We continue to examine the significance of ‘Blandford’ genetics. (last post link)
In the context of establishing modern pedigrees, Blandford’s influences are mainly examined to standardization @ Nasrullah (specifically Mahmoud by Blenheim) and Royal Charger (notably Mumtaz Begum by Blenheim), particularly in relationship to the female family line 9-c. There, goes an appreciation with ✅Northern Dancer, Halo, et al.
Exploring further Blandford/Blenheim diversity, it is lines Honour and Glory (Relaunch) when he shuttled to Australia and Argentina for 12 seasons and the remaining years at stud in Uruguay. Notably, his 3rd dam sire Correlation is from Blenheim’s male line, the pedigree also influenced to The Axe by Mahmoud/Blenheim through Relaunch.
(#Godolphin Barb) male line, Honour & Glory sired Brazil’s 2014 leading sire Put it Back, the sire of 2025 G3 winner, 4 yr old Master of Puppets (BRZ) https://www.abcpcc.com.br/noticias/post/maronas-no-sino-master-of-puppets-fatura-g3-e-vai-ao-gp-latinoamericano
https://www.pedigreequery.com/master+of+puppets4
Master of Puppet‘s broodmare sire Wild Event takes 5x Blandford – Blenheim, dam Udaipur, Reine Isaure, His Grace @ 6th dam/distaff. Sire of Wild Event, Wild Again (USA) @3rd dam Clovelly (USA) > 3×2 Blandford.
Wild Event was a five-time Champion Sire and transitioned into a top-tier broodmare sire:
- Champion Sire titles: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018 https://www.americanclassicpedigrees.com/wild-event.html
As brood mare sire (he, Wild Event) to dam Variety Lady (BRZ) gets superb G1 filly Special Do Iguassu (BRZ) by Forestry (Storm Cat) has 11x Blenheim + as above.
Deceased at 29 years Crimson Tide (USA) was exported to Brazil and leaves his mark to most recent G1 winner 2025 Obataye (by Courtier USA (Pioneer of the Nile) https://www.abcpcc.com.br/noticias/post/um-campeao-inesgotavel-obataye-brilha-no-gp-matias-machline-abcpcc-classica-g1. Whilst Obataye > 4×4 Unbridled, the pedigree foretells Blandford daughter Wild Violet, dam of Wild Risk (FR) sire of Le Fabuleux (FR), b/m sire Unbridled.
Through multiple, amass lines @Blandford, Crimson Tide (USA) @ 10x > Blenheim, Dalmary, Umidwar, Brantome, Armoise.
Crimson Tide –Premio Ribot (Ity-G2)[1600m,Grosser Preis von Düsseldorf (Ger-G2)[1700mT,Dus], September S. (GB-G3)[2400m.
@ Argentina racing – the three year old colt The Great Racing (ARG), winner of 2025 G1 Gran Premio, Dol Mil Guineas (1600m) by The Great Day (ARG) from a mare by Honour & Glory has https://pasionturfistica.com.ar/the-great-racing-gusto-en-el-g-p-dos-mil-guineas-g1/.
@Chile racing – three year old G1 filly @ 1500m Diosa Del Rock (Timojin USA) . 4th dam Advertising 4×4 Mahmoud by Blenheim + 4x Northern Dancer
Chefs classic-sire Blandford echoes Madame Vullier (took over Aga Khan breeding) “My magic is science. My art is genealogy. A good pedigree reads to me as a Bach fugue sounds to a musician. It’s heredity that’s winning, not the horse. What difference does it make what the horse looks like, so long as he has the correct genealogy?” Quote credit – https://time.com/archive/6832622/sport-my-magic-is-science/
these Excerpts below, also astutely observe, what is the mastering...
Blandford🏆🏆🏆
At the center of our line-up, we find precisely the classics, that is, those that achieve perfect balance, which, as everyone knows, is a very rare thing and in fact, during the whole of this century, very few products belonging to an even more restricted number of strains have managed to rise to this coveted foot:
Swynford, Blandford, Blenheim
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Isonomy has maintained its very refined classical expression and has, in this century, at least seven fundamental by – Swynford, Blandford, Blenheim (3x Isonomy), Donatello II, Alycidon, Big Game and Ticino
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We have here a situation in which it is easy to see that Blandford made his influence felt through his plurality of descendants of which Blenheim represents only one among many, although it is the most important
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Therefore, a breeder who reasons in practical terms must not only search for Blenheim’s blood but also Blandford’s and even Swynford’s, when he presents himself, by any other way than Blandford.
Above excerpts Credit, @ https://purosanguedecorrida.blogspot.com/search?q=blandford
Like no other influence – Blushing Groom (Fr) >5x4x5 Blandford + 2x Blenheim + Northern Dancer/Mahmoud by Blenheim = CANDY STRIPES (ARG). B/m sire Influence@ Gun Runner (USA) 4×5 Blushing Groom + 3x Northern Dancer. By Gun Runner, the ill-fated mare Echo Zulu (G1 filly at 2years & G1 at 4 years) thru her dam Letgomyecho 4×4 Tatan (ARG) through his broodmare sire Donatello by Blenheim + 4×5 Nasrullah + 5×4 Northern Dancer.
Let’s further examine this frame-geno – what we believe is the ‘rare’ female type that doesn’t go mentioned, if ever. Her name is Guiccoli 3x Isonomy. Blandford 3x Isonomy.
©️Guiccioli 1823 (Bob Booty) – 2-6 years old a very good racer. Ran as a 6-year-old after foaling and again in foal producing a healthy foal, six times, won twice in the King’s Plates over 4 miles with heats in September in curragh and in Northumberland Handicap in October amongst such good horses as Skylark, a 3-year-old and Napoleon, a 5-year-old. First foal at 6 years old. 13 foals amongst where Birdcatcher and Faugh-a-Ballagh. At 21, living twins, one which was Gramachree, Foundation mare in family 11-d and at 24 years St John, later Carlow, a good racer 2-7 years old. ©️
The breaking of classic unity, which occurred in the Swynford Line during World War II, and from which this line never quite recovered was certainly the most dramatic happening in the Thoroughbred breed during the Century, and it is symbolic of the crisis in Western society which was precipitated by the corresponding political events. In the space of a few years, an impressive chain of events took place which it would have been impossible even for the keenest soothsayer to predict.
ref ⬆️Typology of the Racehorse – Varola ⬆️
The Phalaris line occupies the ‘vacuum’ left weakened by the Blandford line. (Varola)
