2023 Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner 3 year old colt – Ace Impact (Ire)
Ace Impact is by Cracksman from Absolutely Me (FR) ex- Annabaa Blue (GB). Female Family 12-g. (pedigree). His dam, Absolutely Me, was stakes placed in Germany.
A track record win (2.02.63) @ G1 Prix du Jockey Club that well-showed his superb versatility – the competitive will with a breathtaking turn of foot.
There is no question that Ace Impact represents the morphological type that can captivate breeders best imagination. The colt emanates the class and superiority. As both inherently interconnected, the Ace Impact athletic performance encompasses both phenotype and genotype qualities.
Below, Ace Impact as a yearling. He sold for 75k euros. 👇👇👇
The geno lies in thoroughly exploring key female families. With use of haplotype tables upon breeding tables, a basic principle, homozygosity appears. It is further finding past influential sire(s) infused ‘deep’ into genetic selection. The significance of both the sire and dam in the breeding process cannot be underestimated.
A fine young sire Cracksman (Frankel) (stallion video), Cracksman (credentials) siring fillies Weracruz (GER) 2200m winner in Germany, Aloa (GB) , 2yo G2 winner in Italy, Dance in the Grass (2yo winner), Cracksmania (winner @ 2100m) and to colts, Czech winner (2200m) 3yo colt Charpentier (FR), with subject horse Ace Impact.
Cracksman carries a C:C profile. Cracksman is from the female family 9-C better genetically known as Mumtaz Mahal alongside half-sister Lady Juror their dam Lady Josephine.
Identifying the 9C family by Ace Impact dam’s pedigree reveals Fair Trial, Nasrullah, Tudor Minstrel. Add – Mahmoud’s influence through Northern Dancer & Royal Charger through Hail to Reason + Abernant (champion sprinter) via Derring-Do.
| Fair Trial | 7x |
| Nasrullah | 10x |
| Tudor Minstrel | 5x |
| Mahmoud | 8x |
| Royal Charger | 4x |
By Haplotype tables, the family 9-C is attributed to L1a, (n.b. proviso pedigree record lineages are correct! Clearly #family9C is distinctive from majority of other 9 families – those sharing to a G2 haplotype.
We now explore the female family 9-h as its influence to Ace Impact is definitive.
Her name is Allegretta (GB) – designated a reine-de-course mare and dam of Urban Sea. Allegretta’s pedigree has family 9-h – the influence of 2x Alchimist, Agio, adding to her 9-h distaff. The haplotype assigned G2.
Ace Impact has 2x Allegretta 5sx4d.
Yet there comes another f.f.9-h or G2. A past sire that are genetics exceptional to crack a superior pedigree.
Honeyway (GB) was a brilliant sprinter yet could take further distance to 10 furlongs, beating top-class middle distance performers. He sired Great Nephew a champion miler in France and was twice the champion sire in England. Honeyway is grand-sire of Grundy and the ill-fated Shergar. Honeyway’s full sister Winning Ways was a dam of 7 winners and the 3rd dam to Argentina genetic monster Cipyao (ARG).
All n’ all Honeyway genetics come profound and exceptionally influential as the inducted Australasian Hall of Fame 48 starts for 34 wins, the great Sunline (NZ) proved.
Honeyway is heavily influenced by, & with significant haplotype placing…
- Pocahontas 27x (dam of King Tom) L2b1a
- St Simon 5x – Lady Angela dam I2a1
- King Tom 8x – L2b1a
- Harkaway 9x – Chestnut Thornton L4
- Voltigeur 12x – Martha Lynn L4
- Lord Clifden – 6x – Martha Lynn L4
- Sainfoin 4×5 – L4
To Ace Impact pedigree – Honeyway is the 3rd dam sire of Diesis , a champion 2yo (also, full brother Kris) – 2nd dam sire of Ace Impact dam, Absolutely Me.
Finally note well, the female family 1-W. It is attributed by Haplotype to L2b1 or L2b1a. Having long noting its presence as ‘up-grader’ phenomena there is some consideration why or how, it marks breeding.
– Ace Impact @ f.f. 1-W (aka Marchetta family by Marco #GA Godolphin Arabian) as identified to 2x Bustino the 3rd dam sire and 2nd dam sire of Pivotal. Alciydon (GB), his full brother Acropolis are f.f.1-W. Where it gets very interesting is an unseen #GA familial character integrated to Honeyway through broodmare sire Papyrus by Marcovil/Marco. Papyrus is the sire of Miss Matty and unbelievably also (we’ve just found) ancestral influenced by lineage, a Harkaway daughter.
Marchetta and Miss Matty hence are both Marcovil by Marco #GA lines, daughters.
Papyrus praise!! (side note: not to widely recognized, but oh my how he delivered to his daughter Barabara Burrini, dam of Tesio’s Romanella dam of Ribot. Here , Papyrus is found to Reliance b/m sire Diesis: 7x Princequillo as b/m sire : influences Annabaa Blue, Riverman, Sir Gaylord, Cozzene, et al.
Our reviewing winners by Cracksman , the progeny akin (ex. Honeyway) to those as identified above. It is Honeyway thru Diesis for mine has absolute key genetic influence to this extraordinary 3yo colt as named Ace Impact (IRE).
Ace Impact is a genetic masterpiece.
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