RIPCORD – winner, Placid Ark stakes 1200m @ Ascot (Western Australia) 3yo chestnut gelding by Written By – Single in London ex-Not a Single Doubt f.f. 5-d, Haplotype B1a. (Pedigree)

Electrifying!💥

(the TBL blog indicates Australian wonder mare Dark Jewel (*Star Kingdom), dam of Baguette grand-sire of Rorys Jester >> Ripcord 5sx4d

He (Ripcord) has a big motor. (Luke Fernie)

Just by looking at him, you know he is something special (Luke Fernie)

Ripcord as Weanling – Photo link HERE>

Ripcord purchased @2021 Gold Coast National Weanling Sale: A$40,000.

The Supreme sire Star Kingdom 7S x 8S x 9s x 9s x 8S x 8D x 8d x 6D – Biscay, Noholme, Fairy Dream, Kaoru Star & Dark Jewel.

‘weedy small foal with the worst legs when born’ – Star Kingdom’s breeder

*Star Kingdom – Champion Australian Sire 5 times.
Champion Australian Sire of juveniles six times, Champion Broodmare sire three times.

Star Kingdom was a small, muscular chestnut stallion. He stood only 15.1 hand high but had pronounced forearms, a long back and typified the fast fibre muscle type. Because of his diminutive state, commercial breeders did not flock to him during his initial years. For a little horse he carried big weights. (reference Designing Speed in the Racehorse, Ken McLean)

The research points what factors genotype to carry Weight at classic Speed?

Numerous excellent references on Star Kingdom reviews classic pedigree inheritance from St Angela (dam of St Simon and Angelica, the dam of Orme). The classic winners Pilgrimage and Canterbury Pilgrim and speed from the dominant mare Sanda, dam of Sainfoin and Sierra f.f.2-g @ Haplotype L4.

The challenge for breeders has been determining how to best identify merit in race horses.

https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-animal-020420-035235

By Haplotype, specific chunks @ Haplotype share ‘relationship’. Reviewing Haplotype by pedigree considers a truer, stronger framework and the key-marker, or characteristics to pass on.

Star Kingdom -influenced by 5s x 6d x 6D Gallinule (f.f. 19-c) + Gallinule’s sire Isonomy f.f. 19. Though the stud-book Tables of Pedigree has 19 family denoted to ancestress Tuberose, the family 19 is nevertheless categorized by 4 individual Haplotype Groups – mainly Haplotype H, I2a2, L2b1a & a Haplotype L4 (1 Australasian)).

Designated f.f.19-c as Star Kingdom’s broodmare grand-sire dam Electra appears to be, Merry Dancer Haplotype L2b1a (inconclusive)

A remarkable distinction factor must matter and favourite character is Papyrus, the son of Tracy, a Sainfoin male line. His daughter Cosquilla is the dam of Princequillo. Daughter Honey Buzzard dam of Honeyway & Barbara Burrini – grand-dam of Ribot.

• Star Kingdom’s 2nd dam Thoughtless by sire Papyrus from Miss Matty (Marcovil #GA male line). She, the Female family 16-f, **Simonath. (** @Simonath – the Irish Eclipse Harkaway (unaccounted to) where Harkaway appears 4×4, ex- Harkaway son & daughter Queen Bee. It is considered Harkaway a dynamic influence to St Simon via Harkaway son, King Tom

Further Papyrus influence > Ribot, Princequillo. >>@ Ripcord > Last Tycoon, Brocco, Tobougg (P), Danehill . Tobougg (R)

Overall, Star Kingdom takes 9 strains through St Simon. The Harkaway mare, The Golden Horn via Orpheus dam Electra. Harkaway mare Queen Bee, son King Tom > Papyrus. Harkaway – family 2 @ L4 – the mare, Chestnut Thornton – 3x D’Arcy’s Yellow Turk (thoroughbred foundation sire) from a Burton Barb mare

Ripcord – his dam’s Haplotype B1a (f.f.5-d) and with affinity to Star Kingdom influences with female family 5-i & 5-j @ Haplotype B1a thru 4×4 Sunstar, Minoru & White Eagle B1a. The Haplotype B1a also affiliates as key marker with sire The Palmer to his daughter Pilgrimage (f.f.1-g) – the dam family of Star Kingdom.

Ripcord’s undeniable genetic influence to Wilkes/Court Martial/Fair Trial echoes the finest of Australian breeding. It is pointless to perfect one Haplotype as alone responsible for each are to metabolism – a fact of genetics fascinating and endless.

Fair Trial family #9c considered highest performance ‘speed’ character alongside Royal Charger, Nasrullah, Mahoud , Kalamoun the genetic cousins assigned Haplotype L1a. Interesting to the Gallinule #19-c factor influence to Fair Trials distaff.

Court Martial (Fair Trial) is immense and it is the 3x Sanda character dam of Sainfoin, grand-dam Sundridge (f.f.2-g Haplotype L4) alongside 23x Pocahontas f.f. 3-n, Haplotype L2b1a that cements a classic pedigree.

• Court Martial’s son Wilkes (f.f. 13-c) has Haplotype I2a1 and where it gets very interesting to this particular Haplotype character alongside 2x Rory’s Jester are by collective Haplotype impact. ie all #13 branches in particular noting Rory J. > Crown Jester #13e & Roan Rocket #13c Haplotype I2a1.

Relic sire of another wonder mare Coogee dam of Bletchingly with Relic by War Relic a #GA/GB line as is Court Martial’s b/m sire Hurry On.

• Coogee (Relic from ***Last Judgement ex-Fair Trial

• Relic – Relic’s grand-son Roan Rocket b/m sire of Rory Jester

Bletchingly – Australian Champion Sire 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82
Australian Champion Juvenile Sire 1987-88
Sire of Kingston Town/Emancipation/Canny Lad/Canny Lass/Best Western/Mr Tiz & more

*** Last Judgement (f.f.7a) daughter Coogee astonishingly, carries a Harkaway daughter strain. (same @ S.K. above) The Golden Horn thru Spion Kop (Spearmint/Carbine) his 2nd dam Concussion (f.f.19-c) by Reverberation from dam by Harkaway.

It will suggest the Ripcord pedigree /Haplotype(s ) has an intricacy beyond all.

The quintet of super sires (super bulls) is testimony to the proven genetic law of prepotency or Mendelian dominance.

Ross du Bourg – The Australian and New Zealand thoroughbred

(n.b. Ross Du Bourg’s comprehensive workings went to placing out Supreme Dominator, Supreme Shapers & 8 Gradings contributors as a Breed Design, a ratified prepotent explosion mating formula)

Footnote:

i) Star Kingdom’s great influence, article (link here)

ii) Star Kingdom (link here)

iii) Star Kingdom (link here)

The nucleus relationship of a true compelling Type – Star Kingdoms dynastic genotype influences the Australian bred generation(s) ahead.

Ripcord sire Written By – http://widden.com/stallions/written-by/, Note = Written By carries a 2x Haplotye L4 through 4th dam sire Godswalk ex-Lusciana.

Harkaway: Harkaway’s influence via his very, very few bred daughters and among those was Austrey, bred into eminent pedigree line Lonhro. Chautauqua – a Harkaway male line My Lud (GB), 2nd broodmare sire of Kilbroney, exported to New Zealand and a remarkable sire. (n.b. it is plus & how interesting that Chautauqua female pedigree is influenced by Relic and Godswalk + Fair Trial, Ribot

Dubawi G1 winning colt Henry Longfellow (IRE) from a female line of a Harkaway daughter Chaseaway as is Lombard sire of Allegretta, grand-dam of Galileo. Both f.f. 1-d