ND; it is the scale of the thoroughbred’s ecological balance, his TB Sire Clade for that considered phenotype influence.

Northern Dancer was arguably the most successful stallion of the 20^th century and his descendants have been the dominant sire lines in Australia and Europe for the last quarter century. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-57389-5

Topically @ Byerley Turk what remains to Byerley Turk male & his family line determinations gets ‘tragedy of the commons’.

Breeding must Identify…

Clear as day, the Byerley Turk has unique clade branch of the hybrid-Thoroughbred – the DNA sequences are the specific allelic variant being used to identify this genetic lineage.

Figure 1 Tables (link) the specific Tb-oB1 remembering the Tb-dW (Whalebone/Darley arabian) has deepened, escalated over 176 odd years of breeding. (The global spread of Oriental Horses in the past 1,500 years through the lens of the Y chromosome where Oriental (generic term) appears its of an ancient or of Wild origin extraction per brief & reference below)

Domestic horse lineages have an ancient origin. Thus, given the 6000-year origin suggested by the archaeological record, numerous matrilines must have been incorporated into the gene pool of the domestic horse. High mtDNA
sequence diversity of horses implies an unprecedented and widespread integration of matrilines and an extensive utilization and taming of the ‘wild horse’. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.291.5503.474

The complexes of what may determine the well-bred athlete goes by observing where elite pedigrees are clearly dosed with a # BT/St Simon male line crossed to the Whalebone clade. Take that famous mare Somethingroyal (dam of Secretariat & Sir Gaylord) by Princequillo, descendant of St Simon. With running approximated @ 1 – 2% of the population #BT St Simon male line is obviously an outstanding potent contribution to the racing thoroughbred, therefore, is the alone classic phenotype required.

Skyglider’s sire Flying Artie has 5×5 Better Boy. Octagonal My Babu/Klairon. The too-short siring life (3 years) of Dr Grace by Sir Tristram My Babu & Twig Moss (Fr) – all these are #BT factors.

Better Boy (IRE) sired something genetically extraordinary.

(As above by Better Boy), the brilliant filly, Better Draw for 10 wins – 2 at 2 from 1000m to 2,500m. (One wonders what speed aptitude has not yet ‘discovered’ to the Byerley Turks?)

Better Boy was a 4-time Champion Sire in Australia (1965-66, 1970-71, 1971-72 and 1976-77). Sire of 35 stakes winners – Champion Broodmare Sire in Australia 1978-79.

Flying Arties 3rd dam Better Fantasy – the dam of Better Loosen Up (8 G1 races including Japan Cup)

Cox Plate @ Better Loosen Up 🎇🎆🎇

In practice the breed today is almost entirely carried forward through the Darley Arabian’s male line @ 95%. It is subjectively purported commercial breeders place Darley Arabian alike descendants because it indicates the modelling of proven numbers.

Yet as sharply distinctive that a modern pedigree captures, refines necessary genotype and phenotype quality to the Byerley Turk integrity and its accounted brilliance.

Byerley Turk post 👉 who is Byerley Turk?

10k sire – Shisospicy (Mitole) USA

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(US) $10K stallion Mitole (f.f. 11-d) sires TDN rising star, 3 yr old filly Shisospicy – {f.f. 2-n} https://www.pedigreequery.com/shisospicy

https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/288154/shisospicy-seeks-history-in-breeders-cup-turf-sprint

“She’s run so well in all of her starts.” https://obssales.com/blog/2025/05/12/shisospicy-earns-first-graded-win-to-lead-stakes-winning-obs-grads/

Jockey ⁦@iradortiz⁩ giving #OBSGrad and ⁦@BreedersCup⁩ Turf Sprint contender Shisospicy 🌶️ some ♥️ after guiding her through her final major work before shipping to ⁦@DelMarRacing⁩ for ⁦@JFDAngelo⁩. pic.twitter.com/s2SR5tNOnh
— OBSSales (@OBSSales) October 23, 2025

SHISOSPICY a 3-length winner dominating – $2,000,000 Music City (G2) at Kentucky Downs

3rd season sire Mitole (USA) credentials https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/287414/mitole-omaha-beach-representing-third-crop-sires

TBL Pedigree Profile

Shisospicy @ Mahmoud – dam’s distaff has @ 7th dam by Mahmoud. To follow back into Mahmoud via Northern Dancer @ his 2nd dam Almahmoud. Same to Halo >> Harlan, Harlan’s Holiday, Into Mischief

Haplotype @ L1, 9-c female family hence Nasrullah & Tudor Minstrel, 2nd dam sire Blushing Groom (FR).

6×5 Caro – male line Indian Charlie (Mitole) & broodmare sire Unbridleds Song.

**Caro** (IRE) – considered a good sort of colt, lengthy and strong. Commented to stay a mile and a half so well that the distance was not thought the limit of his stamina. Said to act on any going. His noted qualities were gameness and consistency. His sire Fortino was a sprinter and dam Chambord a good stayer galloping the opposition into the ground – 1st Royal Standard Oaks, Newmarket Oaks, 2nd Yorkshire Oaks and 3rd Park Hill Stakes. *(TBL photo)*

Research notes: @ Mitole distaff (f.f.11-d) his 7th dam features the French bred @ Capella 5×4 Asterus remarkable Marcel Boussac’s breeding *Ardan (by Pharis, 3x Cyllene, 2x St Simon) a champion at 3 and 4. He stood at Spendthrift Farm, Lexington, Kentucky. Lifetime sire of 183 foals, 152 starters, 124 winners, 11 stakes winners – Lifetime AEI = 1.35.

**Pharis** – photo credit https://www.rimondo.com/en/horse-details/191396/pharis-ii-xx

Mitole‘s 4th dam Merces Miss > 5×5 *Ardan (Pharis) daughters with Nasrullah X.

Boussac’s Pharis was finest bred although limited as a classic sire, marginalized by WW II.

Bearing Cyllene in mind…5×6 Storm Cat from Secretariat daughter Terlingua Secretariat – as never seen before & Field of chestnut Gold…Cyllene 1895. Cyllene # G haplotype (family 9). Science figures speed chromosome on # ‘G’ (also 2N) though complex as it is, fathoming why the quality is ‘up’ for another deep enquiry.

Cyllene sired four English Derby winners – Cicero, Minoru. Lemberg and filly Tagalie. Leading sire in England 1909/1910 and also leading sire in Argentina. Here was horse that could accelerate more than once during a race and he was able pass this gift to many of his progeny. Ken McLean – Designing Speed in the Racehorse

(n.b. At this point acknowledgment to American researcher Kathleen Kirsan whose valuable work is about to be released (date to be advised). In short, her work on American sporting horse lines has evaluated extraordinary history before the thoroughbred. For my work here, it has been a ‘turning point’ and makes for more germane evaluation before the 1791 Studbook, thoroughbred records.

Establishing how pedigrees may ‘step-up’ or upgrade the layer in Type the indications find the Mitole filly Shisospicy inherits an obscure profile as early befuddled names by the earliest studbook; the pre-thoroughbred females.

By Shisospicy sire distaff (f.f. 11-d) and dam distaff (f.f. 2-N) may amass some non-coincidental co-affinity ancestrally through two sisters.

***Sr Mathew Pearson’s little Bay Mare, full Sister to his sorrel Running Mare; which sorrell Mare was Old Merlin’s Dam

***out of Sr Mathew Peirson Running maire wch was the most famouse maire in my time

you reach the stage where you finally begin to understand the real ancestors that supply strength and speed.
Ken McLean

These mares DNA thread their way through the studbook. The conclusion has their unique female consanguinity exposes a powerful biological wonder.

It accounts like this “Ormonde sired a brilliant son named Orme, a colt out of a mare named Angelica, sister to champion St Simon. Orme sired a Triple Crown winner from his initial foal crop, the high-class Flying Fox. Flying Fox was the leading sire in France and his male line flourished via Ajax’s son Teddy, the champion 3 year old in France, sire of the inluential brothers Bull Dog and Sir Gallahad III, (see Shisospicy >>Gold Liaka distaff) also Asterus, Sun Teddy and the elite mare La Troienne.

Who would have thought a couple of running mares had so much influence on the thoroughbred.

***horses supposedly bred at Hampton Court during this period were, in fact, bred at Sedbury

Let’s hope breeders recognize Boussac bloodstock is not a thing of the past but has the essential thoroughbred itself.

@ The Mighty Mitole (USA) – Use it or lose it…

THE MIGHTY MITOLE

Champion racehorse, and now a champion sire pic.twitter.com/nY7m3R2iv6
— Spendthrift Farm (@spendthriftfarm) October 24, 2025

***Credit references @ ancestry

https://www.thoroughbredracehorse.co.uk/investigation.htm

Ken McLean quotes Designing Speed in the Racehorse

@ No Limits, NZ are the ‘value bred’

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Ka Ying Rising, So You Think

Rejoicing the New Zealand thoroughbred success and the passing of a great stallion, So You Think (NZ) – (2006 – 2025).

A stallion of true class to blood lines High Chapparal (Sadler Wells), broodmare sire Tights by Nijinsky and the little acknowledged Long Row (GB) by Linacre encompasses the old bone stayer. Additional lines, Foxbridge – Cyllene male line @ Matinee Idol (Aus)… So You Think daughters/broodmares are to be the admired broodmares of the future.

New Zealand breeds for versatility and over the last few weeks sporting interests took serious note.

World best sprinter – Ka Ying Rising (NZ) takes out the Everest.
A dominant New Zealand sire line places the winner, 135th running of the 6.9 km Czechoslovakia steeplechase Velka Pardubicka , as named Stumptown (IRE) by Laverock by male line, Octagonal (NZ) by Zabeel (NZ). https://www.pedigreequery.com/stumptown noting, Octagonal sire of the exceptional Lohnro (Aust)
And in the sports horse world, unraced thoroughbred named Artist.(Guillotine (NZ by Montjeu) https://paulickreport.com/horse-care-category/a-day-for-the-thoroughbred-ottbs-make-their-mark-on-maryland-5-star

🏇 Ka Ying Rising is currently recognized as the world’s top-ranked sprinter, and his Timeform ratings take elite status: Ka Ying Rising’s consistency and dominance across international turf make him a standout in modern racing.

📊 Timeform Ratings Overview

Peak Rating: 132 — achieved earlier in 2025 during a race in Hong Kong.
Everest 2025 Rating: 128 — earned during his victory at The TAB Everest in Sydney. Although slightly below his peak, this rating still ties for the highest ever recorded in the Everest’s history.
Hong Kong Jockey Club Rating: 137 — his official rating as of October 2025

The youngster himself, Ka Ying..

Best of luck to this 🚀 today! So proud our farm raised him as a young horse for the Auret family & can’t wait to see our brand racing in the Everest 🏔️ #KaYingRising pic.twitter.com/SsUPoOjb8w
— Chrissy Bambry (@ChrissyBambry) October 17, 2025

🏇 Stumptown (IRE) made history in 2025 by becoming the first Irish-trained horse to win the Velká Pardubická, one of the most grueling and prestigious steeplechases in Europe.

🏆 2025 Velká Pardubická Victory Highlights

Race Date: October 12, 2025
Jockey: Keith Donoghue
Trainer: Gavin Cromwell
Course: 6,900 meters with 31 obstacles, including the infamous Taxis Ditch
Challenge: Stumptown struggled early, especially at the Taxis Ditch and fences 8 and 9, but rallied late to overtake High In The Sky on the final stretch.

🐎 Background & Pedigree

Age: 8 years old at the time of victory
Sire: Laverock (IRE) – https://www.pedigreequery.com/stumptown by Octagonal (NZ)
Notable Wins: Also won the Glenfarclas Cross Country Chase at the Cheltenham Festival in March 2025.

🏇https://www.pedigreequery.com/artist29 New Zealand bred.

Up n’ coming progeny, where young stars are spotted ➡️ So You Think – Shamexpress – Tarzino – Wootton Bassett & more sires line up @ Ready to Run https://www.nzb.co.nz/sales/25rtr 12 & 13 November 2025. The hard yard preparation work https://www.facebook.com/share/v/14SQR2gm2eT/ .

History Celebrates…success

TBL photo’s – Ka Ying Rising sire, **Shamexpress 2025** ©️

Days of Boussac – Daryz (FR)

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Marcel Boussac – practical and astute in his approach to building his ‘brand.’ He consistently sought to identify and rectify any flawed process, correcting as fundamental policy each issue and of every matter diligently.

A nonconformist in his own way, he obstinately refuses to read notes or statistical tables. All this only serves to confuse the mind, he assures. The only thing that counts is the discussions, the inspections in the field.
https://www.lemonde.fr/a-la-une/article/2005/03/20/la-fortune-de-monsieur-boussac_372363_3208.html

With nostalgia reflected to the Boussac breeds @ pedigree comes the 2025 winner of the Arc de Triomphe. From generational ‘D’ bred females by daughter line from Boussac’s home-bred sire Djebel to arise Daryz by Sea the Stars from Daryakana. https://www.pedigreequery.com/daryz

Boussac’s breeding & by his name alone widely distributed itself to a global population.

These are the Daughters of pre-potent sires and are inheritances that time (genetics) cashes on. ‘If only’ known or ‘should’ know what or where success heads; encompassing genetics that Marcel Boussac ever so accurately bred.

Boussac the meticulous, bought the best thoroughbreds, crossed the most beautiful cracks

An old horse book (1901) covering the English thoroughbred of those times has a remark that had Herod (@#BT) held for brilliance & Eclipse for consistency. Apparently even to those times Herod (oddly) had trouble in finding his successor – all changed when St Simon came to the breeding scene.

@TBL research – a recent discovery isolates an astonishing detail to the superior and quality merit of Djebel’s breeding – the plain fact to the immensely powerful mitochondrial DNA at originating mares, and in particularly one is striking that eventually leads into Loika, Djebel’s dam. f.f. 5-j.

It is she at origin, whom unfolds with the elite type-integrity written above inbred or line bred. (n.b. this Framework will be accounted to next post @ Barnavara (Calyx) (subscribe)

For Daryz – this source dam appears via…

‘D’ distaff/Djebel – Selkirk & Sharpen Up✔️

Sea the Stars – Green Desert, Ahonoora, Miswaki ✔️

…….

Boussac was a leading French owner 19 times, and the leading breeder 17 times. Breeder of Pharis, whom he considered a prisoner of war when taken by enemy forces WWII. He refused to acknowledge any German bred progeny by Pharis.

Pharis was considered Le Cheval de La Ciecle [Horse of the Century] and the paradox where (seemingly) so little of Pharis blood to contemporary bred appears. However and ever profoundly…the Boussac bred Pharis did exactly influence top-class. https://www.thoroughbredracing.com/articles/2516/was-real-horse-20th-century/

The ‘A’ distaff, female family 9-h to Galileo and Daryz’s sire Sea the Stars, is namely Allegretta. Her 4th dam is German derby winner Asterblute by Boussac’s Pharis.

In Boussac experimentation, his sire Pharis produced Phidias. At six years Phidias is exported to Argentina becoming the country’s 7x leading sire & 10x leading broodmare sire. Phidias is the half-brother of Djebel, out of Loika.

Like Boussac, the Aga Khan legacy at elite breeding are foundation families with continuous principle.

“French breeding and racehorses were the best in Europe after the war because owners didn’t sell their best horses, they bred from them.” https://www.thoroughbredracing.com/articles/2516/was-real-horse-20th-century/

The Legacy of Black Maria in a Modern Thoroughbred – Treasurethe Moment (AUS)

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Treasurethe Moment (AUS) br. M, 2021 {f.f. 10-a} – 12 Starts, 10 Wins, 2 Places (distances, 1400m – 2400m) earnings – A$3,010,262

https://www.pedigreequery.com/treasurethe+moment

By distinguishment, the pedigree focuses Black Maria (USA) 1923 alongside ancestress Queen Mary: a critical mass for Australian bred 4-year-old subject mare, Treasurethe Moment by Alabama Express (Aus) from Street Cry mare – Draconic Treasure (USA)

Black Maria was a Champion 3yo Filly, 1927/28 Champion Older Female for 18 wins. She defeated the best milers winning the Metropolitan Handicap to a weight of 116 pounds.

Black Maria had the only one foal Black Queen. Black Queen (Pompey) had early juvenile speed and as broodmare, produced seven winners. The daughter Black Polly (by Polymelian, a sound muscular horse with powerful hindquarters for exceptional speed & a huge over-stride) produces Polynesian, a US champion sprinter/miler. Sadly, Black Polly never produced a filly that would carry on her exceptional female line. (credit references – Ken McLean Designing Speed in the Racehorse)

McLean sights Polymelian acts as 2/3 genetic brother to Phalaris, specifically Polymelus by Cyllene & alongside sprinter ‘S’ genes, aka Sundridge ex-Sierra & Sainfoin, dam Sanda. McLean notes fault characteristics ” be aware of Pompey’s brilliance came with structural weakness in the ankles”.

Polynesian sire of Native Dancer, sire of the great mare Natalma, dam of Northern Dancer we can further understand how these pedigrees came to explode with Mr Prospector. Through pedigree development theyforward. Yet your contemporary breeding profile for gaining potency is not alone with same duplication; it is genetic material @variance of same.

Treasurethe Moment – her 4th dam Market Slide (USA) > 5x5x4 Polynesian. The Polynesian daughter Banquet Bell (reine-de-course mare) dam of full brother & sister Chauteagay (champion 3year old colt) & Primonetta (1962 Champion Older Mare, 1978 Broodmare Of The Year) @ f.f. 16-h by Swaps. Polywich (f.f.10-a) through Forsythia (Broomstick, male line to Queen Mary) + her distaff to Hampton/Queen Mary + Disguise, his 3rd dam Queen Mary. Additionally @ 2nd dam by Pennant has (Hampton/QueenMary) – War Admiral through MOW (Merry Hampton/Hampton/Queen Mary & b/m sire Sweep ‘Y’ line to Queen Mary through son Bonnie Scotland.

Notably to McLean’s advisory @ ‘S’ speed (Sainfoin/Sanda & Sundridge/Sierra/Sanda to War Admiral as these influence, Polywich (Polynesian).

Queen Mary – the 1st ancestral dam has great significance

there is always something before to look at…

Queen Mary is a fine Type-setter gathered to jumping and of the sports bred as well subject, racehorse. Her 1st dam ancestral records by ‘Y ‘ Lister Turk / Snake / Williams Squirrel. She, Fair Helen, where her probable native breeding records the owner a grandson via his mother to Catherine Manners/Duke of Rutland peerage where numerous earliest mares introduced Racehorse thoroughbred runners.

Once the heart of high society and thundering hooves — the old racecourse holds stories of the Manners family’s sporting legacy. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DM8L9Y1o0O0/

Further to survey Lister Turk (1687, also known as the Stradling Turk) has close identical biographical to/with Byerley Turk (1680) and by research conjectured, one n’ same – reference/credit https://www.thoroughbredracehorse.co.uk/investigation8.htm (n.b. further their breeding dates can vary). The clue or answer may lay to Y Chromosone gene (2022) where classed to Tb-oB1 (a) (b) (c). https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13020229

about Lister Turk takes – 5 strains Eclipse. The Lister Turk, brought into England in the reign of James II was purchased by Mr Lister and covered in Lincolnshire. Coneyskins by the Lister Turk was a grey horse bred in 1712 by the Duke of Rutland, breeding not preserved. Another daughter of Coneyskins. Snake by the Lister Turk brought into England by the Duke of Berwick (illegitimate son of James II) from whom he was purchased by Mr Lister. The stud book gives no account of the dam of Smith’s son of Snake, although he begat Williams Squirrel in 1719. ( note, these are earlier bloodstock notes to old studbook 1901) . Lister ownership is likely Matthew Lister or Dr Matthew Lister, a physician well connected to Manners family & Duke of Rutland. https://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/ListerTurk.html

Two sisters by the Lister Turk make for a lasting impression to this very day Brocklesby Betty (f.f.23) & (f.f.23-b), the hobby mare. (see further, Bounty Lawless). Example f.f.23-b, US sire Ghostzapper & Chief’s Crown. To Australian interests – Exceed and Excel (Danehill) f.f.23-b.

Another Lister Turk mare/Black Lister mare is more remote – said to influence family 14.

Lister Turk/Snake – sire of 2nd dam to Regulus (Godolphin Arabian)

Lister Turk/Snake – https://www.pedigreequery.com/molly+in+the+moss Full sister to top class racehorse [William’s] Squirrel, triple King’s Plate winner in 1725 and 1726; and to the stallion Easby Snake, sire of Mother Western, grandam of Eclipse.

Lister Turk/Snake mare influences Female Family 20 – https://www.pedigreequery.com/cade+mare

Treasurethe Moment as ‘type-template’ appears similar Deputy Minister (Can) – 5×4 Polynesian + 5×4 Bounty Lawless.

Bounty Lawless sire Ladder thru 3rd dam Court Dress (USA) has 3 strains Queen Mary. Ladder only produced Bounty Lawless & a filly, a female line likely gone extinct.

Clearly the QM potency stamps, sighted to US sires – Curlin sire of Journalism. 3rd sire of Ghostzapper to sire of Justify. Sire of Dehere to Omaha Beach, sire of mare, Kopion. An influence to City of Light, sire of Eclipse Champion Two Year Old Male 2023 – Fierceness.

The gold Queen Mary & Black Maria declares Black Maria’s sire Black Toney from dam Belgravia is distaff to Queen Mary + QM son n’ sire Bonnie Scotland is the Y male @ 5×4 QM.

Appreciating historical phenotype: Hampton began not as a classic horse – he began life as a selling plater, his first win being scored on the old Hampton race-course – (Hurst Park) and from the victory he so obtained his name. Sold he left platers class, becoming a high-class handicap horse of sterling merit. Hampton’s two strongest points were gameness & stamina. He could fitout a long-contested finish as well as any racehorse of those times and the longer the course the better he ran. Not being a classic winner he had to make his way at the stud against the feeling which exists with regard to breeding from handicap horses, but managed in capable hands, soon made a mark. Three winners of the Derby, Merry Hampton, (f.f.22-c) Ayrshire (f.f.8-h) & Ladas (f.f. 1-l) + *^Sheen (10 wins f.f.2-d).

Of the Fillies Florizel (f.f. 7-f) 11 wins, & *Perdita (f.f.7-f) sire of Persimmon & Diamond Jubilee, a huge genetic influence to Argentina. Sire of Bay Ronald, sire of **Bayardo (2x Q.M + f.f. 10a) sire of Gainsborough, (sire of Hyperion) & Gay Crusader. Hampton/Bay Ronald sire of mare Rondeau, dam of Teddy.

**Queen Mary** *(an engraving by E. Hacker after the painting by Harry Hall)*

**Blink Bonny, daughter of Queen Mary** *(artwork as described above)*

***Perdita with Persimmon** *(a painting by J. Hanson Waler, Junior)*

**Diamond Jubilee** (dam Perdita by Hampton) photograph. Won the 1900 Derby in 2 minutes 42 secs (12F). Swept English Triple Crown of 1900.

examine by deep detail

Treasurethe Moment through sire Bounteous (@3rd dam Invincible Spirit) has 4×4 **Bayardo + Bosworth (a, Y male line Bay Ronald/Hampton. Jamaica f.f. 1-l) has 3x Hampton – Hampton – Ladas – Sheen) > 4th dam @ Street Cry.

Dam Draconic Treasure (USA) explodes to Queen Mary bloodlines. Remembering the factors @Native Dancer by Polynesian running through Northern Dancer & Mr Prospector is the express train BUT also remembering Disguise – MOW – War Admiral are as much the integrity to Show Lady (USA) thence Redoute’s Choice & Royal Applause (Best in Show) to Treasurethe Moment’s sire Alabama Express (Aus).

An exciting broodmare she will Be!

Further info

https://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/black-maria.html

Brant: A Remarkable Colt from the Martha Lynn Distaff Line

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Individuality must have been exceedingly conspicuous in such famous stud matrons as Giantess, Beeswing, Alice Hawthorn, Martha Lynn, Pocahontas….(1901 – Book of the Horse, Charles Richardson)
Martha’s daughters…

Brant (gr/ro colt, foaled February 18, 2023) by Gun Runner – out of Tynan (by Liam’s Map) https://www.pedigreequery.com/brant7

In his two juvenile starts Brant remained unbeaten, capturing his debut then the Grade I Del Mar Futurity at 7 furlongs in 1:21 .92 on a fast track.

He is a ‘Type-set’ reflective of famous stud matron Martha Lynn. Brant’s distaff female family (f.f.2-h) where his 10th dam Doggin It (1946) has 5×6 Sandfly, dam Sandiway – Clemence – Eulogy – Martha Lynn.

A US$3mill purchase, son of Gun Runner, the sire’s immense bloodlines firing Fappiano 4×4 + 5×4 Lyphard.

Brant’s b/m sire Liam’s Map ➡️(4th sire Fappiano). Spearing @Martha Lynn is Dr Fager (Rough n’ Tumble) to 4th sire Sting (1921) duplicating 4×4 Sandiway et al. Sting’s sire Spur echoes to those foundational matrons introduced – importantly Spur’s 2nd dam by Ayrshire 4×4 Martha Lynn. Rough n’ Tumble 4×4 Spearmint by Carbine (NZ), @ Carbine’s Martha Lynn distaff.

To Fappiano – 2nd dam sire Correlation his b/m sire Roidore (GB 1922) is the male line Le Samaritain (Fr) grey, a Martha Lynn distaff through dam Clementina.

Oh my! $3m Gun Runner colt Brant just did this on debut at Del Mar! pic.twitter.com/otCgjTaBdp
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) July 26, 2025

History Footnotes: Burton’s Barb Mare

Carefully examined it will be found to have had great influence on the breed of thoroughbreds. No.2 family (in general) is known as Burton’s Barb mare – fillies thought to be bred at the Royal stud at Hampton Court. https://www.tbheritage.com/HistoricDams/EngFoundationMares/Family2/Family2.html

– Brant’s genes & gray coat – The gray gene (G) is an autosomal dominant gene.[1] In simple terms, a horse which has even one copy of the gray allele, regardless of other coat color genes present, will always become gray. This also means that all gray horses must have at least one gray parent. If a gray horse is homozygous (GG), meaning that it has a gray allele from both parents, it will always produce gray offspring no matter the color genetics of the other parent. However, if a gray horse is heterozygous (Gg), meaning it inherits one copy of the recessive gene (g), that animal may produce offspring who are not gray, depending on the genetics of the other parent and Mendelian inheritance principles. Genetic testing is now possible to determine whether a horse is homozygous or heterozygous for gray.[9] The gray gene does not affect skin or eye color, so grays typically have dark skin and eyes, as opposed to the unpigmented pink skin of white horses.[1] ref, Wikipedia

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“its that we have moved the entire breed to a different conformation”

“we’ll breed to anything that produces a fast horse”

“We (the author here is Ellen Parker @ reines-de-course) have seen some very meaningful patterns in the pedigree of horses he (A.B. “Bull’ Hancock) stood at stud and the families he collected over the year. The main line he seemed to fancy was St Simon. Nasrullah was inbred to St Simon, Princequillo was St Simon line. Round Table was inbred to St Simon. The beautiful Le Fabuleux was also St Simon line.” ( ex-reference, http://www.reines-de-course.com – The Hancock Patterns)

Tesio never liked to give away secrets but he did mention St. Simon was a stallion who changed the conformation of the English racehorse. Tesio believed St. Simon transmitted conformational differences such as a sloping croup and different shape of hocks that gave his descendants athletic advantage. He attributed the difference in physical structure to genes transmitted from St. Simon’s broodmare sire King Tom, son of famous mare Pocahontas (by Glencoe), with noting Glencoe is of the Herod/Byerley Turk male line (credit ref https://www.stallions.com.au/2021/10/18/battle-of-the-sexes/)

Everyday breeders and researchers will look through individual pedigrees not perhaps fully comprehending the modern thoroughbred goes akin to the simple basis of either two and of other in selection, ‘types’.

Many pedigree fans simply fail to draw out the striking opposite patterning and these categorically are the competitive type to the lines of Byerley Turk/St Simon.

The comparisons how the modern breed possibly changed and whilst one cannot accurately judge, one of the unique anatomical traits of the Arabian is that it often has 𝟓 𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐛𝐚𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝟔, and 𝟏𝟕 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝟏𝟖, contributing to its compact and strong frame. Simple comparisons follow –

Feature	Arabian	Thoroughbred
Stride length	Shorter	Longer ✅They rely on covering maximum ground per stride rather than rapid turnover
Stride frequency	Higher – they maintain speed without overextending	Lower – Lower stride frequency but longer stride length.
Efficiency	Energy-conserving, endurance	Speed-maximizing, sprint ✅
Best suited for	Endurance racing, uneven terrain	Flat racing, sprint distances

Racing Thoroughbreds (longer back):

Result: longer stride length, ideal for sprinting and flat racing.

Extra vertebrae allow more flexibility and extension.

Longer stride means they cover more ground per step. (*** see below)

It is breeding to Types that has coursed history: ‘certain parallels between England and Arabia to both were for centuries developing and consolidating a certain breed of horse; in Arabia for war, in England for sport’ -The Arab Horse in Europe, E. Schiele

The Byerley Turk foaled about 1680 and is said to have been brought by Captain Byerley, as his share of the booty, taken from the Turkish army before Vienna. He came to England about 1684 and was ridden by Byerley as his charger when he was stationed in Ireland in 1690.

Genes as progenitor of the English Thoroughbred, as so named of three foundational sires, the Byerley Turk today arises as the near extinct male-line to the modern era racehorse breeding.

His TB-o1 signature is a real and scientifically recognized Y-DNA haplogroup; he carries a powerful ancestral story.

The highly acclaimed bloodstock writer Rommy Faversham states ➡️{*The Byerley Turk would go on to sire a number of highly influential daughters, most of whose names do not survive. These include the taproot mare for Bruce Lowe’s female families, #1, #3, #8, #17 & #41. } – (credit excerpt-*Faversham)

Dam of the Two True Blues (ancestral Sunday Silence)

The second Byerley turk mare of the dam of two grey colts by Honeywood’s arabian (also knows as Williams Turk and Sir Charles Turner’s Turk). These grey colts were foaled in 1710 and 1718 and it has lately been the custom to describe their dam as the dam of the two True Blues, the colts having been known as True Blue and Young True Blue respectively.

Between 1710 and 1718 (the exact dates not been give) the dam of the two True Blues foaled two grey fillies to Honeywood’s Arabian, and in turn the elder of these fillies bred two fillies to Bartlett’s Childers, and from her many of the best known race-horses are descended. There is no need to give a full list, but the names of the Flying Dutchman, of Stockwell, Rataplan, and King Tom, of Galopin, Isinglass, and of the famous fillies Memoir (St Simon) and full sister, La Fleche may be mentioned. (excerpts are 1901 The New Book of the Horse).

Reading a pedigree the Byerley Turk blood shall always captivate to his honourable presence. Yet it is the puzzling demise how an outstanding breed has silently coursed an exhaustion: a withering of the vine 1980’s onwards.

(ex-Faversham) We don’t really know the extent to which biodiversity is being forfeited when a sire line dies. It does, however, stand to reason that if one chooses to acknowledge the value in recognizing the spectrum of sire lines, it should in turn, be difficult to believe the breed suffers no meaningful loss when you eradicate one.

Let there be no doubt Byerley Turk Horse & Type, has structural backbone genetic or otherwise.

son of The Tetrarch (*male line Thormanby/Herod)* – compare the *pheno* to the **Tb-o1** structural as also *representive,* Polish Arabian, (below).

To contemplate the genetic relationship among those Tb-o1, shall credit a ‘distinctive’ genetic ‘value’ incomparable. His relationship and value as thoroughbred originates from the Turkoman horse (Akhal- Teke). These origins to be spread widely by English Thoroughbred stallion descendants. In presence of clade Tb many European breeds has no documented influence of English Thoroughbred stallions which shall certainly demonstrate the influence of Turkoman stallions, as independent of the English Thoroughbred.

With references @ (** 2022 science publication **) see Fig 1 & Table 1 (cited below) – @ Clade T @ Tb-o1a,b,c, the given type thoroughbred alongside original arabian clades are the given Type to be critically observed. These cited and selected arabian identities (Table 1, pg 12) is to assess what Byerley Turk (Tb-o1b) gets for an ‘elite’ genetic capability.

These two photos below are representee to TB-o1.🏇✅ these are classified as Polish Arabian yet maybe comparable to other sire lines TB-o1, observing Byerley Turk ancestral type.

*Kuhailan Afas’s mother – Kuhailat Afas, photo from the book “Under the Bedouin Tents”, 1933*

https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/kuhailan+afas

Kuhailan purity is preserved while one may discover exquisite jewels within this heritage, prudence is essential in making acquisition.

Kuhailan Krusch, sired by the esteemed dam Kuhailat Afas, exhibits the quintessential attributes of an ideal horse. She possesses a robust physique, characterized by low-set legs, a long and well-coupled body, and remarkable withers. Her neck is elegantly elongated and noble in appearance, complemented by a refined head that embodies Arabian lineage, featuring large eyes and a delicate-skinned muzzle, albeit with slightly soft pasterns. Her hind legs are of impeccable quality. https://polskiearaby.com/en/breeding/35784-from-the-desert-to-poland-90-years-of-polish-kuhailans-part-1

The significant observations indicate that this distinguished horse @typology possesses qualities that go well beyond foundational storytelling.

The TB-o1 type characterizes a diverse breeding spectrum, which is likewise proportionately reflected to elite pedigrees.

Isinglass – female family 3-m, a Byerley Turk female line. The pedigree has 3×4 Pocahontas. Isinglass is sire line of Blandford.

**Twig Moss** by Luthier – *(influence to Australian champion sire – Fastnet Rock (since dec.) @ distaff)*

TB-o1 assigns the arabian Latif 1903. He was an outstanding stallion, excelled for French bred anglo-arabian winners.

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(above) The desert-bred stallion Latif (b. 1903, by Hamdani El Samra) was imported to France in 1909, where he helped shape early 20th-century Arabian breeding with his authentic desert type—dry, balanced, and correct. He sired 38 purebred Arabians and left a lasting legacy through his chestnut son Denouste, the most influential French sire of his era (credit info- FB Arabian Horse Database)

https://www.allbreedpedigree.com/latif2

Science has disclosed some descendants of Original Arabians are clustered on the node basal to haplogroup T. ref, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28669755/

*(above)* **Steel** won the Waxy Cup at The Curragh 1817. 4x Herod over 5 generations (Eclipse patri-line)

Bay Malton has **7x Herod** (with Herod’s tail-male line) over 5 generations from a Byerley Turk distaff. @Family 35, no Haplotype records.

With reflection to Byerley Turk’s Tourbillon tail-male line – France’s most successful sire line in the mid-century, successful crosses aligned My Babu – Ambiorix – Klairon to Turn To male line where his 3rd dam Sweet Lavender complemented. The investigation into the crossing of the blood of those relatives found disproportional levels of success throughout much of each (and every) strain to worldwide pathways. (Excerpt ref. A relative Matter – Rommy Faversham – Thoroughbred Times 7/12/1996 & Inbreeding to Superior Females)

By breeding horizon, The Byerley Turk appears abandoned and yet it is to ask how, what or why arose this cause n’ effect circumstance? The Byerley Turk at times appears unusually judged for slow development, problematic surrounding successive sons & sires, stayer or hurdler type and or, not appealing the commercial 2-year-old precocity type for the marketplace, hence, culminates the decline.

Although ignorance persists; it is to scientific enlightenment exactly refining what the elite racehorse has to their brilliant performance.

***– : {Elite racehorses reach peak speed by predominantly increasing stride length rather than stride frequency [15]. Over the last 200 m of any race, horses that can maintain stride length and/or frequency tend to achieve a better finishing position.} {We suggest that aptitude for superior performance is variable for each individual racehorse, relying on unique physiological factors. Furthermore, race-day performance prediction can be equally influenced by intrinsic aspects such as the sex of the horse (colts have a greater chance of winning) and their particular aptitude for race distance where stayers also more likely to win} ✅https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/14/9/1342

The Quest for speed dominance alone has surely made representational over-refinement. The over saturating the blood, a term of the old school breeders with insight for hybrid vigour replacement. The racing thoroughbred population has clearly become disproportionate at expense of T-C geno, where higher proportion of shorter races favor horses with sprint-type C-allele. The Darley Arabian has taken a long expanse evolving dominance @Tb-dM1a (Mambrino / Hambletonian type). (Fig 3 – https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-42640-w

**Hambletonian** – *Original*, from an early engraving after the painting by Francis Sartorius.

**Whalebone** – *from the painting by J.F. Herring.* The Whalebone mutation around 1800 has the haplotype TB-dW1. This genetic marker is almost fixed in modern English Thoroughbreds, with the paternal lineage of the Darley Arabian (Eclipse’s sire) now representing almost all male Thoroughbreds.

By statement (ref link) : Genetic diversity in the Thoroughbred breed has been reduced in recent decades due to the increased commercialisation of popular stallions providing large genetic contributions to the population.

Retaining high level of genetic variability is the key to robust allelic richness and a moderate heterozygosity supports genetic health of populations – the continual foundation for future breeding.

The #BT trait, its locus indicates a potential breed-specific fixation of the allele. It is the aerobic function (to sustain energy at speed) versus non-aerobic energy production, sprinter.

Genotype	Racing Style	Optimal Distance	Muscle Profile
C:C	Sprinter	≤ 1 mile	Compact, muscular
C:T	Versatile	All distances	Balanced
T:T	Stayer & Endurance	> 1 mile	Lean, stamina-focused

Studies shall highlight how specific equus caballus Arabian genetic regions are containing unique genes vital for energy production, mitochondrial function, and motor control, these contribute to the exercise performance seen in Thoroughbreds with those of Arabian ancestry. {11 chromosomal segments unique to Arabian on ECA2, ECA3, ECA8, ECA12, ECA19 and ECA23. The Arabian (only) have selected regions contain recognizable equine exercise relevant genes inclusive COX4I1^29,46,47, PPARGC1A^47,48 and DMRT3⁴⁹; all three of these genes have been identified within run of homozygosity in several horse breeds⁵⁰ to indicate that stretch of DNA has been driven toward fixation of centuries of breeding.

Essentially the functions reflect superior oxidative clearance and optimal aerobic power to elite horses. Elite horses handle oxidative stress.

Gene	—	Effect on Mitochondria	Performance Impact in Racehorses
COX4I1 – Central to mitochondrial electron transport and maximal oxygen consumption – fundamental for prolonged, aerobic exercise.		↑ Complex IV assembly; ↑ VO₂ maximum aerobic capacity	+5 % endurance output; faster recovery times ✅
PPARGC1A – Master regulator of mitochondrial biogenesis, oxidative phosphorylation, fatty-acid oxidation and Capillary formation in muscle.		↑ Mitochondrial biogenesis; ↑ fatty-acid oxidation	10 % lower lactate accumulation; higher stamina ✅

Science comes to ‘explain’ racehorse performance centers other phenological traits and are increasingly scrutinized. Individuals with a short-distance-suited genotype were distributed mainly between 1000 & 1800 m.

Individuals with a T/C genotype are mainly distributed between 1200 and 2000m! https://scispace.com/pdf/a-cohort-study-of-racing-performance-in-japanese-1eyob985pt.pdf

Using the very last Byerley Turk Sire Line stallion’s left in the world and what it means to the horse racing scene wherever so, can produce the brilliant quality and that particular horse with a different pedigree can flourish unexpectantly. As important are the daughters breeding and, in most instances, the #BT dam lines upon breeding today will display dynamic.

As campaigns go to save the sire, Pearl Secret (by Compton Place #BT), he went exported to Arrow Stud in Japan. https://www.pedigreequery.com/pearl+secret Yuki Shimomura, owner of Okaribe Farm in Hokkaido, hopes to save the sire line of the Byerley Turk by standing Pearl Secret at Arrow Stud.

The scarcity of his bloodline was the catalyst for the acquisition, as stated “He’s been keen on Pearl Secret for some time. Not only was he a classy sprinter, he’s one of the very few horses continuing the Byerley Turk sire line. “I think he’ll prove to be quite an interesting proposition for some Japanese”.

Those who breed desiring G1 performers, the genetic factors towards ancestral are to remain absolute. The Byerley Turk bubbles through the elite pedigree and how can he not when the science asserts his specific genotype as so described.

These below are recent 2025 winners with Byerley Turk/Tourbillon influence (n.b. other Herod lines are not mentioned ie, The Tetrarch, #BT amongst)

🏇2025 G3 winner, Shallow Now (BRZ) blk/br. F, 2020 {f.f. B3} 3rd dam Femme Fatale 3x Tourbillon through Coaraze (Fr) & Locris (Fr) Brazil’s Byerley Turk lines!

🏇Quisisana (FR) b. 5 yo mare – Prix Jean Romanet (Fr-Gr1) 2000m – 4×4 Konigsstuhl (Ger)

🏇2 year old colt Realize Sirius (JPN) – {13-b} – G3 winner, Niigata Nisai Stakes

🏇Australian sire Flying Artie > 2x Better Boy, 4-time Champion Sire in Australia (1965-66, 1970-71, 1971-72 and 1976-77). The Sire of G1 2025 Nunthorpe Stakes Asfoora (Aus). (New Post – where sky is the limit – Skyglider (AUS) by Flying Artie – refers contributions of Better Boy. 2) Well Written (Written Tycoon)

🏇3 wins from 3 starts Elle Sourit (NZ) ch. F, 2021 {5-h} – 4x4x5 Sir Tristram > My Babu + Klarion (Star Way) + Djeddah (Riverman)

🏇Twig Moss (pictured above) to deceased sire Fastnet Rock, sire of the international G1 performer & Australian based mare Via Sistina (Ire) at age 7 winning 2025 ATC Queen Elizabeth Stakes G1 2000m for 24 starts & 13 wins. Additionally noting her grand-dam is by Indian Ridge #BT.

Auguste Rodin (Deep Impact) champion 3yo in GB & Ireland. G1 winner at 2, 3, 4 years 7 – 12 furlongs. Female Family 3-d, the Byerley Turk foundation.

Additional Notes

Observing Byerley as of the Turk breeds – has both lean body mass and or musculature type. It needs pointing out that the Turks are of ‘type’ several, noting there appears 3 Haplotype clades @Tb-o1 > (a, b,✅& c) separate & distinct from Godolphin Arabian (TB-03Bb) and Darley Arabian (Tb-d). (cited – Y Chromosomal Insights etc, below…).

Problematic – blue print thoroughbred types. Clearly, they are not viz. Whalebone as pictured above.

The execution is to appreciate that necessary aerobic & essential circadian, mitochondrial functions are implicated by T/C geno.

Without what diversity remains, rare variants go lost and what places perfection is the overall balance, the distribution of all 3 contributors crossed. It is discussed to Bluebood article: Herod’s vanishing sire line by Rommy Faversham

Our TBL evaluation has cross-referenced numerous science publications & the most significant are cited below.

Genetics don’t lie…

References & Research

Y-Chromosomal Insights into Breeding History and Sire Line
Genealogies of Arabian Horses https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13020229

https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-022-04206-x

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-42640-w Figure 2, The third founder, Byerley Turk, born in 1680, was newly characterised by an allelic variation of the tetranucleotide microsatellite fBVB (GATA₁₄/GATA₁₅; Supplementary Table S8) that defines the Tb-oB1 clade + (Figure 3)

Click to access a-cohort-study-of-racing-performance-in-japanese-1eyob985pt.pdf

Bluebloods 2021 – Issue 4, hard-copy publication: Herod’s vanishing sire line by Rommy Faversham. (excellent article with graphed siring lines through Europe, Australasia and USA (Diomed/Glencoe/Hanover – demonstrates relationships dovetailing)

https://www.academia.edu/103847146/Genetic_diversity_of_Thoroughbred_horse_population_from_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina_based_on_17_microsatellite_markers?auto=download&email_work_card=download-paper –

⚠️We have applied and discerned AI assistance only to simplify complex points as shown in Tables above.

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make it smart… apply the superior merits of the Byerley Turk.

Latest Post (Byerley Turk ) where sky is the limit – Skyglider (AUS)

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@ Blandford: master to South America’s

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We continue to examine the significance of ‘Blandford’ genetics. (last post link)

In the context of establishing modern pedigrees, Blandford’s influences are mainly examined to standardization @ Nasrullah (specifically Mahmoud by Blenheim) and Royal Charger (notably Mumtaz Begum by Blenheim), particularly in relationship to the female family line 9-c. There, goes an appreciation with ✅Northern Dancer, Halo, et al.

Exploring further Blandford/Blenheim diversity, it is lines Honour and Glory (Relaunch) when he shuttled to Australia and Argentina for 12 seasons and the remaining years at stud in Uruguay. Notably, his 3rd dam sire Correlation is from Blenheim’s male line, the pedigree also influenced to The Axe by Mahmoud/Blenheim through Relaunch.

(#Godolphin Barb) male line, Honour & Glory sired Brazil’s 2014 leading sire Put it Back, the sire of 2025 G3 winner, 4 yr old Master of Puppets (BRZ) https://www.abcpcc.com.br/noticias/post/maronas-no-sino-master-of-puppets-fatura-g3-e-vai-ao-gp-latinoamericano

https://www.pedigreequery.com/master+of+puppets4

Master of Puppet‘s broodmare sire Wild Event takes 5x Blandford – Blenheim, dam Udaipur, Reine Isaure, His Grace @ 6th dam/distaff. Sire of Wild Event, Wild Again (USA) @3rd dam Clovelly (USA) > 3×2 Blandford.

Wild Event was a five-time Champion Sire and transitioned into a top-tier broodmare sire:

Champion Sire titles: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018 https://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/wild-event.html

As brood mare sire (he, Wild Event) to dam Variety Lady (BRZ) gets superb G1 filly Special Do Iguassu (BRZ) by Forestry (Storm Cat) has 11x Blenheim + as above.

https://www.abcpcc.com.br/noticias/post/no-recorde-da-prova-special-do-iguassu-levanta-a-taca-de-prata

Deceased at 29 years Crimson Tide (USA) was exported to Brazil and leaves his mark to most recent G1 winner 2025 Obataye (by Courtier USA (Pioneer of the Nile) https://www.abcpcc.com.br/noticias/post/um-campeao-inesgotavel-obataye-brilha-no-gp-matias-machline-abcpcc-classica-g1. Whilst Obataye > 4×4 Unbridled, the pedigree foretells Blandford daughter Wild Violet, dam of Wild Risk (FR) sire of Le Fabuleux (FR), b/m sire Unbridled.

Through multiple, amass lines @Blandford, Crimson Tide (USA) @ 10x > Blenheim, Dalmary, Umidwar, Brantome, Armoise.

Crimson Tide –Premio Ribot (Ity-G2)[1600m,Grosser Preis von Düsseldorf (Ger-G2)[1700mT,Dus], September S. (GB-G3)[2400m.

@ Argentina racing – the three year old colt The Great Racing (ARG), winner of 2025 G1 Gran Premio, Dol Mil Guineas (1600m) by The Great Day (ARG) from a mare by Honour & Glory has https://pasionturfistica.com.ar/the-great-racing-gusto-en-el-g-p-dos-mil-guineas-g1/.

@Chile racing – three year old G1 filly @ 1500m Diosa Del Rock (Timojin USA) . 4th dam Advertising 4×4 Mahmoud by Blenheim + 4x Northern Dancer

Chefs classic-sire Blandford echoes Madame Vullier (took over Aga Khan breeding) “My magic is science. My art is genealogy. A good pedigree reads to me as a Bach fugue sounds to a musician. It’s heredity that’s winning, not the horse. What difference does it make what the horse looks like, so long as he has the correct genealogy?” Quote credit – https://time.com/archive/6832622/sport-my-magic-is-science/

these Excerpts below, also astutely observe, what is the mastering...

Blandford🏆🏆🏆

At the center of our line-up, we find precisely the classics, that is, those that achieve perfect balance, which, as everyone knows, is a very rare thing and in fact, during the whole of this century, very few products belonging to an even more restricted number of strains have managed to rise to this coveted foot:
Swynford, Blandford, Blenheim
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Isonomy has maintained its very refined classical expression and has, in this century, at least seven fundamental by – Swynford, Blandford, Blenheim (3x Isonomy), Donatello II, Alycidon, Big Game and Ticino
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We have here a situation in which it is easy to see that Blandford made his influence felt through his plurality of descendants of which Blenheim represents only one among many, although it is the most important

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Therefore, a breeder who reasons in practical terms must not only search for Blenheim’s blood but also Blandford’s and even Swynford’s, when he presents himself, by any other way than Blandford.

Above excerpts Credit, @ https://purosanguedecorrida.blogspot.com/search?q=blandford

Like no other influence – Blushing Groom (Fr) >5x4x5 Blandford + 2x Blenheim + Northern Dancer/Mahmoud by Blenheim = CANDY STRIPES (ARG). B/m sire Influence@ Gun Runner (USA) 4×5 Blushing Groom + 3x Northern Dancer. By Gun Runner, the ill-fated mare Echo Zulu (G1 filly at 2years & G1 at 4 years) thru her dam Letgomyecho 4×4 Tatan (ARG) through his broodmare sire Donatello by Blenheim + 4×5 Nasrullah + 5×4 Northern Dancer.

Let’s further examine this frame-geno – what we believe is the ‘rare’ female type that doesn’t go mentioned, if ever. Her name is Guiccoli 3x Isonomy. Blandford 3x Isonomy.

©️Guiccioli 1823 (Bob Booty) – 2-6 years old a very good racer. Ran as a 6-year-old after foaling and again in foal producing a healthy foal, six times, won twice in the King’s Plates over 4 miles with heats in September in curragh and in Northumberland Handicap in October amongst such good horses as Skylark, a 3-year-old and Napoleon, a 5-year-old. First foal at 6 years old. 13 foals amongst where Birdcatcher and Faugh-a-Ballagh. At 21, living twins, one which was Gramachree, Foundation mare in family 11-d and at 24 years St John, later Carlow, a good racer 2-7 years old. ©️

The breaking of classic unity, which occurred in the Swynford Line during World War II, and from which this line never quite recovered was certainly the most dramatic happening in the Thoroughbred breed during the Century, and it is symbolic of the crisis in Western society which was precipitated by the corresponding political events. In the space of a few years, an impressive chain of events took place which it would have been impossible even for the keenest soothsayer to predict.

ref ⬆️Typology of the Racehorse – Varola ⬆️

The Phalaris line occupies the ‘vacuum’ left weakened by the Blandford line. (Varola)

*Blandford – greatest classic sie of the early 20th century and the embodiment of the very notion of classicity. (Varola)*

Influence of one ‘classic’ specimen.

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Struck by genetic-gods the 2022 Eclipse Horse of the Year and Champion Older Dirt Male 2022 Longines World’s Best Racehorse Flightline (Tapit) profile places amongst 11x’s Blenheim (**Blandford).

Flightline’s physical and mental traits are described as tremendous bone and hip with intelligent eye and presence. A stud fee USD$150k, his progeny are commanding attention – top priced colt (below) out of a More Than Ready mare, Selflessly. ref> https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/286173/flightlines-first-yearlings-on-display-at-f-t-saratoga.

What prospective buyers seek are signs of the traits that Flightline demonstrated effortlessly on the track: a strong blend of speed and stamina. ref, https://www.americasbestracing.net/lifestyle/2025-flightlines-first-fleet-yearlings-sensational-horse-the-year-enter-the-market

The first Flightline yearling through the ring sells for the equivalent of $1.3m at the JRHA Select Sale to Susumu Fujita. The colt from Northern Farm is out of G2 winner Selflessly (More Than Ready). pic.twitter.com/BszteUV6M4
— Emma Berry (@CollingsBerry) July 14, 2025

**Flightline took 11x’s Blenheim (Blandford). https://www.thoroughbredracing.com/articles/3217/unfashionable-unsound-and-lacking-virility-yet-young-stallion-became-sensation-stud/ (+) Simple, Complex & Remarkable- continues to the Blandford line

Of Blandford deep veins implies a noteworthy connection to the multiple G1 winner at three years old, Journalism; his exceptional quality is indicative of inherent capability, which translates into his spectacular performance data.

The Gmax data for Journalism in the Preakness is pretty incredible. He ran his final furlong (12.30) over a second faster than his penultimate furlong (13.44) with all that trouble.

Similarly mind-boggling stride length data at that point, going from 23 feet to 25+ feet. pic.twitter.com/xCec1VWD8v
— David Aragona (@HorseToWatch) May 18, 2025

What a horse. What a race. WOW.

Thundering down the stretch, JOURNALISM (Curlin) gives it his all to win the GI @NYRABets Haskell Stakes at @MonmouthPark! 👏 pic.twitter.com/ZvRR4XVDAF
— TDN (@theTDN) July 19, 2025

https://www.pedigreequery.com/journalism6

3×5 Deputy Minister > 4×3 Bounty Lawless (f.f. 23-b) ➡️2 haplotype branches @ either I2a, M1a.

Deep Profile

Journalism’s distaff/9th dam Silver Blue is by the Blandford son Blue Skies (FR). Raja Baba carries 3x Blandford – Blenheim, Umidwar, Badruddin (Blandford sons) to 16x Nasrullah (Mahmoud by Blenheim). There is also via In Excess / Uncle Mo >>4x Blandford (Blenheim, Bahram, Udapair) akin also to @ Flightline > Indian Charlie/In Excess. His sire Curlin, carries 6x Blandford through Blenheim & Windsor Lad.

Flightline’s 7th dam is by Whirlaway from Blenheim.

I don’t think ever seen a thoroughbred move like Journalism

Having spent my life riding/breeding dressage horses you dream of finding one with this cadence, rhythm, balance and hind leg power

Regardless of what happens Saturday i’m convinced this is the best horse in America pic.twitter.com/ugdaI0VDDp
— Hannah Piñero Paz (@holybulll) April 29, 2025

Blandford, female family 3 distinguishes Herod’s branch of the Byerley Turk seemed to have a remarkable affinity for mares from the L2b1a haplotype, https://www.truenicks.com/articles/241170/galopin-new-research-and-an-answer-to-an-old-question

🔍 Qualitative Impact

Traits associated with Blandford’s lines:
- Strong hip + gaskin development (biomechanically linked to stride efficiency)
- Late maturity but extended career longevity
- Consistent transmission of sireline traits via sons

Approximate coefficient of ancestry from Blandford: ~2–3% based on pathway clustering, low enough to avoid load, high enough to preserve influence

Bedouin saying…A ‘Living’ Sire Line & the skeleton travels.

**Blandford** cost 730 guineas as a yearling – later in life, 30,000 pound was refused for him.

Legacy continues @ Eljazzi.

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Famed racing writer Steve Haskin wrote of Stage Door Johnny, “No one knows how great Stage Door Johnny could have been and how he would have fared against the mighty Dr. Fager and Damascus. More than half a century later, we are still left wondering, “What if?” (credit – Reference)

On the breeding side re-visited: the muse has answered Haskin and Hello – Stage Door Johnny as 3rd dam of Frankel.

The global reach to Frankel’s progeny has excelled across continents, with major wins in Europe, Japan, and Australia. Notable offspring include:

Adayar, Hurricane Lane, Soul Sister, Inspiral, Cracksman, Alpinista, Soul Stirring, Hungry Heart et al Group 1 winners: 37
Classic winners (Northern Hemisphere): 12

Recent Highlights

2025 Classic winners:
- Lake Victoria – Irish 1000 Guineas
- Minnie Hauk – Oaks (post link)

Sales Impact

Highest-priced yearling (2024):
- Filly out of Aljazzi sold for 4.4 million guineas
Top foal (2024):
- Full sister to Chaldean sold for 2.5 million guineas

latest Profile @ 2-year-old Frankel colt Oxagon from Endless Charm by Dubawi www.pedigreequery.com/oxagon

I think we have seen a VERY GOOD horse here

FRANKEL colt 2 year-old OXAGON (Frankel x Endless Charm) makes a statement.

He is off the mark. He is trained by J Gosden and is a homebred of Prince Faisalpic.twitter.com/07JOdP1EDk
— Jess Samy (@FrankelWatch13) July 30, 2025

Biomechanical at cadence & stride length is the class of the Frankel’s – an average winning distance of progeny @9.4 furlongs with a superb momentum ability to strongly finish.

Oxagon is again Eljazzi star pedigree that really just has to be turf gold. As distaff @Eljazzi (f.f. 7-a) seemingly betrothed to stallion making like Pride of Dubai (Aus) & Invincible Spirit (IRE), Pinatubo, Kodiac further hails https://thebreedingshed.wordpress.com/2020/07/12/prix-du-jockey-club-winner-mishriff-the-latest-star-from-eljazzi-family/ finds the ‘affinity’ in female family (Danzig f.f.7-a) & where upon Oxagon ped. > 3×5 Danzig integrates also Rockefella sire of Bounteous, Eljazzi’s dam and solidly builds @ Haplotype L3a1a.

Many a sire x dam – with lines follow a familiar & familial pattern.

– Frankel is (as was figured) places importantly Haplotype N2 (or family 1) to Stage Door Johnny & no surprise through (at dam) Dubawi >> Shirley Heights comes under its Table. + (f.f. 1-l) also emerges to Master Derby > Generous 3rd dam sire.

The latest Frankel News > https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/frankels-oxagon-powers-to-tdn-rising-stardom-with-imperious-sandown-display/

G 3 filly, Bridal Waltz and Genetic Diversity in Australian Racehorses

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Bridal Waltz takes the Bletchingly👰💃

The filly beats the older horses in the Group 3, what a training performance from @moodyracingpgm and @kscoleman! pic.twitter.com/4AXfmA7RKh
— 7HorseRacing 🐎 (@7horseracing) July 26, 2025

Haplotype L4 classifies the numerous australian colonial family and with distaff family @ f.f. C6, this G3 winning filly Bridal Waltz belongs to these.

Female Family C6 @Haplotype L4 bases influences collectively @ 2 family, goes mentioned as Burton Barb mare, however by established ancestral, the Chestnut Thornton remains to this day enigmatic.

The home-bred filly by Snitzel out of an Lonhro unraced mare clearly expresses the true Australian blue-blood type. However never to be forgotten has 3x Star Kingdom son > 6×7 Todman 6th dam sire and again…additionally 2nd dam sire, seen to Rubiton. The other Star Kingdom male line is thru Redoute’s Choice, sire of Snitzel.

Todman’s distaff is f.f. 1-u Haplotype L3a1b, equivalent to f.f. 6-e that rings to Selene, thence profile encompasses 18x Hyperion. There the Todman incline to Northern Dancer >Nearctic b/m sire Hyperion. Recognizing f.f.6-e factors to Sir Tristram, male line to Lonhro. L3a1b also akin to family 8 & family 20 – Lonhro & Century.

Northern Dancer’s son Voodoo Rhythm may alight more so memories 25x G1 wins @Winx (Street Cry) her 2nd dam sire. Interestingly, the Winx 5-b distaff haplotype suggests @L3a1 screened to the dam The Giggler.

**Voodoo Rhythm** – 1 race as a two year old, defeating Key to Content over six furlongs. At three he won over a mile at Aqueduct (subsequently disqualified) and proceeded to two more wins at Belmonst over six furlongs. As a four year old he won over 1 1/8 miles at Belmont and was placed third to Engine one & MISWAKI over 6 furlongs.

It is with working pedigrees – profiling an integration @Byerley Turk bloodlines (or Godolphin Arabian/Barb male line for that fact) summons necessary integrity. Whilst narratives to these 2 formative TB sires falls to collapsed/extinct history ‘stayer’ T type, it appears science now engages a much finer determination why these gene carriers are so very important.

These bloodlines upgrade what modern breeding critique has likely overlooked heavily – placing dynamic sprinter speed ahead. (Selective breeding for speed in the racehorse has resulted in an unusually high frequency of the C-variant (g.66493737C/T) at the myostatin gene (MSTN) ref. 2012 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms1644

Horses of the CC genotype are most suited to fast, short distance racing, those with the CT genotype are most suited to middle-distance races and those with the TT genotype are more suited to longer races which require stamina. In far simple terms anaerobic versus aerobic.

In Thoroughbreds, the T allele at g.65809482T>C is associated with increased vasodilation, meaning the blood vessels widen more effectively. To the Thoroughbred the T-allele is the ancestral ‘wild-type’ variant.

Implications for Breeding & Testing

The SINE insertion likely underpins historical selection toward sprinting traits in modern Thoroughbreds, particularly post-20th century.

Commercial genetic tests using the MSTN SNP may miss the mechanistic basis of performance.✅✅✅Hello?

Commercial speed is excessive, and racing programs may very will contribute to regression.

This diverse T Type – still critical to the racing thoroughbred – a genetic diversity essential for the continuing adaptability and resilience in the face of global contraction. Though intangible, breeding the asset is development and where pedigree interfaces with racehorse science.

From human athletic function: The Hercules Gene is labelled the MTSN (myostatin) gene and it controls how much Myostatin your body produces. One of the reasons you may not have seen it take over is because as with most mutations when you get an advantage you also accept some negatives. The Hercules gene allows you to exceed normal muscle growth but at a cost of excess stress to your bone structure, reduced speed and stamina.

The Equine Myostatin

Myostatin and Vasodilation:The myostatin gene (MSTN) plays a role in muscle growth and development, but it also influences blood vessel function. In Thoroughbreds, the T allele at g.65809482T>C is associated with increased vasodilation, meaning the blood vessels widen more effectively.
Performance Implications:This vasodilation is beneficial for racing performance because it allows for better oxygen and nutrient delivery to muscles during exercise, particularly at shorter distances where bursts of speed are crucial.
SNP Associations:The T allele at g.65809482T>C is not isolated. It’s associated with other SNPs within the MSTN gene, and these combinations can be used as genetic markers to predict a horse’s optimal racing distance.
Speed Gene: the MSTN gene, is often referred to as the “speed gene” and is used to predict a horse’s optimal race distance.
Genetic Diversity:While the T allele is linked to speed, it’s important to note that other genetic factors also contribute to overall racing performance.✅✅ The C allele, has only become more common due to selective breeding for speed in Thoroughbreds.

@ Bridal Waltz T allele’s are likely upon contribution @Rubiton #BT male line https://www.ttrausnz.com.au/edition/2023-02-10/who-was-i & Lonhro https://www.ttrausnz.com.au/edition/2023-08-15/analyse-this-august-sire-focus-on-lonhro.

The tools (selection) are as always, in the hands of breeders. A special home-bred filly Bridal Waltz is deserving. https://www.ttrausnz.com.au/edition/2025-07-27/saturday-summary-3-year-olds-shine-across-australasia-as-spring-looms

Frankel’s Legacy @ Minnie Hauk

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“Let’s Hope she is Good”

https://www.racingpost.com/bloodstock/news/from-1.85-million-top-lot-to-epsom-starlet-minnie-hauk-secures-her-place-in-history-with-oaks-triumph-a3u0L9W9R4Zi/

Minnie Hauk is not just efficient but also tactically adaptable — able to settle, quicken, and sustain a long run-in. Her 7.32m stride isn’t the longest, but her ability to stretch at key moments make the essential difference.

🏇 Minnie Hauk showed some impressive stride metrics during her win in the 2025 Cheshire Oaks at Chester: ⬇️⬇️

Average stride length: 7.32 meters — ranking her 3rd longest in the field.
Top speed: 37.51 mph — reached during a strong mid-race surge.
Acceleration: Took 6.2 seconds to reach 30 mph from the stalls.

Final furlongs: Closed in 12.54s, 12.79s, and 12.56s — showing consistent pace under pressure.
Finishing speed: 104% — indicating she maintained momentum through the line.
Winning time: 2:29.15 on good ground — competitive historically for this race.

🏇 Sire Frankel’s stride data was the stuff of Legends.

Stride length: Measured at a peak of 8.32 meters (27.3 feet) during the 2011 Sussex Stakes at Goodwood. That’s significantly longer than the average elite racehorse, which typically clocks in around 7.3 meters.
Cadence (stride frequency): 2.4 strides per second, slightly above the average for milers (~2.3 sps). This balance of long stride and high cadence is rare and contributes to his sustained cruising speed.
Efficiency: Each stride covers more ground with fewer steps, meaning Frankel could maintain high speeds with less energy expenditure—an indicator of elite aerobic capacity.

A combination of long stride + high cadence is what made Frankel so devastating over a mile. Most horses excel at one or the other—he mastered both.

Watch #GoffsOrby grad MINNIE HAUK’S Gr.1 Oaks win again. 😮‍💨

The Frankel filly was sold by @camaspark to MV Magnier for €1,850,000.

🚨 Entries are closing for the 2025 Goffs Orby Sale.pic.twitter.com/XE3IWg84Gq
— Goffs (@Goffs1866) June 30, 2025

Minnie Hauk proves too strong in the Group One Juddmonte Irish Oaks, pushed home by Ryan Moore for Aidan O'Brien, as her form goes from strength to strength 🏆@JuddmonteFarms pic.twitter.com/jBmhdSnFhV
— The Curragh Racecourse (@curraghrace) July 19, 2025

In the Irish Oaks, Minnie Hauk settled in third, quickened late, and won by 1¼ lengths, showing a deceptively relaxed style that masked her underlying power. The Efficiency to maintain speed with minimal energy loss—echoing Frankel’s hallmark trait of combining long stride with high cadence.

Profile –

https://www.pedigreequery.com/minnie+hauk3

8x Natalma via Northern Dancer & 3×3 Danehill

Heavy influence settles to Prince John (dam’s distaff Censhorship + Stage Door Johnny ) by 8x Princequillo (Rose bower, Round table, Somethingroyal, Milan Mill + Prince John)

** @Frankel’s distaff family 1-k, + Stage Door Johnny f.f. 1-l + Minnie Hauk’s dam thru Dancing Brave b/m sire Drone (USA) f.f. 1-l = Ellen Horn, her grand-daughter Paraffin. (the ancestry to Chelandry & Lada) (story @ Ellen Horn here)

Haplotype Magic…🌟

@Haplotypes @ 1 branch all, possibly or likely indicate variants N2a also attributed to Family 6 foundations Cream Cheeks, (notes should be re-attributed by PQ info ⚠ ⚠️

(note: reflects a USA equivalent @ (N2a) mitochondria DNA – Justify (USA) noting Hawaii (SAF) same female family 1-l. (n.b. not to female distaff, but an affinity in mitochondria DNA

Haplotype N ancestry >> Bromus dam of Phalaris & Shirley Heights (GB)

f.f. 1-k Roi Herode, sire of The Tetrarch & the sire of Cinq-a-Sept (Somethingroyal) & Bold Reasoning (USA). Twig Moss (Fr).

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🐴– will there be a Frankel – Justify cross in the future??🤔

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🌟the name of Minnie Hauk is the pet name of Opera singer Amalia Mignon Hauck (November 16, 1851 – February 6, 1929),

Minnie Hauk was also in 1877, a mare’s race name.

Minnie Hauk is the distaff family of sire, half brother Kingman. Her dam Multilingual has a sire standing in Turkey, Tilsit (USA) a son of First Defence.

Minnie Hauk catalogue & yearling footage https://www.goffs.com/sale/IRE/orby-sale-2023/lots/525

Elevating Bloodstock: The Impact of Equinox and Midnight Bisou

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Some sales make headlines. Others redefine the game.

At JRHA Select Sale in Japan, a colt by Equinox out of dirt-track champion Midnight Bisou fetched an astounding ¥580 million (approx. $3.91 million)—one of the highest-priced foals ever sold in the country. For those in the business it stirs things. A timely reminder that when genetics figure for greatness, the foal isn’t just a racing prospect, it’s the breeding. It is the statement of intent to the future.

The 4-month-old colt by Equinox out of the extraordinary Midnight Bisou has just been sold for $3.9 million.
Unbelievable! @SELECTSALE_jpn pic.twitter.com/vM9ge4JjVM
— Manu (@_ElManu) July 15, 2025

Equinox the world champion is the rising force at stud producing foals that captivate buyers. https://www.anzbloodstocknews.com/equinoxs-first-foals-deliver-extraordinary-results-at-foal-session-of-jrha-select-sale/

$5 mill dam, Midnight Bisou, a five time G1 winner on dirt with the proven class to the breeding shed and her legacy is clearly translated beyond the racetrack.

What does it mean? The pedigree is turning wheels and diversity is the new street, come the direction; breeding winners upgraded with hybrid character. Where Inbreeding has increased the necessary correction is addressed. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11634535/

Japan thinks ahead; purchasing select mares & unlocking potential. Not just sound mares, these carry back ‘unfamiliar’ lines and are the variants at play.

diversity is genuinely the name of the game from now on in the Japanese bloodstock game.
https://jp-breds.com/en/news/2024/03/2023_japanese_stallions_review.html

Diversity stimulates. International scouting for performance selection serves outcross. Strains @Midnight Bisou’s f.f. A5 Tour d’Or (USA) are under-appreciated, @ history Types forgotten/lost duly smashed through the 1913 Jersey Act. https://nslmblog.wordpress.com/2019/05/07/the-jersey-act/

one must occasionally breed to fresh strains, but always highly selected ones
Tesio

Highly selected Midnight Bisou @american A5 distaff, Tour d’Or (USA) has a very close phenotype in another Secretariat (been from his male line). https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/169231/florida-stallion-tour-dor-dead

2020 California-bred Horse of the Year, mare Mucho Unusual by Mucho Man, a Holy Bull male line (also kind of brushed by genetics it seems) has colt by Equinox, purchase for ¥260m ($1.75m/€1.5m). Further spectacular progeny by Equinox https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/im-about-to-cry-bidders-go-all-in-on-equinox-foals-at-jrha/

Conformation gains. Japan Bloodstock has the foresight with firm intent to deliver. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/274708/japans-love-of-the-horse-yields-racing-success and makes a showcase how it is achieved.

The Japanese thoroughbred is more powerful than it’s ever been. It is a testament to not only their collection of bloodlines and evolving training methods but ability to appreciate the middle- distance horse and stayer, something that our breeding industry is losing sight of…
https://theownerbreeder.com/stories/japanese-revolution/

The Days of Riverman

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Not one French horse ever managed to beat the French-trained Riverman, who lost only three times in two seasons in the top company. Steel Pulse beat him narrowly in the Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte as a two year old. Brigadier Gerard and Parnell beat him more easily in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, and Brigadier Gerard again, this time by one and a half lengths in the Champion Stakes.

Few milers in France were capable of giving Riverman a hard race; two or three that probably were, notably Lyphard, came from the same stable and never took him on. Had his stable-companions been allowed to take him on no-one would be confident that his record of four wins from four starts in France as a three-year-old would have been different.

It was obvious Riverman would stay further than a mile; however, for the time being he was kept to distances of around a mile. His stable companion Talleyrand deputised in the Prix du Jockey-Club, Lyphard went to the Epsom Derby and Riverman took on an easier task, though not an easy one in the Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly on the same field, producing a tremendous burst of speed after being weighted with once again and winning as he liked from My Snot, subsequently second in Citheron and in front of Daring Display in the Prix Eugene Adam.

A stiffer test, a very stiff test faced Riverman in the Prix d’Ispahan at Longchamp later in June and he came through with flying colours. He won impressively by two lengths from Sharapour taking advantage in a few strides of a cap that appeared between Sharapour and Ballyhot, the leaders, when the former hung to the left at the distance.

For a horse untried in public over the distance Riverman could scarcely have had a stiffer trial than in the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot, particularly if Brigadier Gerard proved anywhere near as good at the trip as at shorter distances. Apart from the quality of the opposition, one important factor weighted against Riverman – he would almost certainly be held up. In the event, he proved unable to give start to Brigadier Gerard and Parnell and win; he languished in a last of nine until approaching the short straight, appearing as he had sometimes done in France have little chance of getting in the race. He came wide on the turn and made up a remarkable amount of ground considering the ability of those in front of him and finished third, six and a half lengths behind Brigadier Gerard and five lengths behind Parnell and turning the tables on his old rival Steel Pulse.

Freddie Head gave him less to do in the Champion Stakes, and with two and a half furlongs to run had every chance of beating Brigadier Gerard. At this point Brigadier Gerard produced a startling burst of speed that took him clear. Not even a horse of Riverman’s pace, driven extremely hard, could stay with him immediately, but as they struck the rising ground Riverman still being rousted along began steadily to reduce Brigadier Gerald’s lead and kept on so well that margin of his defeat became only half that which appeared on the cards a furlong out. Riverman would probably have worked his way alongside Brigadier Gerald with another furlong to cover.

Here was a very fine racehorse – strong, very attractive and deep bodied. A good classic winner, whose performance in running Brigadier Gerard to a length and a half on his final appearance speaks volumes for him and provides him a better reference than is possessed by most of his contemporaries who, like, Riverman had been retired to stud.

American bred he purchased at public auction as was his stable companions Lyphard and Pistol Packer and cost 41,000 dollars as a foal at the Keeneland Sales.

His great grandam Azalea, was a lightly raced half-sister to two stakes winners, notably the stayer Pavot, winner of the Belmont Stakes in 1945. His grandam Nile Lily was a stakes winner; she won nine races. His dam River Lady by a son (Prince John) of Princequillo won a race at two years and another at three.

Riverman was River Lady’s first registered foal.

Riverman had not Mill Reef’s exceptionally fluent action – he was inclined to scratch his way along in his slower paces, particularly when the ground was on top, but he showed form on a firm surface at least the equal of his form on soft.

He was a very genuine and most consistent racehorse.

reference and credit: A. Head, France. Racehorses of 1972.

Additional

@ distaff, Man O’ War daughter Coquelicot (female family 10-a) > Haplotype L4.

His contribution to pedigree profiles is undoubtedly a most dominant influence. Pinatubo colt on the rise https://www.pedigreequery.com/komorebi5 8f winner in France an example.

Riverman daughter Waterway (Fr) dam of Helen Street dam of Street Cry & 2nd day of Shamardl are both female families 1-l. It is interesting these (1) families are variant @ Haplotype N of which are sub-clades.

2x Riverman daughters developed 2013 Cartier Horse of the Year.2013 Cartier Champion 3yo Filly Treve. https://www.pedigreequery.com/treve3, the Champions line Triptych by Riverman.

Perhaps it is only a good time when Riverman will start to appear to frequent further to linebred ‘clusters.’ This account provides beneficial insight – specifically re Mill Reef – https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/pdf/cau/cau041116.pdf

find a Golden Slipper winner

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A sires’ breeding success is the pivotal evaluation for his genotype domination. Come 2026 Golden Slipper the showcase for Australia Group 1 racing for two year old progeny running over 1200 metre turf.

The Golden Slipper was created in 1957 by the Sydney Turf Club (STC) – ready to add a new and prestigious race to their autumn carnival. One of the foundation directors, George Ryder, proposed that the Club hold a race restricted to two-year-olds with set weights.

Track: Right-handed

Weight: Set Weights; colts and geldings – 56+1⁄2 kg; fillies 54+1⁄2 kg

Total Nominations: 1,937 yearlings
- 953 colts/geldings
- 984 fillies

🧬 The Leading Stallions by Number of Entries

Stallion	Entries
I Am Invincible	90
Snitzel	72
Zoustar	61
Home Affairs	75 (1st crop)
Stay Inside	66 (1st crop)
Wootton Bassett	57
Too Darn Hot	56
Written Tycoon	51
Farnan	45
Ole Kirk	40 (1st season sire)

(ref) https://www.racenet.com.au/news/1937-2yos-entered-for-the-2026-golden-slipper-20250708

📊 Sprint vs. Stamina Distribution (Top 10 Sires)

Sprint-Oriented Sires: 7 (I Am Invincible, Snitzel, Zoustar, Home Affairs, Stay Inside, Written Tycoon, Farnan)
Miler/Stamina-Influenced Sires: 3 (Too Darn Hot, Wootton Bassett, Ole Kirk)

➡️ ~75% of the top 10 sires are sprint-focused, reflecting the 1200m nature of the Golden Slipper and the commercial premium on early speed.

Phenological traits encompasses the impressive Farnan, a Champion two-year-old claiming the 2020 Golden Slipper, where he expresses forward acceleration: stride length and frequency to quicken—hallmark of elite juveniles.

Farnan colt Farnicle from New Zealand’s G1 performing mare Jennifer Eccles (Rip Van Winkle) displays his sires determination.

The Miler Stamina type sire will balance through sprinter mares and close 2nd place getter 2 year old Regulated Affair (Wootton Bassett) takes class in female breeding 2x Easy Date.

race clip➡️➡️https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHpZq3khOGQ/?hl=en

The Dark Horse new sire Stay Inside, 2021 Golden slipper winner has the European sprinter profile in broodmare sire Anabaa. The Home Affairs distaff with 2x Loika dam of Djebel & 1/2 brother Hierocles are Hall-mark carriers of 2 yr old champions. (n.b. 1/2 brother Phidias, Argentina 7x leading sire @ genetic gold). The female family given to Loika (f.f. 5-j) is additional to the 5-j profile through Valognes, a legendary breeding influence to Australia’s very own Leica Lover & Rain Lover. (family line of note >> 2024 G1 winner @The Goodwood – Benedetta by (Hellbent)

🧬 Additional Sires with Notable Representation

Stallion	Entries
Wild Ruler	38
Pinatubo	35
Spirit Of Boom	34
Capitalist	33
Zousain	32
Exceed And Excel	31
Maurice	31
Extreme Choice	30
Hellbent	30
St Mark’s Basilica	28
Dundeel	27
Street Boss	27
Bivouac	26
Lucky Vega	26
Toronado	26
Frankel	25
Russian Revolution	25
Tassort	25

European & French bred into the sprint-heavy Slipper field make for their testing presence. Pinatubo benefiting the Australian bred mare through breeding lines Eljazzi (IRE) & Invincible Spirit + Danzig + Street Cry. As a performer he was in a class of his own and as sire, will he produce the Australian version of himself?

Winning on debut, Maurice has sired the ‘white’ 2yo filly Marga b/m sire King Kamehameha (1/2 sister Sodashi). Her action is interesting! 4×3 Sunday Silence.

2yo 1800m Newcomers (debut race) at Hakodate won by unicorn filly MARGA (Maurice x Buchiko) under legend Yutaka Take in the Deep Impact colors.

2yo course record time of 1.48.1

Sister to SODASHI who won this same race in 2020

🦄

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— Graham Pavey (@LongBallToNoOne) July 12, 2025

Real tough for Golden Slipper predictions where anything is possible yet amazing to entertain a few Snapshots towards the new racing season ahead.

the exceptional sire – Australia (GB)

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Australia is a chestnut stallion foaled in 2011 by the legendary Galileo out of the exceptional racemare Ouija Board (by Cape Cross). He was bred in the UK by Stanley House Stud and trained by Aidan O’Brien.

🏇 Racing Highlights:

Winner of the 2014 Epsom Derby, Irish Derby, and International Stakes
Known for his fluid action, balance, and turn of foot ✅✅✅
Rated one of the best middle-distance colts of his generation

🧬 Pedigree

Sire: Galileo – Champion sire, son of Sadler’s Wells, with over 90 Group 1 winners
Dam: Ouija Board – Dual Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf winner and European Horse of the Year

🐎 Stud Career:

Stands at Coolmore Stud in Ireland
Sire of Group 1 winners like Galileo Chrome, Order of Australia, and Broome
Known for passing on stamina, class, and a strong finishing kick ✅✅✅

Australia represents the fusion of two elite bloodlines, making him a classic influence in modern pedigree.

🐴 Australia’s 3yo filly Cercene and his 3yo colt Lambourn as featured.

Cercene upsets the Coronation Stakes (G1)!

pic.twitter.com/07ENeLiJTc
— IFHA's Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings (@worldsbesthorse) June 20, 2025

Lambourn, who took the Derby (G1) at Epsom, headlines the Irish Derby (G1) on Sunday. He will try to become the 20th horse to complete the English-Irish Derby double. pic.twitter.com/ZjveLJOMPB
— IFHA's Longines World's Best Racehorse Rankings (@worldsbesthorse) June 25, 2025

Lambourn’s stride-data 🏆

The colt Lambourn (IRE) shows impressive stride characteristics in his recent races, particularly during his Group 1 Betfred Derby win at Epsom on 7 June 2025. According to sectional data:

Stride Length: Peaked at 24.71 feet
Stride Frequency: Averaged 2.19 strides per second

These figures place him in the elite range for middle-distance Thoroughbreds. For comparison, Secretariat’s legendary stride was around 25 feet, and most top-level colts average between 23.5–24.5 feet at peak.

Lambourn’s stride profile suggests:

Efficient ground coverage, ideal for 12-furlong races ✅✅
A balanced gait, with no signs of overreaching or inefficiency✅✅
Strong closing acceleration, as seen in his final 2 furlongs at Epsom ✅✅

@ The Curragh

he (Lambourn) was only doing a minimum of what he could get away with – Moore

Lambourn’s cruising speed is high, and he can sustain it over a long stretch.
His acceleration isn’t explosive, but he grinds out a finish with determination—classic traits of his sire line (Australia and Galileo).
The final furlong was slower than the mid-race section, but tactically smart: Moore kept him focused and just ahead of the challenge.

I bloody love Lambourn – such a game horse

Just keeps finding and finding

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— Archie (@archieb100) June 29, 2025

Factoid: Lambourn is the name of Lester Piggot’s fathers (Keith) stables in Berkshire where Lester was working at 12 years

Breeding Insights: Jantar Mantar’s Winning Pedigree

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Future pedigree patterns of the racehorse will depend upon the strains used by private breeders much more than commercial breeders.

The above quote comes from Ken Mclean’s book, Quest for a Classic winner.

Ken McLean observed ‘trends’ as did so Franco Varola to then commercial extravagance, leading to over-breeding and a lasting legacy upon few sire pools.

Commercialism aside, the bones to classic-bred from the moderate and irrespective of commercial value can be considerably ‘upgraded’. Plus, to an unfashionable sire, where these sample pedigrees show deep and clever genetic patterns like building blocks. They never fail and its acquirement to genetic consistency is fundamental of superior breeding.

That discernment goes exhibited by Japan’s Shadai Farm, their cultivation of selection of ‘varied parentage’ is the forefront of excellence.

Jantar Mantar is a 4 year old colt, winner Yasuda Kinen (GI,T-1600m, in 1.32.7 at Tokyo). He was a G1 winner at 3 years, NHK Mile Cup (Tokyo). https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/jantar-mantar-returns-in-style-with-yasuda-kinen-strike/

Jantar Mantar by Palace Malice (USA) Curlin son – India Mantuana (USA) by Wilburn (USA) Bernadini https://www.pedigreequery.com/jantar+mantar

Listen to the crowd! 🙌🤯

Jantar Mantar wins the #WinAndYoureIn Yasuda Kinen at Tokyo Racecourse and books his ticket to the @FanDuel_Racing #BreedersCup Mile at #BC25! Cheers to the connections! pic.twitter.com/94vd0jyjRc
— Breeders' Cup (@BreedersCup) June 8, 2025

Jantar Mantar dam India Mantuana > 5×5 Secretariat yet observe to her 5th dam Generals Sister by Count Fleet, the daughter of Pavot, a Teddy male-line descendant. Producer of Commissary (To Market) Senorita S., Del Mar Oaks, Vanity H. She, the ancestress of 7 G1 winners inclusive G2 and G3 winners to the United States, Europe, inclusive champions Al Bahathri 1985 champion Irish 3yo filly and highweights Lahib, Haafhd, and Hasbah. A distaff @ Family 9-e @ G Haplotype, the distaff also carries family 9-f @ Sun Again and by sire-affinity with Bates Motel (USA) Haplotype family 9-f & Ack Ack (USA) family 9-h.

The dam sire Wilburn (Bernardini, Seattle Slew desc.), a winner at 3 yrs of the Indiana Derby stands at https://riveroaksthoroughbreds.com/stallions.html#wilburn, stud fee @ US$2,500.

Palace Malice a G1 winner of the Belmont https://www.darley.co.jp/stallions/our-stallions/palace-malice, the son of Curlin https://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/palace-malice.html sired Structor a 2yo G1 winner Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf.

Palace Malice has 5×6 Damascus, and the old American blood to 6×5 Battle Joined (sire of Ack Ack) ranges to 9x Domino, 13x Hermit. They are sheer natural speed makers. Odd to think Battle Joined only stood for $2500, yet the reality is the two genetic dynamos’ (Domino X Hermit) by ‘collective‘ or critical mass forward an undoubted excellence. They carry through Smarten (USA), his distaff, as strain & Double Jay, seen to Nodouble, sum total these carrier genetics are to grand-sire Curlin. (n.b. Double Jay also to b.m sire Wilburn)

Curlin is a powerhouse both in the U.S. and globally. He’s widely regarded as one of the leading dirt sires in the world, and his influence continues to grow.
In the U.S., Curlin stands at Hill ‘n’ Dale Farms in Kentucky with a 2025 stud fee of $225,000, reflecting his elite status. He’s sired over 100 stakes winners, including eight Breeders’ Cup champions, and in 2022, he made history by siring three Breeders’ Cup winners in a single day

Jantar Mantar: 4×5 Mr Prospector to Count Fleet, as is dam’s distaff has Count Fleet > 7s x 9S x 9s x 8d x 6d

Promised Land – 7S x 8d x 5d (Teddy male line descendant) Promised Land @ Curlin, Spectacular Bid + @ 4th dam distaff. Promised Land (USA, 1954) – the prominent American Thoroughbred influence by Palestinian out of Mahmoudess. He won 21 times competing at times against Bold Ruler and Round Table. Yet he became an influential broodmare sire. His daughters produced top runners like Spectacular Bid, one of the greatest U.S. racehorses of the 20th century.

Promised Land Facebook Photo – https://www.facebook.com/laprevoyante/photos/this-is-an-original-1957-winners-circle-photo-of-promised-land-and-bill-hartack-/1114244530739890/?_rdr

Jantar Mantar typology’ appeals much to Promised Land https://japan-forward.com/jantar-mantar-wins-the-75th-yasuda-kinen-by-a-comfortable-margin/ and to look at the Promised Land daughter pedigree explains just ‘why’ scouting a ‘solid’ genetic framework remains at firstly, prudent selection. https://www.pedigreequery.com/brassica

Cool Archie (AUS) – A Game Changer @ Thoroughbred Breeding

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Thoroughbred genome diversity has been a subject of increasing study; breeders aim to balance performance traits with genetic health. In such case thoroughbred female families outside of ‘usual’ bred-lines may attract more interest.

The purchase and selection of Cool Archie is quite remarkable to a yearling judgement on ‘appeal’ https://www.ttrausnz.com.au/edition/2025-06-06/im-not-big-on-looking-at-legs-mick-malone-shares-his-insights-on-sourcing-horses scouted the good sound youngster and was purchased @ $100k.

https://catalogue.magicmillions.com.au/lot/24GPR/456

https://www.pedigreequery.com/cool+archie

Cool Archie’s sire Cool Aza Beel was Champion 2YO of his generation, securing victories in New Zealand’s Karaka Million 2YO and the Group 1 Sistema Stakes.

He stands at https://www.newhavenpark.com.au/stallions/cool-aza-beel/.

On pedigree the distaff colonial families C7, to also Sir Dapper (Vain) @ colonial-bred C25. Unfortunately, the Haplotype table appears no longer available for the public. However sight below C7 to also comparable La Chica @ f.f. 5-f, #Haplotype L2a2 foundations.

source credit: https://www.racecafe.co.nz/forums/index.php?/topic/74873-changing-pedigrees-to-reflect-new-data

Cool Aza Beel has 5×6 Vain -a American bred distaff A10. @A10 pedigree – distaff ancestral takes up, @ Tyranny by Great Tom (a Harkaway male line + Lexington & American Eclipe, further back 2x Mary Grey a phenomenal US mare and dam of Wilkes Wonder, numbered @ 2 family, (n.b. a contributor to Count Fleet via Bet Bosley (USA, thence note Mr Prospector & to Cool Archie profile thru >> Timeless Moment)

Checking out and uncovering American families has mitochondrial diversity aplenty: Mitochondrial DNA analysis links these (cited below) Thoroughbreds to 9 of 17 previously identified mtDNA clades https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-73645-9.pdf.

Clades previously described that were not represented among the North American Thoroughbreds include Haplogroups C, F, J, K, O, P, Q, and R.

In that study a single Thoroughbred was sequenced and had 5.8 million variants. The comparatively lower number of variants for Thoroughbreds is likely due to 3 centuries of selective breeding with a closed studbook as well as a bias due to the use of a Thoroughbred for the equine reference genome (EquCab 3.0). As the reference genome is based upon a Thoroughbred, some of the variation present in other breeds is likely breed specific.
reference as above

By equine references, these science starting points went at the English Thoroughbred discounting (then) the variables. It is an important peculiar point to note. Inbreeding levels have increased over time, with horses born between 2000–2020 showing higher inbreeding than those born between 1965–1986.

Selection trends indicate a shift toward breeding for speed, with a notable increase in the frequency of a genetic variant linked to sprinting ability.

https://research.uky.edu/news/dna-doesnt-lie-new-genetic-study-illuminates-genetic-diversity-north-american-thoroughbreds

Workings at pedigree places Cool Archie from a Tale of the Cat (Storm Cat) dam, Aware (Aus). Broodmare sire Tale of the Cat (USA) was a commercially successful stallion bred for speed and precocity, standing at Coolmore’s Ashford Stud.

He produced notable US progeny such as Gio Ponti, Lion Heart, and Stopchargingmaria. His influence to New Zealand strong to likes of Glamour Puss, Tell a Tale, Trusting, Falkirk, The Diamond One, Gathering & more…where he ranked 8th on the general sire list in 2008/09 and 10th on the broodmare sire list in 2015/16. Tale of the Cat passed June 2024, https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/coolmore-stallion-tale-of-the-cat-dies-at-30/. His son Battle Paint (USA) stood at Chequers Stud (N.Z) – & from memory an impressive specimen producing Battle Time, a G2 performer & stake-winners Affleck, Silent Battler. A wonderful son & stallion in Falkirk sire of H.K. Derby Fay Fay & Well Done, a Singaporean champion.

Cool Archie has 5×6 Damascus – @ Damascus, a highly competitive pedigree that maybe will never be mastered any better, it is the champions template and unmistakable how Damascus delivers to any pedigree. Study his pedigree! How I am excited by Damascus that it was the dynamo ‘perfect’ Hong Kong racehorse *Golden Sixty (Medaglia D’ Oro) whom showed just how impactful he is. It is not only about Damascus genotype but to morphological efficient, consistent tempo-gallop that marks his superior athlete frame. (n.b. Bu Medaglia D’ Oro with duplications @ 4×5 Damascus profiles G1 3yo filly, winner of the Kentucky Oaks , Good Cheer.

*Golden Sixty: 2021,2022,2023 Horse of the Year in Hong Kong 2021,2022,2023 Champion Miler in Hong Kong2021 Champion Middle Distance Horse in Hong Kong

Taking Damascus over to Cool Archie’s 7th dam we have Tom Fool/Menow/Pharamond, male-line (Cyllene) War Admiral & Teddy streamlining. It is an important established prototype to follow through at the back-line.

Menow named as Champion 2 year old colt, beat Bull Lear Bull Lea and Fightfing Fox by 4 lengths giving them weight in the Champagne Stakes and to the Futurity Stakes by four lengths from Tiger in a new world record time. (credit – Ken McLean)

@ 7x Native Dancer, the ***family 5-f in distaff which also runs to 3x Grey Flight 7D x 6D x 8D >> 2x What A Pleasure > Gilded Time, Tale of the Cat > Misty Day to Snippets.

It is a line known for ‘natural speed’ and early maturing speed.

La Chica was unraced but she produced 7 winners from 8 foals, among them Miyalo and Planetoid producing Grey Flight, a wonderful stakes-winning branch of the Family. Miyako would produce Geisha, the dam of champion Native Dancer. Ken McLean Designing Speed in the Racehorse.

More relevance to >Damascus X Native Dancer< has Sickle from Selene + Sickle & Pharamond are full brothers. Cool Archie > 4x Sickle + 4x Pharamond.

Cool Archie genotype of an outcross pedigree yet crafted subtle, subjected to the most powerful natural speed individuals.

Overall, it cannot be split nor decisive to what exactly is the Individual Type refined desirable. Yet if ‘hard-pressed’ to make such call, mine would go towards i) Sweep sire of La Chica ***(female family 5-f). ii) Sweep is also 4th dam sire Damascus. iii) Sweep is also 3rd dam sire to Semipalatinsk, 2nd dam sire of Savabeel.

Sweep a phenomenal racehorse, he was rated (1917) no. 1 sire of winning 2 year olds, and as broodmare sire created an extraordinary female line – his, substantial genetic impact from Domino, champion sprinter, nick name Whirlwind and leading USA sire with also Sweep’s genotype to 2xAlarm (Eclipse) X, 5x’s Lexington. Equally amazing to learn Domino was only 6 years of age when deceased. He sired only 20 progeny of which 8 were stake winners, amongst genetic explosive speed, Commando. Domino’s dam Pink Domino died foaling full sister Swan Song.

Something to think about.

royally bred – Desert Flower (IRE) by Night of Thunder (IRE)

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Godolphin bred filly Desert Flower is a G1 winner at 2 and 3 years old. She was placed 3rd to winner, Minnie Hauk (Frankel) https://www.racinginsider.com/racing-news/epsom-oaks-2025-result-and-replay-20250606-0005/

https://www.pedigreequery.com/desert+flower19

Desert Flower distaff goes famous to Family 2S, her 6th dam is Blueblood hen Somethingroyal, dam of Secretariat & Sir Gaylord. She (Somethingroyal) dam of Swansea (Turn-To), been 5th dam.

Desert Flower pedigree exposes >> 5x Somethingroyal thru 4x Sir Gaylord & Swansea. https://www.pedigreequery.com/swansea

Tesio suggests the steel is tempered a metaphor between tempered steel and his breeding philosophy. Tesio believed in refining bloodlines through careful selection, much like how steel is tempered to enhance its strength and resilience.

It is thoughtfully observed profiles surely must be with & dependent to ‘G’ chromosome availability, where if or should speed aptitude go dependent on the Haplotype category. Its ‘mix’ to profiles is sourced to evolutionary bred, thus hybrid mix of old and new blood as introduced in certain development stages.

This is of exercise never simple & of course inexact science of pedigree variability -nevertheless, it seems Cyllene lineage(s) appear to be a nucleus compelling. ie family 9.

To Desert Flower the 9×7 Ribot re-echoes 7x Cyllene & his (Ribot) 16x Hermit, 11x Bend Or (Clemence factor +) impacts the pedigree >> haplo/geno branches as shown below. Ribot >> @Cyllene thru (Cicero, Seraphine, Cylgad, Polymelus, Cyclamen, Maid of the Mist) with Hermit 16x is principle.

https://www.academia.edu/13021482/The_genetic_origin_and_history_of_speed_in_the_Thoroughbred_racehorse

Sir Gaylord > 6x Cyllene – 23x Hermit.

**Cyllene** – as a youngster he was considered small & backward. https://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/cyllene-gb.html

Hermit, a chestnut stood at 15.2 hands. https://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/hermit-gb.html

@ Pedigree to Haplotype may confuse the traditional view. A simplistic modis operandi to scope > refining carriers 9-b,9-e,9-f, 9-g, 9-h) + 2-n thence therein comes upon Dubawi distaff + Galileo + Night of Thunder distaff thru Teddy daughter Tivoli, to sire factors. (Also observe to Desert Flower dam/@distaff, Buckpasser is of the Menow > Cyllene male line – review Cyllene with Teddy to 4th dam @https://www.pedigreequery.com/buck+the+tide. (sidenote – Bull Lea is a refined example 9f/2n) – an immense strain to any pedigree)

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340042759_MtDNA_Haplotype_Analysis_in_Dam_Families_of_the_Thoroughbred_Riding_Horses

Field of chestnut Gold…Cyllene 1895

Taking branches upon, to Cyllene, Teddy, Bay Ronald, Selene far back as Hermit – this background band of chromosomes is perhaps playing to genetics ‘transposing’ enabling the superior type. Transposition genetics, also known as transposition or transposition biology, is the study of the movement of transposable elements (TEs), which are also called “jumping genes” or “mobile genetic elements”. TEs are DNA sequences that can move from one location to another within a genome, a process that can lead to mutations, genome rearrangements, and influence gene expression. They ‘back’ up, in other words.

Having almost completed this post… yet another pedigree on the racing calelndar displayed 5×6 Sir Gaylord, Family 2S, Somethingroyal. https://www.pedigreequery.com/nitrogen9 by Medaglia D’Oro. What these geno/pheno’s capture remains long impacting..

Nitrogen (US)

3-year-old filly, trained by Mark Casse.
Sired by Medaglia d’Oro, out of Tiffany Case (by Uncle Mo).
Career record: 8 starts, 5 wins, 1 place, 2 shows.
Major wins: 2025 Edgewood (G2), Appalachian (G2), Florida Oaks (G3), Ginger Brew (LS).
Recently won the Wonder Again Stakes (G2) at Saratoga, marking her fifth straight victory

Chilean bred colt – Teao (CHI)

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Teao – Chilean bred colt wins Gran Premio Criadores Eugenio Zegers Leon (Gr.2) 1600m at Hipódromo Chile on June 7, 2025

https://www.pedigreequery.com/teao

approx @ 1.15, in ⬇️

LYPHARD –

5s x 7S x 5D

GOOFED, 4th dam to b/m sire *Seeking the Dia, Family 17-b, ancestral Byerley Turk Mare, L3a1b

6S x 8S x 6d x 6D – Chouberski 5dx5d
(n.b. Medicis 1933 (ARG) by Congreve also lists Family 17-b + Northern Baby (CAN) family 17-b

KSAR by Bruleur by Chouberski

9S x 9S x 9D x 9D x 9D

Teao’s broodmare sire – Seeking the Dia (USA) https://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/seeking-the-dia.html

**Seeking the Dia** (US) Photo credit: https://www.harasdonalberto.cl/donalberto/home

Lyphard’s dam, Goofed, by Court Martial ⬇️🐎⬇️🐎

Teao’s sire Ya Primo foaled in 2015. He is sired by Mastercraftsman out of Yo Quisiera, making him part of a distinguished lineage. He gained prominence after winning the Gran Premio Latinoamericano (G1) in 2019. Following his success in South America, he was sent to the United States to race under trainer Chad Brownhttps://www.thoroughbredracing.com/articles/3954/watch-out-america-pride-chile-his-way-join-chad-brown/

Linebred notable ➡️

5×5 Balconajae (ARG) by Pronto #BT – https://www.pedigreequery.com/balconaje, a prolific Chilean stallion breeding successful G1 sires. His pedigree traces back to notable thoroughbred ancestors, inclusive Ksar/Bruleur – Embrujo/Congreve – Rustom Pasha (Son-in-Law), Bois Roussel, Hurry On, Papyrus, the hallmark carriers of toughness and adaptability.

Byerley Turk descendants, its typical case of *disappearing* recognition.

Argentina, Brazil and Chile had access to the best bloodlines in the world.

6x5x5 Mr Prospector – his genetic footprint is ubiquitous in modern thoroughbred racing, and cornerstone of elite pedigrees. The Speed and Stamina character – an explosive sprinting ability passed to progeny. https://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/mr-prospector.html

Teao’s distaff looks to @Genetic siring heavy-weights @ Seductor (ARG) & overall thru 3x Rustom Pasha (Family 2-N) (GB) upon 5th dam Tanzania https://www.pedigreequery.com/tanzania5 all, still remain dominant.

The pedigree of colt Teao is the thoughtful reminder that Chile’s bloodlines are to be highly considered.

To this case – Chilean bred distaff is Kitasan Black (JPN) sire of international G1 performer (Timeform rating of 136) Japanese Horse of the Year in 2022 & 2023 Equinox (JPN). Kitasan Black distaff @ Chilean dam Noris + 5×5 Lyphard!! https://www.pedigreequery.com/kitasan+black also Female- Family 9g, a #G Haplotype!

Winx just got Hotter!

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Delighted to hear the big news on super race-mare Winx is to visit the awesome sire Too Darn Hot (GB) (https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/winx-to-visit-too-darn-hot/

so distinctive has the @New Zealand distaff Winx Family 5-b, to these winners…

Vegas Queen (NZ), winner of the G2, 2025 Wellington Guineas

https://www.pedigreequery.com/vegas+queen4

Gringotts (NZ), winner of G1, 2025 ATC George Ryder Stakes

https://www.pedigreequery.com/gringotts3

Distaff family 5-b. Peculiar as pre-Dominant Haplotype (Table 1, the Massey mare)

https://twitter.com/i/status/1903285267684855945

Gringotts gets his first G1 win in an epic edition of the George Ryder Stakes! 🙌@cmaherracing | @TommyBerry21 | @aus_turf_club pic.twitter.com/RxCWoAgtb4
— SKY Racing (@SkyRacingAU) March 22, 2025

With short preamble to deep horse history, G Haplotypes appear to be the genetic improvers. Pedigrees can’t explain this. Going beyond narratives, three-hundred-year history studbook with areas at science resources which also may yet bring a bigger picture.

Whilst so much genetic information hangs on the ‘speed’ gene, the lay-man interpretation has been (of late) whittled down to 3 categories, a RH type with domination in frequency. (n.b. for the record – am not science academic trained, however knowledge of EBV’s in the stock-game to grasp one trait development also goes to other traits considered.)

The combination of all ‘types’, come genotype arrangement @ I:I, NI or NN, C-C, C-T, T-T. As always… I like to think of the wiser words come Ken McLean.

Commercial racehorse breeders aim to meet the juvenile market by attempting to cross speed with speed. Do they realize that muscle fibres of sprinters are quite different in texture to those of classic performers? Sprinters possess muscle fibres which rapidly develop with a minimum of exercise – quite unlike muscle fibres of the stayer who needs long, steady exercise to develop peak fitness.
credit: Ken McLean – Quest for a Classic Winner

Elsewhere, its been mentioned there is not one domineering ‘preferable’ Haplotype for the modern bred yet the perennial questions are to remain what breeds?

The puzzle is not missing genetic information, rather sometimes other criteria applied.

From different sources, it came with wry surprise the family numbered 2N and 9 (exception 9-c) might be 1 n’ same, co-affinity ‘G’ haplotype. Here… it changes the whole ball-game of one’s analysis-interpretation because it may uphold pre-Dominant breeding ‘types’ dramatically.

The article as cited, refers another’s breed history, prior English TB and concludes the modern TB emerged upon different type-set (link) ➡️https://www.duruttya.com/?mod=regarding-the-breeding-nature-of-russian-thoroughbreds Additionally, the different conditions with purpose(s) to breed, ie long- distance versus short speed distance delivers bred ‘outcome’.

It is very important to see that ‘speed’ doesn’t act alone. Yes obviously this ‘speed’ has been prime objective and dictate of the turf, come modern English thoroughbred.

A criteria is getting the ‘true’ source as a first, the domestic bred, thence the carriers, the contributors and the critical mass improvement/upgraders.

At our last post, it was highlighted where Hyperion’s dam Selene via Cyllene, integrates to Teddy/Damascus, through G haplotype nutshell. Rather than lineation-fixed its route, has zig-zag recessive.

“She is a very very tough horse with a lot of ability and a good turn of foot.”
Vegas Queen (NZ) @ LOVERACING.NZ

Its exploitation upon pedigree, for G2 winner Vegas Queen by Proisir ex- Miss Vegas by Carlton House https://www.pedigreequery.com/vegas+queen4 has Star Way (6×4 Selene, + 2x Alchemist, fam. 9H)- Centaine by Better Boy (fam 2N). The complex zig-zag…#G Haplotype. Nature loves hybrid-vigour (different lines, same source).

“he’s just a war-horse” Tommy Berry on Gingotts (NZ)

Gingotts has a little different tilt @ line-bred 8x Native Dancer however 13x Hyperion, 11xSelene through her multiple son sires. But what goes so interesting… @ Native Dancer, has that lines Sickle/Fairy Play/Cyllene are displaying the co-affinity G Haplotype. https://www.pedigreequery.com/gringotts3

Common to each (Winx, Miss Vegas & Gingotts) has sire, Street Cry. Apart from an enormous upgrader and Elite sire – the big question is Why?

It is best explained Street Cry develops distaff Worden (FR) back through Teddy daughter Tara, + 10x Teddy. Relocate Family 2N as G Haplotype. (n.b. other sources Have family 2 as haplotype L4.)

@ Winx/Too Darn Hot & for mine goes to the familial around Too Darn Hot’s distaff to Delsy https://www.pedigreequery.com/delsy Tourbillon male line & her #BT distaff, 5x Teddy, Pherozshah, Pharis, Marsyas (Son-In-Law) & Man O’ War. In a nutshell threading the uncanny to families 9e, 9f to 2N has that ‘streak of lightening’.

Further to Too Darn Hot > Singspiel 5×3 Herbager.

Former Post @ Too Darn Hot Eyes on a Perfect Sire – Too Darn Hot (GB)

A pre-Dominant Haplotype suggests…

{**History has Persian ‘Nisaean’ horses from Nisaea, the lower parts of Bactria ( Located in Zagros Mountains in Iran (Persia). They were highly sought after in the ancient world. They were so much coveted that after an Assyrian victory a tribute to them was demanded. Dated about 400BC, shows a horse that today would pass for a small Thoroughbred, such was its conformation and quality.}

Nisaean was a famous ancient horse breed, They where very high, strong and fast animals. }https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maciej-Janeczek/publication/243457305_The_role_of_Nisaean_horse_in_horse_breeding_in_the_Ancient_World/links/6672a0e5a54c5f0b946e3d8d/The-role-of-Nisaean-horse-in-horse-breeding-in-the-Ancient-World.pdf?origin=publication_detail&_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6InB1YmxpY2F0aW9uIiwicGFnZSI6InB1YmxpY2F0aW9uRG93bmxvYWQiLCJwcmV2aW91c1BhZ2UiOiJwdWJsaWNhdGlvbiJ9fQ&__cf_chl_tk=gbdo0tAPMMdfWeyThnsU8rY928VKeHrleGI_yPpFVvs-1742776756-1.0.1.1-052P_4XfrCO1gq0luj3iQcbbR7yL8b1e6Wi8MF7u0A8

The breed Nisean greatly influences the ancestors of today’s Iberian horse breeds, such as the Carthusian, Lusitano, Andalusian, Barb (horse), and Spanish Mustang. Iberian, Andalusian and Barb haplotypes influence the Thoroughbred!

The Andalusian of Spain is an old established breed and an important one in the development of a number of other breeds, particularly the Lipizzaner. For centuries the mount of kings and emperors, the Andalusian was taken across to the ‘New World’ where its blood is found in both North and South American Breeds.

How do we assess:

Understanding Pedigree Progression in Thoroughbred Breeding – the ALMANZOR filly, GEZORA.

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Breeding progression many a time came upon unforeseen circumstances with alongside its individuals.

9,9️⃣ not considered reputable by a System numbering, the Bruce Lowe Families no. 9 given to the chestnut horse Cyllene – a stallion exported to Argentina whose genetics thereof, opened and developed economic speed with stamina.

Of new interest, it was recently noticed pedigree ‘Experts’ have reallocated one particular line now classified, as pedigree number, to a family 61. (n.b. possibly (from memory) it formerly, family 6-x ?)

As fallen, the numbering pedigrees of old, our Aficionado readers just might sight the no.61 Family of very little significance. But heck no...

Mat de Cocagne (FR) (1948), family 61!

Mat de Cocagne (FR) (1948) – a sire sent to Brazil

Mat de Cocagne’s breeding has 4×5 Chouberski & 5×5 Polymeus (Cyllene).

Peculiarly, so very few of this distinctive in-cross line(s) shall appear today. Let’s remember Chouberski also flows doubly to the veins of the great sire in Lyphard through his dam, Goofed.

And…Polymeus, is the stayer blood of Cyllene which thus comes back on this Family 9 to G Haplotype progressing ‘variable’ availability.

By summing overall, pedigree integrity appears through genetic sameness to its versatility in superior elites. Again… are best to appear in and through superior numerous variance.
@TBL

Importantly, we really need to engage how this ‘superhot breeding’ also went tragically limited, exterminated or exiled duly then, from eastern-european ‘war’ blocks – their well-established studs upon the demolition were as developed from finest French bred lines ever.

Motan (chestunut 1942) won the Roumanian Triple Crown. Motan was a stocky, close-coupled chestnut by Firdaussi ✅. (to note the Cyllene male-line and Cyllene distaff https://www.pedigreequery.com/motan
Bloodstock Breeders Review 1945

With such breeding by the past, enters the Future.

To profiling the Wootton Basset son and sire Almanzor (FR) producing the 3yo G3 winning filly Gezora. https://www.pedigreequery.com/gezora and with notable citing to Mat de Cogne (FR) goes to 2nd dam sire as Gezora’s broodmare sire, Silver Hawk (USA), a son of Roberto. (ref. https://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/silver-hawk.html

The TBL last post references sire Wootton Basset, a genotype producer towards breeding Haplotype necessity…His son Almanzor with notable victories, stands at Cambridge Stud New Zealand.

Almanzor the European 3 year old champion victories are as follows…

Prix de Guiche (G3, France)

Prix du Jockey Club (G1, France)

Irish Champion Stakes (G1, Ireland)

Champion Stakes (G1, UK)

Prix Guillaume d’Ornano (G2, France)

https://www.cambridgestud.co.nz/almanzor

Gezora’s dam Germance (USA) was a G1 performer at 3 years old (2000m). She has, – 3×4 Round Table (Princequillo) + 3×5 Hail to Reason. She comes from a Count Fleet distaff Fleet Flight whose dam by Bull Lea (Bull Dog/Teddy x. Spearmint).

For greater progression… figure through firstly, the deeper Dominance – it propels G Haplotype @Bay Ronald/Cyllene – a Family 9.

And, Nijinsky whose grand-dam Flaming Top by Menow male line 4x5x5 Cyllene.

Nijinsky 7×4 >> profiles filly Gezora.

https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/tag/almanzor-fr/

**Almanzor** @ Cambridge Stud New Zealand *(photo credit TBL)*

Almanzor’s Gezora Wins The Saint Alary For White Birch And Graffard

the winning Chromosome?

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Presumption was not long in changing to disappointment. My recipes for success were of no avail against the persistent successes of my rivals. The truth was that in spite of all I had seen and read I had not yet learned to reflect, – to reflect, that is, on the why and the wherefores. Senor Federico Tesio.

A recent discussion on forums has addressed the leading racing mares and the statistical observation that their immediate progeny may not replicate their comparable success.

To recognize this familiar problem are amongst complexes to the thoroughbred hybrid status.

A Table of representative Haplotype, to genetic variant versatility, tracing out in-built Types further deepens appreciation towards selection & Character.

Most fortunate has Japan’s model and racehorse development. They have scientifically positioned what the racing Thoroughbred requires to be athletic and more continues to knowledge & improvement.

In essence, home-base is the G haplotype where exists the chromosome. The first molecule sighting Chromosome 18 for racehorse genetics. Studies have explored how genetic markers on Equine Chromosome 18 (ECA18) relate to elite performance and optimal race distance, plus (apparently) the early prognosis to 2 year old fractures. Specifically, single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) @ ECA18.

Chromosome 1 – Equine myopalladin refers to the MYPN gene, which encodes myopalladin, a protein involved in muscle structure and function. Myopalladin plays a crucial role in skeletal and cardiac muscle, helping regulate actin organization and maintaining muscle integrity.

In horses, genetic studies have identified MYPN as a potential target of selection in Thoroughbreds, particularly in relation to racing performance. Some research suggests that variations in this gene may influence muscle development.

G Haplotype ‘availability’ is the big clue.

A contemporary pedigree may still ‘figure’ to analyse such carrier strains: cross in/from or ‘link’ through numerous variable hybrid sources a ‘similar dominant potency to co-affinity in-origin Type’, which contributes homozygosity.

There are two main ‘at-origin’ G sources, however Byerley Turk line and Godolphin Arabian were not then tested (2010) for C allele. The Quarter horse from a Janus mare by the Godolphin Arab/barb is the founder of C:C quarter horse.

Above all, ‘contributors’ & #G contribution appear most necessary. Should it not carry G within (‘upgrade’ stallion) then a product is possibly ‘lesser’, muscle twitch fibre. Possibly this is where Ken McLean gave to his impression of dominant zig-zag genes, thru any superior individual.

Steve Roman recently demonstrated average Beyer Speed Figure for Triple Crown race winners has declined over the past 40+ years. Some theories ‘why’ include overbreeding ‘same-line’ Y stallions, diminished genetic variation, and commercial breeding practices.

Australian Science has observed racehorse problem upon elite-thoroughbred L3a1b speculating deleterious alleles. https://madbarn.com/research/association-of-low-race-performance-with-mtdna-haplogroup-l3b-of-australian-thoroughbred-horses/

By general terms: a quick suggestive overview of Australasian pedigrees terms may suggest that the nature #G is going ‘into existential crisis’ through unwittingly its direction to over breeding, an over-refinement ecologically of the Thoroughbred.

Note: **@1973** – *Radicalisation of behaviour (stakes winners vs. ordinary horses)* credit source The Typology of the Racehorse, Varola

In contrast German breeding excels to stamina and soundness, the Allegretta influence says enough.

The G haplotype is the truer or deeper character of 1st type racing thoroughbred and well ‘established’ genetically before the GSB 1791 records. Pedigree breeding has gone through many ‘books’ (Versions) duly ‘wars’ that exiled and eliminated ‘other’ Lines, from ‘private’ Stud books, and as absorbed by the ‘official’ version international GSB. In many ways, GSB is the condensed version of ‘thoroughbred’.

The PCA and STRUCTURE results show that a number of individuals of the Quarter Horse and the Hanoverian breed are especially closely related to Thoroughbreds. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0218407

Whilst matters remain unclarified, genetic availability is assured, further to rare variants & yet exposure to those has been limited.

by the very nature of natural inheritance, the practical necessity to carry over, present & re-vigorate the G Haplotype
@TBL

Effectively these carriers must represent by numerous variable availability; they ultimately MUST BE PRESENT as other strains are haplotypes (I), L1, L2, L3, **L4 etc. It is not a matter of alone, in-breeding or line-breeding. These carriers shall serve as dominant potency – co-affinity in-origin Type’, contribute the essential (ROH) run of Homozygosity. Equine homozygosity refers to a horse inheriting two identical copies of a particular gene from both parents. This can influence traits like coat color, muscle composition, and genetic health.

At a ‘cool’ 2025 Australian fee, $385k, the Coolmore stallion Wootton Bassett (GB) is the very fine example both by geno and phenotype (please note by reading our most recent posts, the #’G’ detail shall be evident to this remarkable sire). https://www.breednet.com.au/sire/premium/wootton-bassett

What a stallion – Wootton Bassett can do no wrong at the minute 💙@coolmorestud pic.twitter.com/PvEmhRdbhy
— Archie (@archieb100) May 10, 2025

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***(update) its only come to my attention that the L4 is also of a K Haplotype. To my spectrum this makes more sense where the origin source goes to, in effect. It will be a Post at a later date.)

Ecclesiastes 1:9 “What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” A cyclical nature of life where despite advancements and changes, fundamental patterns of existence remain the same.

Research Information

The genetic parameters of racing success and
longevity in the New Zealand Thoroughbred
racing industry (2025) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00288233.2025.2492047

https://madbarn.com/research/association-of-low-race-performance-with-mtdna-haplogroup-l3b-of-australian-thoroughbred-horses/

Analyses of whole-genome sequences from 185 North American Thoroughbred horses, spanning 5 generations https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39358442/

S. Roman ⬇️

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1117522841687293/posts/9208726052566891/?comment_id=9238546202918209&notif_id=1746968495597805&notif_t=feedback_reaction_generic&ref=notif

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0218407

Los Angeles (IRE) by Camelot

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On the mighty Curragh…the four year old Los Angeles wins the G2 Mooresbridge Stakes.

Los Angeles was a G1 winner at two in France Criterium de Saint-Cloud (2000m) and at three years old – the Irish Derby.

An alternate view on how Los Angeles prevailed in a thrilling @coolmorestud @IrishEBF_ Mooresbridge Stakes @curraghrace pic.twitter.com/9qaTP5bUvl
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) May 5, 2025

Camelot has the distinction of being both a Classic-winning racehorse and sire.

Coolmore's son of Montjeu is responsible for 11 Group or Grade 1 scorers, including Luxembourg, Sammarco, Sir Dragonet, Los Angeles, Even So, Athena and Latrobe.

The sire of 36 individual Pattern… pic.twitter.com/oPI7BgCW3i
— Racing Post Bloodstock (@rpbloodstock) February 15, 2024

https://www.pedigreequery.com/los+angeles21

3×3 Kingmambo (Mr Prospector) – 4×3 Danehill (Danzig/Northern Dancer et al)

A first impression of this Camelot colt is the rangy type fit for the Curragh and he has a ‘kick’.

https://coolmore.com/farms/ireland/stallions/camelot

@ nuts n’ bolts sire Camelot has his 3rd dam Fade influences in Cyllene blood 15x. Further, Camelot’s distaff @ Favourite below (note has additional key marker to Captivation from same familial dams as William the Third + Beppo)

Recent posts, re-directing pedigrees upon G Haplotype nucleus, duly the inclination to speed muscle fibre and race distance aptitude. Albeit science is comprehensive, the classic speed ‘turn-of-foot’ is firstly an undying stamina to stay, alongside elasticity stride/ flexibility/adaptability.

About ‘past’ & foundational breeds & the How of ‘Type’ and ‘Speed’

Of Equus caballus long ago, hunter-gatherer History (fundamentally) has wild native horse caught & crossed with domesticated specimen and the crosses over time continued to whatever function & geography hence hybrid and or Type culminating to the English bred, Thoroughbred 1791 studbook. The considered arabian–oriental is an admixture of all and of which are further strain-type ‘branches’ as were type sought or a-hem, stolen Arabian by invasion and migration.

The British thoroughbred speed prototype science places, the Shetland Pony, (galloway & hobby natives) to speed gene muscling (its about the muscle fibre not the size of the horse). There are however other crossed-in breeds also where it lands on the Fulani (Arab/Barb Breed Influence: Fulani horses often crossbred with Barb, Dongola, and Arabian horses, a hardy, agile, and resilient animal. From the Cameroon it is similar to the Basuto – a cross between arab, persian and native thoroughbred first appearing about the middle of the 17th century brought by Dutch and Portuguese to the Cape, then called the Cape horse, which also influences the Australian Waler. It is recorded about the Cape Horse as continually ridden at fast speeds over rock ground up and down hills, fearless, sure-footed and with amazing stamina.

{identified two populations with relatively high frequencies of C-alleles (Fulani, 0.33; Shetland 1, 0.50)
https://www.academia.edu/13021482/The_genetic_origin_and_history_of_speed_in_the_Thoroughbred_racehorse

– neither the Byerley Turk nor the Godolphin Arabian sire lines were sampled in the historic data, we cannot preclude them as a source for the C-allele

Tesio saw not at pedigree but the ‘sum of these parts’. Whilst it is considered the modern racing thoroughbred is now fixed-type set, any phenotype comparisons can draw different conclusions as does the full genotype brother or sister.

Thoroughbred Breeding yields for Elite Phenotype: racing & type based on performances across age and race aptitude, distances ranging from 1000m to 3200m. Ken McLean in accounts of earliest and finest American breeders sighted ‘There is never quality speed without the stamina (long) built behind it purposely.’

Perhaps this is exactly why Camelot succeeds as a top genotype sire. His build appeals tough.

@ Pedigree

Camelot, as profiled >Favourite pedigree, a key marker to Captivation from same familial dams as William the Third + Beppo also profiles to Kingmambo’s dam Miesque, her 4th dam by Count Fleet by Reigh Count carries notably same familial line – Contessina/Pitti + Stefan the Great.

(credit Pedigee Query – **Stefan the Great,** an ilk of G Haplotype muscle fibres)

Further G haplotype Cyllene sire of Minoru (Princequillo) – Ribot >> @Cyllene reveals 7 X’s (Cicero, Seraphine, Cylgad, Polymelus, Cyclamen, Maid of the Mist) with Hermit 16x

As described to hybrid in-breeding the groundfloor G Haplotype cross affinity to foundations L Haplotype (L1, L2, L3, L4). However (should readers have latched upon posts-past, we’ve introduced fam. 2N as G. Where family 2-e by haplotype classifies is indeterminable, however A haplotype has been suggested elsewhere. (probably Andalusian as the Haplotype also may place to L2 foundational) @Fig 6****below

The Andalusian of Spain is an old established breed but an important one in the development of breeds, particularly the Lipizzaner. For centuries the mount of kings and emperors, the Andalusian was taken across to the New World where its blood is found in both North and South American Breeds. From times of the Roman Emperors up to the 18th Century was regarded as the supreme Horse of Europe. As a ‘type’ it is inclined to pass unrecognized however it lives on in the Quarter Horse (QH high frequency of **C/C homozygotes**) and others. (*notice muscling*…)

🐎 Los Angeles (IRE) a Allegretta dam family distaff (ie Galileo/Sea the Star) fam.9-h as a G2 Haplotype. Allegretta also carries Prince Chevalier, another G haplotype (fam. 9f).

Los Angeles dam to 3rd dam sire Riverman has 5 x Teddy. The 12 x Martha Lynn + 3x Spearmint/4x Carbine + 3x Pitti has a mix of G & L4 haplotype. To be clear this is not at all conclusive yet certainly and once again, ‘Pattern’ compelling. There must be a reasonable affinity between the types to be crossed. To note, the 4×3 Danehill is of a L4 Haplotype.

Whilst theoretical considerations made at lines in-breeding or how Haplotype might cross, the final ‘word’ is to back up judgement/assessment to practice what phenotype presents strengths & weaknesses considered.

Camelot & son Los Angeles phenotype? Lipizzaner, Andalusian, anglo-thoroughbred, barb ?? but certainly, strains helpful to the family 9-h plus alike grand-son of the great Montjeu.

In conclusion and again to credit 🙏Ken McLean, who wrote/spoke before these times @Science & Haplotype: “there are a number of “phrases” involved in the evolution of equine speed………………..(he considered) fast fibre muscle naturally evolved from a mixture of specific strains”.

Aidan O’Brien quick on his feet as he saddles leading Derby hope Los Angeles 👀 pic.twitter.com/Vc6Ue9qz2y
— Racing TV (@RacingTV) June 1, 2024

Research info –

*https://www.academia.edu/figures/43408067/table-1-aus-australia-gb-great-britain-ire-ireland-mstn

****Fig6https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7029099/figure/ece35989-fig-0006/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vyatka_horse

Click to access a-cohort-study-of-racing-performance-in-japanese-1eyob985pt.pdf

Books:

The Horse – the complete book of Horse and Horsemanship (edited by Candida Geddes)

Horses of the World – Daphne Machin Goodall

on sire duty – Broadsiding (Aus)

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His father's son. #Broadsiding is the real deal.

🔥 Champion juvenile.
🏆 Multiple G1 winner at three.

Just like his exceptional sire — Too Darn Hot.#Darley2025 #Broadsiding pic.twitter.com/vTlfZ06OlQ
— Darley in Australia (@DarleyAus) April 23, 2025

Broadsiding – the remarkable Godolphin bred Australian thoroughbred – a four-time Group 1 winner, and crowned Australia’s Champion Two-Year-Old after securing victories Champagne Stakes and J.J. Atkins Stakes.

As a three-year-old, he continued his success with wins in the Golden Rose and Rosehill Guineas. He is now retired to stud. He stands at Darley’s Kelvinside Stud in New South Wales, with a stud fee of $66,000 for the 2025 breeding season.

Broadsiding is sired by highly esteemed Too Darn Hot, one of the world’s leading stallions, and his dam is Speedway, a mare by Street Cry.

We noted a few of his offspring when sold at NZ Bloodstock sales, and whether colt or filly, they were a great deal at any price since his genetics will stay strong.

One may conduct an overview genetic survey to any of Broadsiding’s back-lines; all simply excel superb, and it is also evidenced by the lineage of Australian and New Zealand predecessors that exhibit equally robust genetic attributes.

It is here, the ‘good’ Eye goes with powerhouse 5th dam – 1977 New Zealand mare Gold Hope. https://www.pedigreequery.com/gold+hope – 1st Railway H (NZ-G1), Hawke’s Bay Challenge S (NZ-G2), Racing Personalities S (NZ-L)
3rd NZ Thoroughbred Breeders S (NZ-G2)
1982:
1st All Age S (AUS-G1), Doncaster H (AUS-G1), NZ Thoroughbred Breeders’ S (NZ-G2), QTC Katie’s Cup (AUS-G3)

These are the supreme bloodlines and should readers taken Cyllene‘s influences (link here) to recognitions of G Haplotype and exactly why it services the elite racehorse performer. It is exploitable when to realize it is these listed as genetic glue responsible – Cyllene, Selene, Teddy, Bay Ronald influences banded. (new to add Hermit, see further below)

Importantly the prime genetic sequences make horse competitive

The G haplotype in Thoroughbreds has been studied in relation to the EPA18 gene sequence, which is located on chromosome 18. This region is significant for traits like muscle composition and performance. Research has identified specific SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms) within this region that are associated with racing ability and other phenotypic traits.

– @distaff Gold Hope saturated with Cyllene through 3x Fairway. The Cylleen/Fairway male line to John’s Hope by Wilkes – Pharis 4×4 Cyllene – Nizami (Fr) >Cyllene + Bay Ronald – Donatello – Honeyway – Sabaean Fairway, distaff Selene – Bay Ronald.

Through our recent TBL posts, comments the built-in Type band revolves to itself. 3rd dam of Danzig, Steady Aim (G) (3×4 Cyllene + 2x Carbine ie Martha Lynn/Clemence) where Danzig (sire of Danehill) maintains the framework observing Northern Dancer tail-male to Phalaris – Native Dancer inclusive of Fair Play (ie family 9e @ G Haplotype) – Bay Ronald through Mahmoud – where Natalma is 5×5 Fair Play + Spearmint by Carbine.

It can raise a question what compels other classic and recognizable influences on pedigree. It cannot be directly answered, however curiously we found by Haplotype co-affinity branch through Polymelus (Cyllene) to Hermit (Newminster) (Credit Reference below… see Figure 2 –

https://www.academia.edu/13021482/The_genetic_origin_and_history_of_speed_in_the_Thoroughbred_racehorse

In this scientific light, we find the great influences @ Hermit to Brueleur dam Basse Terre (Fr). Brueleur is the grand-sire of #BT Byerley Turk male line Tourbillon, sire of Djebel whose dam Loika (Fr) has Bay Ronald/Teddy/Ayshire 2x Martha Lynn. Further fun fact: Zabeel’s sire Sir Tristram to Princequillo/Selene through Minoru is Cyllene x Hermit daughter, dam Mother Siegel.

Now to line up Delsey 3rd dam of Too Darn Hot. Delsey 4×5 Tourbillon – 3x Teddy – 5×5 Pharos tail male to Cyllene. @ Broadsiding, to Mr Prospector @4×5 Teddy also of the Sickle from Selene male line. In Distaff Zabeel by Sir Tristram 5×4 Princequillo to 4th dam by Minoru by Cyllene/Hermit – 5×4 Sunny Boy by Jock, a Teddy male line, 3x Bay Ronald – 3rd dam by Friar Marcus/Cicero/Cyllene. Broadsiding distaff as discussed above re Gold Hope (NZ).

Broadsiding has a pedigree that simply Explodes! It will be a very exciting future for this young sire and equally rewarding to watch how his progeny cast an excellent type into the racing world.

“Hereee comes Broadsiding, chiming in!”

He came, he saw, he conquered the J.J. Atkins last year — all the best in retirement to the star! 🌟 #QLDisRacing pic.twitter.com/VPJOSXzQFC
— RaceQ (@RaceQLD) April 22, 2025

Field of chestnut Gold…Cyllene 1895

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In early days pursuing The Thoroughbred interests, there went forum outcries to the Phalaris disease. https://www.pedigreequery.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11081, phalaris lines spell speed at the expense of soundness

Obviously, Phalaris male line made hay…(Nearco)

From insight the remarkable threshold, the male line at grand-father Cyllene is unbelievably staggering. Getting my hands to 1960 New Zealand stallion registries, the spell-binding breeding significance of Cyllene descendants was and is still not to be missed. His lines are seriously present.

Cyllene – Captivation sire of Kircubbin sire of Chateau Bouscaut sire of *The Phoenix & Chanteur

Cyllene sire of Cylgad, sire of Kassala, sire of Pappageno II

Cyllene sire of Bridge of Earn, sire of Bridgemount sire of Foxbridge

Cyllene sire of Polymelus

Cyllene sire of Cicero, sire of Friar Marcus

Cyllene sire of Lemberg

Cyllene sire of Helicon

Cyllene sire of Cellini

Cyllene sire of Minoru, sire of daughter Serenissima dam of SELENE

Phalaris – Pharos sire of Firdaussi

Fairway, sire of Fair Trial: his full brother Pharos sire of Nearco

The Phoenix, best son of Chateau Bouscaut won the Irish 2,000 Guineas and Derby

By references (three stallion registers) what was apparent, then the major influences, to line @Teddy, the strain @ Carbine descendants (Spearmint) and with Hyperion from his dam @Selene (further to her sire-son influences Sickle, Pharamond, Hunter’s Moon )to another @ Bay Ronald’s line through son Dark Ronald & his son Gainsborough.

At tail-male Cyllene to a Teddy cross was ‘pre-present’ to Argentina genetic-giant British Empire (GB) 1937. He was bred by Lord Glanely and sent to Argentina 1940. He won four races as a 2 year old. The Teddy daughter Rose of England won the Oaks. His son Equinox (ARG) cross broodmare sire is Hunter’s Moon (Selene), further distaff influence Carbine (Clemence) +2×3 Hampton by Lord Clifden ex The Slave, Martha Lynn.

The Teddy male-line with Spearmint cross (daughter Plucky Leige) produced Bull Dog (FR) 1927 & Sir Gallahad (FR). Half-Brother Admiral Drake (FR) by Craig an Eran (GB) has broodmare sire Cyllene.

The ‘link’ between Teddy and Cyllene is Bend Or/Tadcaster back to distaff Clemence/Martha Lynn family assigned family 2-h. The Bay Ronald link and tail-line to these superior individuals is back to The Slave distaff of Martha Lynn. (n.b. whilst Martha Lynn families has L4 haplotype, I suspect the predecessor was also part G Haplotype – a formative cross sub-variant type to many Horse breeds.

An Australian Hall of Fame chestnut Heroic was the leading sire in Australian 7 times in succession. Heroic’s racing record speaks for itself – 1st: AJC Champagne S., AJC Derby, VATC Caulfield Guineas, VATC Caulfield S., MVRC W.S. Cox Plate, VRC Newmarket H., WmtnRC Underwood S., AJC Breeders’ Plate, VRC Maribyrnong Plate, Tatt’s NSW Chelmsford S., VRC Ascot Vale (2yo) S., AJC Autumn S., VATC Memsie S. (x2), AJC Cumberland S., MVRC William Reid S., VATC St. George S., VRC King’s Plate, WmtnRC C.F. Orr S.

Remarkably Heroic has 3Sx3 Cyllene, 3x Hampton by Lord Clifden from The Slave/Martha distaff + 4x Bend Or/Tadcaster as prior mentioned. https://www.pedigreequery.com/heroic

TBL favourite character Court Martial (Fair Trial) by @Winkiepop distaff many a time profiles to Australian bred – do note Court Martial has >> 5×5 Cyllene + 5×5 Bay Ronald.

**5×5 Cyllene** + 5×5 Bay Ronald. Broodmare sire of Lyphard!

Re-evaluation upon Cyllene – Bay Ronald and affinities Teddy & Selene goes central. Our antipodean great sire Sir Tristram (Sir Ivor) tail-male Polymelus/Cyllene – 2x Princequillo >Minoru/Cyllene + Bayardo/Bay Ronald + Selene distaff. Sir Tristram’s best son Zabeel from Lady Giselle 2x Hyperion/Selene + 3×4 Sunny Boy > Teddy, 3x Bay Ronald + distaff Friar Marcus/Cicero/Cyllene.

What’s the Nutshell?

Since research here has of late, explores G haplotype in connection of formatting superior Types it is pretty much conclusive what the superior, bred Elite direction is. However, hooking into G Haplotype prepare to be befuddled at Ped. Tables, with literature side-stepping the greater picture; a hybrid-Thoroughbred framework as alone Northern European British bloodstock recorded goes clearly not that simple.

What we need to realize and exploit where probability arises….its pretty obvious by now why, to the Galileo potency. There are more…

As much taken by this sire Isfahan (Ger) https://www.ohlerweiherhof.de/deckhengste/deckhengst_isfahan.php the key-markers are reasonably evident. Leading Juvenile sire in England, among the leading Broodmare Sires in N.A. — Sire of 83+ SW and 10 Champions – headlines 4×4 Sharpen Up, himself of the Sickle/Selene tail-male 5×3 Hyperion/Selene + Carbine (fam.2-h) thru Felstead & Bois Roussel, sire Atan distaff 3rd dam by Fairway, Fair Play through Discovery, Rocchetta’s 4th dam by Pharos. The ‘band’ of ‘G’ genetic Players are all to see viz. Bay Ronald/Dark Ronald ie Birkhahn (Ger), Sickle (particularly Sea Bird),

In an era when we rarely concern ourselves with names beyond the fifth generation, we hardly ever encounter Cyllene. He is further back in pedigrees, and it is no exaggeration to state in all pedigrees. His Derby winners played their part, but the star turn was unquestionably Polymelus, five times champion at stud and sire of Phalaris, the most influential of all 20th century stallions. by Tony Morris https://www.thoroughbredracing.com/articles/3714/tony-morriss-100-shapers-breed-sire-who-became-staple-ingredient/

Cyllene a symmetrical chestnut colt, inherited a wonderful temperament. Cyllene sired four English Derby winners in 1909 and 1910 and also led the Sires List in Argentina. He was a horse that could accelerate more than once during a race and he was able to pass this gift to many of his progeny, especially to his tall son Polymelus. Ken McLean – Quest for a Winner

Cyllene never stops… to be one of the most penetrative potent influences ever and to end this dissertation (its never completed) the most important dam-line to sires in making is designated Reine-de-Course mare Striking (family 1-x). https://www.pedigreequery.com/striking To be Noted, Fair Play – Spearmint – Teddy – Cyllene

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2019 Japan Champion Two-Year-Old Colt 2020 Japan Champion Three-Year-Old Colt 2021 Japan Champion Older Horse 8th Japanese Triple Crown winner (3rd undefeated winner) – Contrail (JPN)

https://www.pedigreequery.com/contrail10

Additional research

https://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/Cyllene.html

meet @ Burnham Square (USA)

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G1 winner Blue Grass Stakes (Keeneland) -3 yo bay gelding, Burnham Square is by Liam’s Map from Scat Daddy dam Linda. https://www.pedigreequery.com/burnham+square

Put a Circle Around Burnham Square in the Blue Grass

What a finish to the Grade One Blue Grass Stakes!🇺🇸

Burnham Square finishes best of all to overhaul a gallant East Avenue on the run for home and land the spoils at Keeneland! pic.twitter.com/PanBRT5A7O
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) April 8, 2025

A victory lap for BURNHAM SQUARE (Liam’s Map) after a remarkable last-to-first effort in Tuesday’s GI Toyota Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland! 🏆

A Whitham Thoroughbreds homebred trained by @IanWilkesRacing, ridden by @b_hernandezjr. pic.twitter.com/hrwcqE8xdf
— TDN (@theTDN) April 8, 2025

Lane’s End stallion profile “Liam’s Map’s pedigree carries only one cross of Northern Dancer in the sixth generation, so his pedigree will be an ideal outcross for mares inbred to Northern Dancer. Since Liam’s Map’s pedigree largely consists of horses bred by or based on pedigrees of horses bred by John Nerud, it should also be beneficial to emphasize female families associated with Nerud other than Aspidistra.”https://lanesend.com/liamsmap

One may nicely critique Liam’s physicality & form to his pedigree. These are exceptional bloodlines by no particular order, Great Above, Ta-Wee, Damascus, Free for All, Intentionally.

As it is & to date – our most recent TBL posts have now highlighted elite prominence to i) Teddy ii) Damascus iii) Selene. With now Secretariat (Cyllene, Teddy, Fair Play). What we’ve accessed is their powerful potency, a critical mass zig-zagging and it strongly suggests G Haplotype.

Burnham Square

(5×4 Mr Prospector > 4×5 Teddy) – Secretariat 7×4 – Damascus 5×6. Liam’s Map to 2nd dam sire Great Above > 4x5Teddy, Ta Wee >3x Fair Play (fam. 9e/G haplotype) & her dam Aspidistra 5×5 Teddy).

Additionally, its noted Liam’s Map has a Champion 2 yo colt Liam’s Crown racing in Mexico. He has 8 for 8 wins inclusive of a G1 & 2024 Clasico Canoa – https://videohipi.co/mexico-4-clasico-canoa-2024-6-1/

https://www.pedigreequery.com/liams+crown

Useful science references

There are as identified two populations with relatively high frequencies of C-alleles (Fulani, 0.33 (Barb type) ; Shetland 1, 0.50 https://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms1644

https://www.academia.edu/figures/43408067/table-1-aus-australia-gb-great-britain-ire-ireland-mstn

The G haplogroup contains a large number of Shetland individualshttps://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7029099/

Secretariat – as never seen before

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What I’ve never been able to define is how a horse can run the 2,400 meters with constant 12″ splits like Secretariat did at the Belmont. Horses aren’t supposed to do that. Lucien Larin (credit https://albatrozusa.blogspot.com/2011/07/lucien-laurin-primeira-parte.html

Secretariat – the Thousand Words which never explain

Of countless social media posts, he is considered the greatest Champion of all time. His Triple Crown racing performances never cease to amaze.

Big Red had the most even and kind disposition than any other horse I ever knew ..he was bold without being aggressive he was a very calm horse he could be playful yet always ready to respond to you
Ron on Secretariat’s temperament – (credit FB Post Secretariat horse lover (group)

his best game was around turns. He could fly around turns: faster than any horse I’ve ever seen, before or since. never saw a horse run as rast as he did that day, from a point leaving the backstretch to the head of the stretch.
Lucien Laurin, Secretariat’s trainer

The Secretariat pedigree and profile has been examined by bloodstock appraisals finest – the X heart gene probably most discussed of all. https://www.horsenation.com/2015/06/04/secretariats-genetic-x-factor-the-secret-to-the-triple-crown/

His extraordinary phenotype was the stride, the physical & ‘alert’ intelligence and the supernatural unexplainable high-performance ability.

55 years ago today, Secretariat was born. HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIG RED ❤️ pic.twitter.com/f1jr1dbRVh
— Claiborne Farm (@claibornefarm) March 30, 2025

The question – where or how does Secretariat breed to, or from.

The perennial complexity is to attempt a little more than usual accounts.

Nowadays science contains wonderful detail; recruit it and the details emerge.

It wasn’t till I discovered different modelling references and their Haplotype outcome to versions, the greater History of the old breed in Thoroughbred, that uncoiled finer and better appreciation that possibly merited and distinguished the great Secretariat.

The complexities and expanse narrowed to a pre-destined Type that was present and bred on, only to appear itself, as G Haplotype inherited through.

It is sum of the Parts and those parts introduces Haplotype: cluster affinities to explore that came surprising. This does not exclude or negate any other superior contributors, (hybrid crosses) but certainly different modelling references and their Haplotype outcomes represent.

Thus constructively, Secretariat unravels just a little more.

Finding the potent Type necessary I’ve often entertained can it appear to many duplications as reinforcement or to, one alone individual. Pedigree discussions are usually towards a Balanced sex arrangement, however there are many pedigrees that are just not so plainly obvious, unless onwards at depth 5th generation beyond.

We do know critical mass of seemingly differing yet ‘same’ source incurs its type, to splay deep the ultimate.

First principle assessment: the pheno-Type expressed & the Haplotype alike affirms the integrity. The integrity of the Thoroughbred, though Hybrid is cross-bred to either those strains or not. It is the responsible Haplotype that aligns and so….

integrity

Secretariat – Cyllene

The ‘Best Horse in the World’ – 5x Cyllene (family 9-e)

Fair Play (family 9-e)

Teddy (family 2-n)

https://www.semanticscholar.org/reader/5fb359a9fede71f9758845e1e8185731813cd972

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340042759_MtDNA_Haplotype_Analysis_in_Dam_Families_of_the_Thoroughbred_Riding_Horses

Cyllene a symmetrical chestnut colt, inherited a wonderful temperament. Cyllene sired four English Derby winners in 1909 and 1910 and also led the Sires List in Argentina. He was a horse that could accelerate more than once during a race and he was able to pass this gift to many of his progeny, especially to his tall son Polymelus.
Designing Speed in the Racehorse – Ken McLean

~~This contempt for Phalaris recalled the time when his own paternal grandfather,~~ Cyllene, was equally despised. Winner of the Ascot Gold Cup (Gr.1), Cyllene had been exported to Argentina in 1908, before obtaining the title of leader in the statistics of winners’ parents in GB in 1909 and 1910. Aware of his mistake, the Crown of England sent a blank cheque to his Argentine owner, Mr. Raúl Chevalier – Haras Ojo de Agua, to retrieve the stallion. The cheque was immediately returned to the sender with the mention: “Sorry, Cyllene is priceless!”. And he stayed in Argentina… ttps://purosanguedecorrida.blogspot.com/search?q=cyllene

Comprehending Haplotye G – Cyllene alike influence is to take insights at Secretariat’s grand-dam Imperatrice.

Imperatrice has 4s x 7d Cyllene, its supporting pheno @ Haplotype G/family9-b has Dark Ronald + Teddy, family 2-n.

Secretariat’s dam Somethingroyal by Princequillo to Princequillo distaff, dam Mindful by Minoru by Cyllene.

Secretariat’s sire Bold Ruler: – through sire Under Fire (GB) 9-f distaff contributor + Fair Play (fam. 9-e) and the sire, Tail-Mail to Cyllene.

Numerously – integral lines are also heavily influenced by Bend Or where by the GSB stands its status-quo versus assertion (by science) Doncaster is Tadcaster, in factoring Clemence. Clemence (Martha Lynn) @ Haplotype L4. (Here, it is suggested the above shown Haplotype Tables G:L are co-affinity albeit ‘minimal’ occurrence, yet let’s say it certainly exists!) The Neolithic horse was G haplotype first, the whatever domestic breeding development L4.

By various documentations, both book references and scientific summary, leads a conclusion that the ‘waves’ of thoroughbred development are much longer than one can appreciate readily. Most English modern thoroughbred history has been examined to its 300-yr ‘history’ upon closure’ GSB and with that context, goes no further, thence as so speed-gene appears confined. https://www.equisport.pt/en/news/horse-racing/the-speed-of-the-thoroughbred-derives-from-the-shetland/

Bower et al. (2011) investigated the maternal origins of the Thoroughbred in context with a number of British and Irish pony breeds.
The G haplogroup contains a large number of Shetland individuals.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7029099/

Exploration of what classic-speed (a fast pace with stamina to do so) is to maintain upon an integrity, that has been rather narrated or defined to the source, Shetland.

As afore commented @ the G Haplotype, ‘it’ ancestral-central to the species. And one can find & naturally… stems to many across type bred. It it was already there…the prominent G haplotype has large phenotype landscape, again duly the ancestral state.

The “G” haplotype is one of the recognized mtDNA haplogroups in all horses yet further an inner ‘core’ to the modern superior thoroughbred.

It is remarkable that Ken McLean (australian bloodstock writer) indicated by his (then) much important research where Ken prompted those individuals to figuring those and to a period-in-time before Haplotypes were scientifically revealed.

He reveals…

“Cyllene and his son Polymelus have pedigree patterns skewed towards stamina whereas their male descendants Phalaris and Pharos have pedigree patterns reflecting a lot more fast fiber muscle, muscle type essential for early-maturing speed”.

“Since Polymelus descends in female line from Brown Bess, I need to show the relationship he has with Carbine, sire of English Derby winner Spearmint. The genetic connection is quite important. When the strains of Polymelus and Spearmint were united, it produced outstanding stakes winners, among the the Tesio-bred champion Nearco, the father of Nearctic, Nasrullah, Royal Charger and Dante”.

“Bend Or’s chestnut son Bona Vista (also the sire of Cyllene) is a vital link in the evolution of speed”.

How Secretariat goes recognized in today’s pedigree hallmarks more towards @G Haplotype much more than one can possibly suspect.

Best, fine example is Japan’s globe trotter colt Forever Young – 2024 Saudi G1 winner and 2025 winner to defeat another very fine racehorse in Romantic Warrior (IRE) https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/283184/forever-young-leads-worlds-best-racehorse-rankings

On pedigree, Forever Young has 5×5 Secretariat – 4x Somethingroyal.

Alzao (USA) broodmare sire of Deep Impact has family 9-h (Haplotye G2) Forever Young’s distaff to family 9 (Clever Trick) and his distaff 2-b dam Forever Darling refers reserves the G Haplotype (n.b. Haplotype table above.) The broodmare sire Congrats (USA) has distaff & 4x multiple to La Troienne family, a daughter of Teddy (fam 2-N) with 10x Teddy.

Secretariat challenged beliefs what a racehorse could do and as sire both the public or commercial expectations ran high “no pressure Red, but….”.

Curiously, he did lay the genetic framework – the lines that place integrity, are as follows:

Let’s see – Australian bred Kingston Rule, a Melbourne Cup race record with a time of 3:16:3 (Secretariat – Rose of Kingston by Claude 6x Cyllene + 2nd dam sire Better Boy, family 2N, daughter Terlingua > Friar Rock (fam. 9e) + Selene whose dam is by Minoru by Cyllene.

General Assembly – at 2 yrs, 1st Hopeful S. @ 3 yrs 1st Travers S.(G1,Sar) – 6×6 Fair Play + Sickle (by Phalaris/Polymeus/Cyllene from Selene

Secretariat daughter – 1986 Horse of the Year, Lady’s Secret from dam Great Lady M has 5x Selene + 10x Cyllene + 3x Teddy

Terlingua – Friar Rock – Menow – Teddy – 8x Cyllene & there, to her son Storm Cat …6x Fair Play – 12x Bend Or – 9x Cyllene + Bull Lea (the line of Teddy) + Chop Chop (the line of Teddy) + Sun Again (the line of Teddy)

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references:

Designing Speed in the Racehorse – Ken McLean

Links cited as above.

TBL post – Secretariat and Carbine, ad infinitum

https://www.bloodlines.net/TB/PedigreeMatters/Fams/EquineGeneticGenealogy.htm (n.b.this Link is down, but are charts referred).

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April 18, 2025

In early days pursuing The Thoroughbred interests, there went forum outcries to the Phalaris disease. https://www.pedigreequery.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=11081, phalaris lines spell speed …

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meet @ Burnham Square (USA)

April 13, 2025

G1 winner Blue Grass Stakes (Keeneland) -3 yo bay gelding, Burnham Square is by Liam’s Map from Scat Daddy dam …

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Secretariat – as never seen before

April 9, 2025

What I’ve never been able to define is how a horse can run the 2,400 meters with constant 12″ splits …

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The MSTN “speed gene” was present in some ancient horses

Homozygous means the horse has two copies of the sprint version of the gene.

But it gets Tricky…

Ancient horses had some sprint‑related MSTN changes, but not the modern version (the SINE insertion) that is strongly associated with elite sprinting in today’s breeds.

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Full Mast retired to stud in Argentina, currently stands https://www.turfdiario.com/post/de-la-breeders-cup-al-ring-de-ventas-gran-mu%C3%B1eca-da-un-nuevo-paso-en-su-historia Haras Gran Muneca

🏆 Racing Career Highlights

Major Wins

Other Notable Performances

Career Record (France, USA, Canada)

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📊 Timeform Ratings Overview

🏆 2025 Velká Pardubická Victory Highlights

🐎 Background & Pedigree

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Wild Event was a five-time Champion Sire and transitioned into a top-tier broodmare sire:

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🔍 Qualitative Impact

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Recent Highlights

Sales Impact

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A sires’ breeding success is the pivotal evaluation for his genotype domination. Come 2026 Golden Slipper the showcase for Australia Group 1 racing for two year old progeny running over 1200 metre turf.

🧬 The Leading Stallions by Number of Entries

📊 Sprint vs. Stamina Distribution (Top 10 Sires)

🧬 Additional Sires with Notable Representation

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🏇 Racing Highlights:

🧬 Pedigree

🐎 Stud Career:

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Nitrogen (US)

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