3yo gelding: Cosmic Speed (Querari – Cosmic Dream (Saf) ex- Silvano (Ger).

The pedigree places 5×4 Lyphard + 4×5 Surumu where a continuing impact of these two sires can easily be described as dominant.

Working deep to these above lines revolves their genetic re-appearance with formidable bloodlines as described below,

Lyphard (Nothern Dancer) dam Goofed by i) Court Martial ii) 5×5 Chouberski (#BT)

Surumu – a Bay Ronald sire line – Tantieme – Relic – Hyperion

Painstaking, intelligent, sometimes intuitive choice of a maternal grandsire can lead to the creation of celebrated nicks, where the blending of two sire names leads to the production of a new, superior brand of racing animal.

Ross du Bourg (Primacy of the Genes)

As “nuts and bolts,” pedigree the lineages have extensive influences yet for a certain prominence in the ‘few’ emerge as exceptional.

One must be on a constant watch for emergent genetic affinities.

The principle requires what may exert tremendous influential trait, through the contemporary pedigree, to a well-considered pre-potency quality.

Here, we discuss

🐴Court Martial by Fair Trial (Fairway)

TBL did not know the Court Martial pedigree template was beforehand evident. There was a chestnut stallion by the name of Way In (GB) by Fairway and he was exported to Italy. He produced a good quality steeplechaser by the name of Galatian (GB) and a Italian mare Feiro De Rio. Feiro De Rio was a G1 Oaks winner and produced Feria, a champion 3yo filly in Italy – she produced the US bred Gyr & Berkut (both by Sea Bird). Berkut produced Alydars Best, a G1 winner at 2 years. Gyr produced a G1 winning French bred son, Bon Sang (Fr).

Renowned Pedigree analyst Harold Hampton considered the Fair Trial thoroughbred pedigree as ideal.

Fair Trial – a high class English sprinter-miler who could carry his speed to 10 furlongs. He was a burnished chestnut with a prominent white blaze and three white socks.

Fair Trial – ranks as the most influential all-purpose sire line to make their mark. The Fair Trial line produced outstanding sprinters and milers, in addition to many winners of Derbies, Oak, St Legers, Quineas, weight-forage, 2mile handicaps and ever the Melbourne, Caulfield and Doombden Cups.

Fair Trial was an imposing individual, combining quality and strength who turned a foot out, a trait often discernible in his descendants. He got a consistent stream of good racehorses, whose salient quality was speed, and passed on his beautiful temperament to nearly all of his stock. – John Hislop

The Fair Trial earliest influences are ‘built’ to Cosmic Speed distaff @ 9×8, following on thru his son Court Martial 3rd dam sire of Elliodor (FR) – 2x Goofed – son Petition, 2nd dam sire of Danzig.

Fair Trial son Fairthorne (IRE) was a tremendous influence to the South African studbook as leading sire six times. The male line continued with F.T grandson Damask the 5th dam sire of Cosmic Speed.

(n.b. the classic-speed traits – what serve world calibre distinction are immersed in lines (ie Lyphard’s Court Martial/Goofed/Chouberski) came coeval. The 1951 French bred Court Martial son Affreux who served successfully in Australia, had produced the middle distance freak racing machine Winfreux. Winfreux was a holder of three Australian time records for the old imperial distance through 8 1/2 furlongs 9 furlongs and 11 furlongs and winner of 21 black-type races. Somewhat alike...Winfreux’s sire Affreux by Court Martial – to Chouberski male line in Hotweed (FR) 3rd dam sire at distaff. Hotweed’s siring son Pearlweed was exported to Argentina.

Family photo profiles of Fair Trial (here)

Surumu (Ger)

Leading sire in Germany 1984. A German Derby winner defeating the runner -up by 4 lengths. Ken Mclean (Designing Speed in the Racehorse) points to Surumu’s 3rd dam’s in-breeding to Sierra and Sainfoin (from Sanda) then further to Papyrus. Fair Trial takes 5×5 Sanda through Sainfoin and Sundridge.

Influences @Hyperion thru Owen Tudor ➡️➡️➡️male-descendant , Spanish Air (GB) whom stood in South Africa. Distaff 4th dam, Have Faith 4×5 Owen Tudor. OT ➡️Blushing Groom to the 5x Owen Tudor to multiples 8x Selene, dam of Hyperion.

Refinement is Subtle – 6×6 Herbager sire of Big Spruce (USA) & daughter Ballade (USA) dam of Devil’s Bag, champion 2yo colt. Herbager is 4x5x5 to Phalaris and the b/m sire Sainfoin affinity is apparent. What needs to be pointed out is that Herbager is a male line to Bosworth (from dam Selene) further to male-line Bay Ronald (as noticeably, Surumu).

Surumu x Court Martial 3x male crosses are ‘in’ typology to Bay Ronald.

Here, was a potential stallion from a different sire line that might just suit North American bloodlines. Ken McLean on ‘Bull’ Hancock’s calculated risk to purchase Herbager.

@ The Thoroughbred Link – research