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star quality – Miss Monica (USA)

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Miss Monica’s sire & son of elite sire Gun Runner (USA), Early Voting, Early Voting – Taylor Made Stallions had a high-impacting but short race career.

2022 Withers Stakes (G3) — Winner

2022 Preakness Stakes (G1) — Winner

  • He defeated Kentucky Derby winner Rich Strike and Derby runner‑up Epicenter.
  • His Preakness (G.1) win was the defining moment of his career.
  • Progeny of Early Voting, 2YO colt Early Encore, suggests aptitude to lead early, make strong pace at the front @ I’m Smokin’ Stakes.
  • Another brave effort for the Early Voting colt, He is No Lie, runner-up @ G3 Iroquis Stakes.

Grand-sire Gun Runner – 4×4 Fappiano – 4×5 Blushing Groom – 5×4 Lyphard.

Fantastic typesetter – Fappiano has broodmare sire Dr. Fager (3×4 Bull Dog/Plucky Leige by Spearmint/Carbine ). His male line heads to 4sx4d distaff’s Sandiway by Clemence, the Martha Lynn family.

Pedigree students should (?) appeal affinity & link to Carbine & his descendancy (Chicle FR) arising 5 Martha Lynn strains. Add in Teddy @ Bend Or (Tadcaster not Doncaster) corrects family distaff @Clemence/Martha Lynn. (n.b. of interest, as claimed by Jack Glencarry N.Z. author, Tesio in his youth visited Australia and New Zealand and later to another of Tesio student John Aiscan in 1987 where citing remarks to the well-chosen Spearmint daughter in Catnip, 2nd dam Nearco. Spearmint notes to breed-shaper, Northern Dancer, 5×6 Spearmint/Carbine via dam Catnip & sire, Chicle)

Nearco’s dam: the Havreasac II mare Nogara (ex Catnip, by Spearmint). The photograph was in taken in 1939 when the mare was aged 11 years. (credit: Jack Glencarry’s Racing Miscellany)

Carbine started a sire line which was to gain international recognition and make an impact on English Derby history. His greatest product was undoutedly Spearmint, who won the 1906 English Derby. A bad-legged horse who cost only 300 gns, Spearmint was from Maid of the Mint by Minting. He beat a top Derby field and also won the prestigious Grand Prix de Paris. He was retired after only five starts. Carbine won the 1890 Melbourne Cup under 10.5, 147 lbs, 66 kgs by 2,1/2 lengths – a weight-carrying record for the 3200m.

Spearmint

Dr Fager carried weights up to 139 lbs. Under 134 lbs he shatters a world record.

Largely note: Miss Monica dam side – again Dr Fager @ 4th dam by Tasso by Fappiano. Her broodmare sire American Pharoah male-line 4th Fappiano.

@American Pharoah – En Gran Senor from dam Sex Appeal by Buckpasser/Tom Fool/Menow/Pharamond/Selene, a dam with 3×4 War Admiral + 4×5 La Troienne. His distaff @ Minnetoka (dam of Elliptical) 6×6 Plucky Liege as sired by Chieftan.

Typesetting: 2x Blushing Groom by Red God (Nasrullah – Spring Run by Menow) has (5x4x4 Blandford) with a strain to Menow & Bull Dog (Teddy/Plucky Leige) .

@Dam side – Miss Monica @ 2nd dam @ Cherokee Run >> Blushing Groom

Blushing Groom was the complete two year old. Outstanding two-year-old in Europe in terms of pace that he possessed the speed to beat high-class opposition at sprint distances, and outstanding in terms of stamina, in that he was able to win a top-class race over what is regarded as a stayers course for first-season performed. An attractive, well-grown individual as two year old, he had the physical development of a three-year cold. He acted well on soft going (notes F. Mathet, France 1976)

upfront Miss Monica profiles > 3x Storm Cat (Storm Bird/Northern Dancer noting Storm Bird b/m sire runs to male line Bull Lea/Bull Dog) + Secretariat & notably distaff, 4th dam Menow by Pharamond (Selene)

(above 1948) Dams of Winner of all Flat Races in Great Britain & Ireland
1915-1947
(above) Dams of Winner of all Flat Races in Great Britain & Ireland
1915-1947 (printed 1948 U.K. – add Bull Dog (FR) – Admiral Drake (Fr)Plucky Liege Offspring

Plucky Liege (1912) by Spearmint out of Concertina (1896) by St Simon out of Comic Song (1884) imported into France 1915 as the immortal name of this great broodmare is dam of six great stallions, Sir Gallahad III, Bull Dog, Quatre Bras II, Admiral Drake, Bel Aethel and Bois Rousel. Sir Gallahad was champion stallion in U.S.A four times in 1930,1934, and 1940 and his full brother, Bull Dog, in 1943. Admiral Drake made history in France but the “Benjamin” among Plucky Liege progeny foaled in 1935 when she was twenty-three years old, Bois Roussel. Bois Roussel’s great win in the Epsom Derby 1938 is still history. Bred by Monsieur Leon Volterra, in whose colours Bois Roussel, a son of Vatout, won his first race, the Prix Juigne at Longchamp in a field of seventeen, and afterwards sold to Mr Peter Beatty. Bois Rousel’s only race in England was for the Derby, which he won by four lengths from Scottish Union Pasch and nineteen others. Returning to his native country to run for the Grand Prix de Paris, in which Bois Roussel finished third to Nearco. (Racing Review Annual 1952)

Where stationing Plucky Leige/Spearmint @ Miss Monica’s sire Early Voting, his distaff @3rd dam by Chieftan dam Pocahontas by Roman by Sir Gallahad. Again, 3rd dam Silken Doll b/m sire Buckpasser by Tom Fool/Menow (Bull Dog) & War Admiral, to his 3rd dam Bathing Girl by Spearmint.

Miss Monica dam-side, 3rd dam Virginia Bee, grand-sire Riverman again Roman by Sir Gallahad.

Overall, Miss Monica ‘type’ inheritances are to those individuals who were & are the remarkable ‘elite’ breeders, remarkable weight carriers, dynamic front runners holding speed and stamina.

“She’s a big filly with a beautiful stride,” Hernandez said. Miss Monica Overwhelms Opposition in Del Mar Debutante – TrueNicks.com

other references

Miss Monica Overwhelms Opposition in Del Mar Debutante – BloodHorse

Plucky Liege (horse) – American Classic Pedigrees

Plucky Liege

TBL research – Racing Review Annual 1952

Racing Annual 1976

Jack Glencarry’s Racing Miscellany

Romantic Warrior (IRE) – ‘lightning in the spine’

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“a romantic end to a flawless campaign” – multiple Group 1 wins across Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, and Dubai. He is the only horse ever to win four Hong Kong Cups and one of only three horses to complete the Hong Kong Triple Crown – 30 starts 23 wins.

Lot 975 Acclamation (GB) / Folk Melody (IRE) B.C. (IRE)
Corduff Stud, Ireland
The Hong Kong Jockey Club
300,000gns
Tattersalls October Book 2 2019

He really was a beautiful yearling –“We’re Very Proud Of Him,” – Corduff Stud Camp Delighted With Romantic Warrior

CREDIT photo FB – Tattersalls
20 October 2019 ·Newmarket, United Kingdom 


Romantic Warrior’s trainer Danny Shum saw a superior individual and made good advice to owner Peter Lau Pak-fai, as pick of them all. It was his head, his eye.

@ (youtube) vincent o’brien on conformation – “take his head for a start”

The best of the best will identify they move fluid, flexible, elastic, powerful. Intelligences to head are with inner character. They grow a stride ‘electric’.

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TBL Research and analysis explores the immeasurable impact of Musket upon the Thoroughbred – to correlate his ‘type’/phenology influence.

Musket hoof – made into an inkwell

Romantic Warrior: @Pedigree distaff with 4th dam sire @The Minstrel (Northern Dancer ) from Fleur 7S x 6d x 8D Trenton by Musket, 2nd dam Flaming Top (USA) & @ Nijinsky (Flaming Page) its line to Halling (USA), the 3rd dam sire. Flaming Page > 7S x 6S x 9D x 8D Musket.

Nijinsky

Acclamation, 4th paternal @ Try My Best (dam, Sex-Appeal) has 5x Musket (Carbine/Trenton) + 4 x Trenton (note, raced from 6 furlongs & 3 miles) & 7x Spearmint by Carbine.

Carbine – stood only 4 seasons in Australia before his export in 1895 to England where his influence was highlighted by his son Spearmint, winner of the 1906 English Derby in record time. From 4 Australian crops, Carbine left a host of classic winners, Wallace a resounding stud success and Amberite.

Musket was scorned for his slow development. The owner/breeder the eccentric Lord Glasgow had an uncompromising attitude, culling any stock not to his liking. Reportedly, it was to be Musket’s fate on the basis of one trial in which he got beaten. His trainer intervened.

The Australasian colony breeders said the ‘Muskets’ were a breed on their own. His stamina and stayer and strength endowed to his progeny became champions of the turf. His racing performances at two and three miles were with astonishing weights. “They gallop in all shapes” and Musket, in the front rank of stayers, built with dray-horse quarters with his bull neck deep, had weight-carrying power.

He was sent to New Zealand as carriage, stock & station sire, his racing stock struck gold yet regarded with faults & imperfection. Sire Toxopholite. a bleeder and from a family prone to wind afflictions, from an unnamed mare by West Australian. West Australian had not yet proved the great sire influence he was to become.

Whilst Musket’s get Carbine & Trenton were considered best of his progeny none could be accounted as failures. His first thoroughbred mare Syliva resulted in Martini-Henry, VCR Mares Produce Stakes, VCR Melbourne Cup, VCR Victoria Derby, VCR St.Leger Stakes. Trenton his 2nd New Zealand crop won as a two-year-old and unsoundness prevented a three-year-old campaign. 13 starts 8 wins, his races where compounded by shelly-feet, further competing against other Musket sons and though the Melbourne Cup eluded him his progeny Auraria and Revenue were successful. Against many odds in the Northern Hemisphere, he was the grand-dam sire of Gainsborough, sire of Hyperion. Musket son Maxim won three races as a two year-old and undefeated at three. Sold to the United States where he enjoyed siring success. His daughter Catherine Wheel, 3rd dam of Phar Lap, ancestress of Sunline (NZ), her broodmare sire is a son of Nijinsky (hence, Flaming Page) Western Symphony.

Machine Gun (Hotchkiss by Musket from Rubina) 33 starts – 16 wins. Rated as of one of the greatest sprinters, especially under weight, of his or any other era. When he won the CJC Randolph Handicap in 1904, for the 2nd year he carried 11 stone 5lb (72 kg)and sped over the five furlongs in 58 seconds, a New Zealand record for more than 40 years. (credit – Tapestry of the Turf – John Costello & Pat Finnegan)

Musket stock & grandsons dispersed around the world, notably USA & Latin America. Musket daughter Ante Diem family accounted for at least 19 Argentine Classic winners, among them 1931 Triple Crown winner Mineral, as well as many other winners of top races in both Argentina and Brazil.

To the deep avenues: gold potent genetics, the Musket line did not wither but rather imprinted his enormous ability duly thanks to the foresight of a trainer who did not see him as a failure.

To define Musket, his imprinted bloodline yields the high profile type-setting.

The elites have it: the Man O War son War Admiral 3rd dam by Spearmint by Carbine, noting the MOW sireline West Australian has Musket broodmare sire.

Further by geno: the sire of Phalaris, Polymelus is the similar ‘in’ vein @ distaff ‘blood’ (Toxophilite/Quiver>Brown Bess) compare i) Musket ii) Carbine 3×4 Brown Bess.

@ Romantic Warrior

His dam Folk Melody – 5×5 Halo & of Halo – 6x Spearmint by Carbine noting Hail to Reason > 3rd dam sire St Germans, dam Hamoaze by Torpoint by Trenton.Cosmah 5×5 Spearmint

(Remember Northern Dancer has top and bottom Spearmint by Carbine via Chicle & Catnip + Hemlock, 2nd dam of Display sire of Discovery).

By genotype spectrums @ Polymelus (Toxophilite/Quiver/Brown Bess) influences Polynesian sire of Native Dancer.

Musket, dam Mersey, foal at foot Carbine

references

lot_9.pdf in Hong Kong

More Champions – Tony Arrold

Tapestry of the Turf – John Costello & Pat Finnegan

Breeding Success: Havana Cigar (BRZ)

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It always impresses how Brazilian breeding maintains bloodlines rather than speculate to the marketplace. Thereby protecting dissolution of that particular bloodline where its generational ‘blood’ may not be replaced.

Resilient strains purposefully bred is Brazilian acumen.

3 year colt winner 2025 Derby Paulista (G1) Havana Cigar by (Can the Man (USA) – Havana Club (BRZ) ex- Vettori (IRE) inherits a dam’s distaff built/developed from the great Brazilian sire Locris (FR), a Relic, Man O War descendant male line 3×3 Tourbillon – 5×5 Teddy. His 5th dam Freedwoman (GB) by Lorenzaccio (#BT).

Broodmare sire, G1 winner French Two Thousand Guineas Vettori (IRE) – the sire that ‘gave to the world‘ Lady Vettori dam of Lope de Vega (Shamardal (USA)

To genetics: a comprehension what really furthers to this magnificent ‘X’ potency, shall go uncovered.

Firstly ...Locris inheritability speaks to the magnificent cross to make conduit Type; the selector work of Marcel Boussac. Boussac like other dedicated French breeders of the time Francois Dupre & Madame Jean Couterie experimented in crosses.

Philosophy drives Brazil’s breeding and its history, the accounts of Senor Federico Tesio apprentice – https://luizeduardolages.com/aiscan.htm summarizes “Unfortunately, almost everything about the commercial tendency in the world breeding became true and the stamina of the modern racehorse today is on the point of extinction!” QUOTED

Havana Cigar Profile: Sired by Can the Man (dec. 2023) Havana Cigar is the grandson of sire Into Mischief (USA), who secured his sev­enth con­sec­ut­ive lead­ing sire title by earn­ings in 2025, to pla­ce him alongside a legend. He is the first stal­lion to secure that many con­sec­ut­ive titles since the legendary Bold Ruler, from 1963-69. (ref cr. link)

Into Mischief has a notable female *family 23-b, (& with Affirmed, b/m sire Harlan’s Holiday) a dynamic strain that has long potent history and examining its ‘origin’ strongly suggests this is a breed within the breed – one that takes the lead.

-Can the Man be the striking dominant productive sire & his progeny display a tough will. More of Can the Man progeny are noted below– ps://abcpcc.com.br/noticias/post/uruguai-mr-can-encerra-2025-com-vitoria-em-classico > >>>> (https://www.pedigreequery.com/mr+can) by Can the Man

https://www.pedigreequery.com/yes+he+can4 by Can the Man 👇👇

@Can the Man’s 3rd dam Best in Show (USA) distaff factors @ 3x Rock Sand (4x *Pocahontas) + 2x Fair Flay, Discovery & Mr Busher by War Admiral – a recognisable and impressive distaff as well known to Australasia through Redoute’s Choice (4th dam) and Written Tycoon (Iglesia) sires’ bloodlines.

Can the Man’s 2nd dam sire Blushing Groom (FR) by Red God (USA) has the Type-setter markers viz., Nasrullah through Americus Girl >> 3×3 Lexington 4x Glencoe 4×4 Chloe Anderson where Rodolph (USA) has Harts Maria 3x Medley by Gimcrack. Harts Maria is the transmitter influence of Spendthrift and this transpires Fair Play/ Man o’ War dynastic descendants.

Bell-Air by Medley by Gimcrack influences the distaff of Enquirer (sire of Minnie Gray, *f.f. 23-b) + American Eclipse (through Grey Diomed & Grimcrack mare)

Where the pedigree ‘stamps’: – Ultimus (USA) 2x Domino dam Minnie Gray, Peter Pan by Commando and elite dam, Pink Domino

Upfront profile: Red God has 5×5 Spearmint (#Carbine) + 2x Chaucer (daughters Selene & Scapa Flow) & 5×5 Roi Herode (Fr) by Le Samaritan, sire of The Tetrarch & daughter Regal Roman, @ distaff Menow. (With these, observe Pocahontas, & by duplications @ Martha Lynn > Le Samaritan, Carbine & Voltigeur, Bend Or.)

@ Haplotype Determinations & ‘sizing’ a core-contributory Type

  1. Foundation Mare Family 23 The GSB says that Hobby Mare (dam of the famous racemare Brocklesby Betty, (GSB) Gimcrack distaff) was out of Piping Peg. However, evidence in early breeder Cuthbert Routh’s stud book, various 18th century stallion adverts and Racing Calendars clearly evidence that Hobby Mare was out of Piping Peg’s dam, not Piping Peg. mtDNA analysis of family 23 found 3 different haplotypes showing the family consists of three separate founder mares. One haplotype is found in the trunk and both branches and is most plausibly that of Piping Peg’s Dam. Another haplotype is found only in branch 23-a, and the third only in branch 23-b, indicating pedigree errors at some point in both branches. Piping Peg’s Dam is dam of top class racehorse *Brocklesby Betty (4 King’s Plates 1716 to 1718): of the King’s Plate winners Brocklesby and Long Megg; and of the good stallion Hip (her full brother), which sires a number of mares which breed on, including an unnamed mare which is dam of Sampson (winner of six King’s Plates and sire of high class race horse Engineer, the sire of top class racehorse Mambrino)(source link)
  2. Hypo theoretical align to TB-dM (Hambletonian by King Fergus f.f. 61, & Mambrino by Engineer (Blaze f.f.61 & Hip f.f.23 line) these been Standardbred & Morgan horse assigned: a main, distinguishable branch Haplotype. (link, view FIG.1) & Fig 3. Wallner doc & http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.05.086 – Page 4 Figure 2. (do Note, not TB- dW1 (aka Whalebone) where science suggests almost ‘fixed’ @ 93.4% to thoroughbred pool). The character & attributes of sport Type are better & finer understood to researcher, Kathleen Kirsan’s work & books.
  3. It is mindful to consider Haplotype classification systems (of 4) are not consistent. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11939364/.

Early & well-renowned Type-setter Martha Lynn (f.f. 2-h) has 3x King Fergus. King Fergus is reinstated to Family 61 distaff (formerly 6-x) sourced to Wyvills Roan mare and sourced as Hobby. (ref. Kirsan). Co-affinity of another to family 61, is the sire Blaze broodmare sire of Herod, as is his full sister.

The full sister named, Sister to Blaze, is dam of sire, Portmores Whitenose f.f. 61 This dam and her son enter (amongst others) West Australian, his dam is Mowerina distaff to 7th dam (n.b. female line of Danzig USA, West Australian male line descendant Hurry On (GB)).

West Australian is the broodmare sire of Musket, sire of #Carbine

What’s this about?

The specific to determine or, isolate what traits forth i) truer native mare heritage(s) ii) powerful DNA influence for its hardy ‘will’, soundness, temperament the factors of high-paced speed with stamina which appear and come to this remarkable genotype.

Such Genotype appears critical, amass a newer or current typesetter, where conduits draw relationship. ( Example to ***Newminster & Hermit provided further below).

Profile upfront: Havana Cigar

  • @ 5×5 Stop the Music daughters (Hail to Reason – Bebopper by Tom Fool). 4x Pocahontas – 3x Plucky Leige (Spearmint by Carbine) + 5×5 Newminster (thru Carbine & Petrarch). Remembering, Martha Lynn 3x King Fergus (family 61), granddaughter Clemence by Newminster from Beeswing by Dr Syntax (an outstanding stayer) 3rd dam Prince T’quassaw mare by Prince T’quassaw (Snip) (@ accounts GSB?!) has distaff, Brocklesby Betty (family 23)
  • @ 4×5 Mr Prospector strains multitude – However in short, 3×4 Teddy, a Bend Or (Tadcaster/Martha Lynn) male descendant – his sire Ajax, b/m sire Clamart’s dam Princess Catharine of a Pocahontas distaff. Teddy’s broodmare sire Bay Ronald (Newminster male descendant).

{***Newminster (though of a Whalebone male line TB-dW1 has duplications with suggested TB-dM genotype viz. duplications @ King Fergus, his son Beningbrough through Portmores Whitenose from dam, Sister to Blaze distaff + Williams Forester by Crofts Forester, dam Bay Brocklesby of Brocklesby Betty family line. (note subject to GSB!)} Newminster the sire of Hermit, with again by distaff/dam influences with Orville (King Fergus, Blaze, Portmores Whitenose + Gimcrack’s sire Cripple) + 3x Selim – Blaze, Portmores Whitenose, Crofts Forester.

Can The Man, uma perda inestimável para a criação nacional
Discovery – @female family 23-b. {Discovery had been beaten with 143 lbs up, but no horse in this country had ever won with that much weight so we weren’t very upset over it. The cause of most of his bad race – he hit his hocks and refused to extend himself. This to our minds accounted for his reluctance to break and his lack of early foot, of which he had had so much as a three- and four-year-old. We sent him to the farm and advertised him for the stud next spring.} source Horse & Horsemen, Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Seven Old Shirts.

Havana Cigar has 6 lines through Geisha Native Dancer + Traffic Court, Traffic Judge sire of Best in Show, My Recipe, dam of Intentionally.