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few months back we turned these pages – https://www.tattersalls.com/sales/october-yearling-sale-book-2
There is an impression of a seismic revival still coming in Europe.
Its not difficult diagnosing where this stallion fires potency: Wilkes & Star Kingdom., diverse potential alone in Star Appeal that hopefully breeders’ twig upon Herbager (Vatout) male-line where its haplotype pins inclusive to Hornbeam (see, Lunchtime) to Boris Roussell by Vatout.
Major influences plus Nijinksy, 2x Forli, yet for another latent potential also heads Papyrus: find him in >> Star Kingdom/Canny Lad, Biscay/ Princequillo, Fappiano/Advocate, Forli/ Ribot, Danehill.
🐴Papyrus – (ex posts Tagline Papyrus 
🐴🐴Wilkes – (ex posts Tagline Wilkes
🐴🐴🐴Musket.
Musket fashionable blood of the colony produced antipodean lines phenomenal. Musket lines where a ‘breed’ of their own and his phenotype simply old-stock built. He won at distances up to 3 miles.
🐴Sent to New Zealand in 1878. Died in 1885.
Leading Australian sire 1886, 1889, and 1891
History has Musket was destined to be shot by the gun-wielding breeder Lord Glasgow, who roamed the fields with his gun upon yearlings or horses he deemed unsatisfactory. He was saved by the courage of a young boy whom foresighted his destiny. https://www.kingsoftheturf.com/1885-nordenfeldt-guns-them-down/
Musket in breeding contribution far exceeds. RE-VISITING research to find Nijinsky’s dam Flaming Top by Man O’ War & 3rd dam by the Musket grand-son Torpoint goes to that strong head. Nijinsky was considered throwing to his dam side rather than his sire, Northern Dancer. Flaming Page has 4x Musket thru sons Trenton & Carbine.
(as was) reflected “a great many ‘judges’ who spend their time attempting to find physical fault with the very best racehorses may have missed the champion feel about Nijinsky. One person who did not was Vincent O’Brien. Maybe the colt was just a little sickle-hocked but that somehow was immaterial. credited, Nijinksy – Blue Riband sire, Lesley Sampson.
As Musket lines merge @ distaff – significant 3x Musket in distaff dam Ingoda (NZ) family 8. Again Canny Lad’s 5th Dam Triplane (Aus) 3x Musket + 4 in male-line thru grandson Spearmint.
He is a sire of a past and future and DIAGONISTIC accounts yesteryear foretold…
Quest for a Winner/ Ken McLean – (Ken McLean) always admired ^Princequillo (Prince Rose-Cosquilloa by Papyrus, son of Tracery) as the most fundamental genotype for upgrading a female line. Princequillo was a genetic phenomen and ideally correct in conformation. He could not understand why the Star Kingdom strain has not been used by American breeders to cross with the Princequillo strain, nor why the British and French came slow in realising existing potential between Star Kingdom’s genotype with that then suggested (Prince Chevalier.) Credit reference Quest for a Winner/ Ken McLean
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