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TBL Profile – Argentinian bred, Butterfing – 3 year old grey colt G1 winner 2026 Gran Premio de Honor.
The Gran Premio de Honor (Copa Julio y Carlos Menditeguy) – the prestigious Group 1 horse race held at the Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is a 2000-meter dirt race for horses three years old and older, a key fixture in the Argentine racing calendar. The race is often held around April/May and is a major test of endurance and speed.
- Surface: Dirt (Arena).
- Distance: 2000 meters.
- Location: Hipódromo de Palermo.
- Eligibility: 3-year-olds and older.
- Importance: A high-level Group 1 race (G1), often part of the Palermo Oro Championship.
- The race is highly regarded in South American turf racing and attracts top-tier horses from the region.
This is a great grand-sire line of Storm Cat; to colt sire Angiolo (ARG), a G1 sprinter ANGIOLO — Haras El Paraiso 5×4 Halo, 3x Northern Dancer, grandsons blue-hen Almahmoud.
Angliolo’s sire Grand Reward (USA) sire of Argentine champions G 1 mare Bellagamba and sire, Legion de Honor and Peruvian champion mare Smart Choice and sprinter, Toruk
@ Angiolo’s dam/distaff to Ringaro (USA) Caro (sire-line) and General (Fr) Brigadier Gerard (GB) sire-line: A Train Express – Grey Sovereign & Vilmorin powerhouse ).
(notes: Brigadier Gerard, a genuine stayer – and not to be overlooked, appears to upgrade: arises genuine stock & vigour – contemporary influence in Deep Impact (JPN) (Queen’s Hussar) & Ka Ying Rising (NZ).
Brigadier Gerard “with horses like Brigadier Gerard distance makes no difference” (Alec Head)
by Queen’s Hussar: Good miler, tough, sound, courageous; truly made particularly good limbs; ran up rather light in training; good but not too docile temperament. Resembled Fairway more than any other horse in his pedigree; later proved good sire; Brigadier Gerard, Highclere; at best on firm going.
March Past. Tough, sou,d genuine racehorse 6-8f. w.f.a. and top handicap class; well made but lacking quality, proflific and versatile of winners of all types and distances; good temperament; raced for three seasons; not typical of any particular horse in his pedigree, stock mostly good handicappers, but never sent top clss mares.
Petition. Top racer, at 2,3,4, years won Eclipse, New Stakes etc. Successful sire; tall horse, well made, good temperament, sound and courageous, sired most milers.
Jojo. Typical of her sire Vilmorin, strong, sprinting type, well made, good limbs and head, sound, won small 5.f. race at 3 years, first-class broodmare to all types of stallions; stock markedly superior to herself, distance of stock relative to that of good sires, good temperament.
Vilmorin. Top class sprinter won King’s Stand Stakes. In build typical of sire Gold Bridge, strong, well-made sprinter-type, kind and courageous, good sire of fast horses and sound.
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Attentive@ broodmare sire Candy Ride (ARG): and why Candy Ride (ARG) soars his potency has the stout acclaimed Sans Tares (GB) female family. She is quite an influence: Washington DC International S. winner 1) Worden and 2) Wilkes winner of the Prix Edgard de la Charme and Champion Australian Sire 3 times; additionally, the line to influential sire Le Fabuleux (Wild Risk), winner of 1964 French Derby, French champion 3yo male.
Candy Ride’s elite sire status, 🏆🏆🏆Gun Runner (USA) – pedigree influence summary (Candy Ride × Giant’s Causeway × Fappiano cross). Sire of Emerging Market (USA) ➡️ with victory in the louisiana derby, emerging market could be the next important sire prospect from candy ride | bloodstock in the bluegrass -2023 chestnut colt (4×4 Fappiano – 5d x5d In Reality) with an immediate impact on the track. Undefeated in two starts, won on debut, Maiden Special Weight at 8f on dirt in 1:39.11, then jumped straight into stakes company at three, capturing Louisiana Derby (G3) at 9.5f.
Wherever Storm Cat: its the blue-hen Somethingroyal (dam Secretariat), to Sir Gaylord from Somethingroyal. ie Storm Cat & Bates Motel
The clear conduit in Secretariat’s broodmare sire🏇 ‘Princequillo’ as so, Sir Gaylord.
Transforms to Butterfing’s noted distaff: the consistent, distinguished immortal Princequillo male line, Prince et al family. It is a male line to St Simon, its classic type awfully caught by tragedy and War.
The Prince Rose line spent in genetic exile a good part of the time between its ultimate founder, Persimmon, and its latter-day paradigmatic models, Princequillo, Prince Rose and Prince Chevalier, who have stimulated it again as an indispensable component of classic pedigrees. (Varola)
Butterfing (ARG) well represents the prestigious lineages; characterized by exceptional sires in building excellence.
Credit references @ Brigadier Gerard ex- John Hislop book Breeding for Racing 1976
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