One cannot help but wonder to the esteemed tail-male genetics enduring. – subject pedigree Wentrue (Chi), colt, by Mo Town. A tail male that began from Nasrullah‘s son Grey Sovereign down through to Uncle Mo, son & sire Mo Town.

Uncle Mo – the undefeated two year old champion of 2010. His racing career was interrupted due to liver disease contracting cholangiohepatitis, yet he was able to continue with exceptional ability. As Sire he made an extraordinary start to his prolific breeding career & his sons exemplify a Nasrullah/Grey Sovereign male line say: ” it just keeps producing“.

The ‘Alpha’ Inheritance began…

Grey Sovereign was a leading 2yo sire Britain and France with/from – 5×4 Swynford, 5×5 Sundridge, and 4×5 **The Tetrarch + 5×5 Polymelus. Gold Sovereign, his sons/grandsons breeding went international & are still highly regarded, & targeted to this day.

What Great Breeders Think?

Those numbers are enormously attractive, I think ‘Grey Sovereign‘ and Bois Roussel are the two important links to this family. (ex- All Too Hard, Black Caviar, Ole Kirk, Australian breeder Rick Jamieson.            👉(Link article)

Grey Sovereign descendant Caro. Heed Caro alongside Nasrullah – 2nd dam by The Tetrarch: its much to the genetic reinforcement viz The Tetrarch, Sundridge.

Wentrue sire Mo Town, (G1 Hollywood Derby winner) from a Tapit mare, With Love @f.f 12-c. 3 starts, 3 wins. Pedigree here

Wentrue winning at 1900m distance. One may think of his broodmare sire Tapit.

Highlighted to Wentrue pedigree the conduit Roberto, (Hail to Reason) = Roberto’s son Kris S 5sx5D, from a Princequillo dam. 5 strains Hail to Reason (noting his 4×4 Plucky Liege (Spearmint) & 5×5 Swynford) > Turn-To>Royal Charger f.f.9-c #L1a Haplotype

Wentrue’s dam distaff from the female family 12-C, a #L1a Haplotype .

@I2a1 Haplotype – The Frizette family 13-C, that of Seattle Slew and Mr Prospector as additionally Siberian Express (Caro).

Anywhere/anytime have admired always Fappiano breeding …duly Dr Fager sired by *Rough N’ Tumble > g/sire Questionnaire, a male-line back to 2 strains f.f. 2-h aka Martha Lynn & #L4 Haplotype.

The accolades of Dr Fager & Fappiano are to be exalted, as follows 👇👇

Fappiano (1977, by Mr. Prospector and Killaloe by Dr. Fager) is, as has been said by some, specialists in the field, one of the most important paternal lines in The United States (excerpt & credit https://elevageyturf.blogspot.com/2014/12/la-vigencia-de-fappiano-colaboracion-de.html

https://www.thoroughbredracing.com/articles/5569/flavour-his-influence-still-resonates-across-breed-john-nerud-dr-fager-and-enduring-legacy-tartan-farms/

Of an ‘exposed’ bred pattern since 2013, the Fappiano factor come like genetic thunder.

**The Tetrarch (sire of Mumtaz Mahal, dam of Mahmoud). Wentrue’s dam distaff @ 7th dam has 3×4 The Tetrarch. Should The Tetrarch (f.f.2-0) go placed upon equivalent haplotype arrangement, it is designated to #L4.

The Princequillo factor: it may be well-remembered to the breeding years of both Princequillo and Nasrullah as the Holy Cross – duly, Princequillo for stamina and Nasrullah for speed. Princequillo was head-lined by True Nicks (article) as The Time Machine, indeed the sires then listed Pulpit, A.P. Indy & Kris. S, paved the Wentrue pedigree.

• The Time-Machine 1) & 2) sheds important potent factors at depth: tempering Nasrullah and Princequillo strains “quiet until you get to the 5th generation with just a few duplications, but then it explodes with concentrated bloodlines in the 6th and 7th. Clive Harper says: “Stamina is basically built up from many multiples of the same horse or close relatives, between the 6th and 10th generation.” (ref. Princequillo – Mr Fixit – stamina & soundness here.)

Summarizing – Critical Factors @ Genotype

@ line-bred 24 strains Nasrullah – defining f.f. 9c/#L1a haplotype 

#L1a – Roberto

#L1a dam’s distaff (f.f. 12-c)

  #I21 Haplotype – Mr Prospector, Seattle Slew (>> f.f.4-m Boldnesian), Siberia Express, Le Fabuleux via Tapit + f.f. 4-n Hail to Reason + f.f. 4-n sire contributors > In Excess, Leo Castelli + f.f.4-m contributors Bernardini & Dixieland Band + f.f.4-r (Carson City ) ++++ f.f. 16-c (4th dam sire Noble Table)

Key trait… I believe, hits upon Dr Fager’s sire *Rough n Tumble. For reasons as stated above & with the plus, 5×5 Spearmint/Carbine (ex- Martha Lynn distaff #L4 haplotype) where Dr Fager has 4×5 Plucky Liege (Spearmint) to note Rough’n Tumble dam Roused has f.f.1-o (all things correct by Stud-book??),. The f.f.1-0 has a #I2a Haplotype (as above) hence, the homozygous integrated compacts. War Relic from a dam distaff f.f.1-0 again #I21 haplotype exercises through In Reality seen to Tapit’s mare. Further.. the ‘bingo’-match exercises through the sire line of Mo Town back through Grey Sovereign’s son Fortino, his broodmare sire Relic by War Relic, f.f. 1-0

Mo Town Progeny

Mo Town sire of 2yo G1 (1600m) & 3yo G1 Russian Derby (2400m) winner Hero Mo (Mo Town ex-Rockin by Hard Spun. Pedigree influences, Roberto & Princequillo

 On 12 January 2024 Hero Mo (4 yrs) ran 2nd on his first start in UAE at 2000m.

Mo Town filly – https://www.pedigreequery.com/key+of+life4 influences Royal Charger & Princequillo

Mo Town gelding – https://www.pedigreequery.com/mollys+town influences Nasrullah, Princequillo, Seattle Slew

Mo Town 2020 colt – no race record https://www.pedigreequery.com/zefzaf (winner in Dubai after 5 starts) influences Kris S, Seattle Slew, Mr Prospector