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Shalaa

[First published March 2020] INBRED 3mx3m to Danzig and with the Sharpen Up brothers Kris and Diesis 3x3, Shalaa (IRE) won six of his eight starts, five of them at 1200m at two, so it’s no wonder his first crop yearlings have proven so attractive to buyers this year. The son of Invincible Spirit (IRE) was…

ByBluebloodsSeptember 18, 20200Comments

Bluebloods Movers & Shakers

Movers & Shakers – Richard Freedman

[First published March 2020] RICHARD Freedman’s working life has been diverse. As part of “FBI” (Freedman Brothers International) he and his brothers collected Melbourne Cups and Golden Slippers with metronomic regularity before Richard moved into the media, tried racing administration and then started a commercially successful business in the field of water management. But things have turned…

ByGlen LathamSeptember 18, 20200Comments

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There’s a first time for everything……

[First published March 2020] First is best, as all horseplayers know. First gets the big bucks. The only time first is last is when we do countdowns, whether it’s the top 100 hits all weekend, or whether it’s the top 10 worst wardrobe fails on the internet, they are always counted down in reverse order to…

ByAndrew ReichardSeptember 18, 20200Comments

Bluebloods Pedigree Analysis

Winners mark a milestone for young sires

[First Published in February 2020] IT’S the time of year when the first crop sires’ table starts to become very interesting in the lead up to the Blue Diamond and Golden Slipper. At the top of the list on January 31 was Coolmore Stud’s high profile dual Gr.1 winner Pride of Dubai (Street Cry (IRE)-Al Anood…

ByDavid BayAugust 18, 20200Comments

Fusaichi’s Daughters find a nick with Fastnet Rock

CHAMPION sire Fastnet Rock’s nick with Zabeel daughters and with mares carrying strains of the three-quarter brothers Nureyev (dam sire of Zabeel) and Sadler’s Wells (particularly his son Galileo) is well known, but there’s another cross that has produced two Gr.1 winners. This is with daughters of Kentucky Derby-Gr.1 hero Fusaichi Pegasus (USA) who shuttled…

ByDavid BayAugust 18, 20200Comments

Bluebloods Pedigree Analysis

Shamardal, a source of classic speed

STALLION managers in both hemispheres must surely be impressed by the rise to fame of Darley’s stallion Shamardal (Giant’s Causeway-Helsinki by Machiavellian), sire of three undefeated juvenile colts in Europe last year, namely Pinatubo, Earthlight and Victor Ludorum. He is also the sire of Blue Point, Champion English Sprinter who last year won the Royal…

ByKen McLeanAugust 18, 20200Comments

Bluebloods Pedigree Analysis

American Pharoah, starting fast on grass

THERE is nothing like a horse to make a fool of a man. That saying applies to the great ones in particular and American Pharoah (USA) (Pioneerof the Nile-Littleprincessemma by Yankee Gentleman) the first winner of the US Triple Crown in 37 years is certainly one of those. Just before he began his shuttle career, we…

ByAlan PorterJuly 22, 20200Comments

Bluebloods Pedigree Analysis

Enable, Europe’s Champion mare

An example of 3mx2f inbreeding to Sadler’s Wells JUDDMONTE Farms, based at Newmarket and Lexington, is one of the most successful thoroughbred racing and breeding enterprises in the world. Established by Prince Khalid bin Abdullah in 1977, Juddmonte Farms is the home of many champion racehorses and influential sires. Sadler’s Wells (USA) (Northern Dancer-Fairy Bridge by Bold…

ByKen McLeanJuly 22, 20200Comments

‘Triple Whammy’ at heart of Justify’s pedigree

COULD the “triple whammy” at the heart of Justify’s pedigree be the reason the son of Scat Daddy became an undefeated US Triple Crown winner? I’d like to think so. He has three mares, two of them sisters, bred on the Mr. Prospector-Nijinsky cross within five generations, backed up by a male line of 1970 English…

ByDavid BayJuly 22, 20200Comments

Kay Cee a WA star for ‘home grown’ Danehill branch

Kay Cee, left, storms down the outside to claim the Listed Burgess Queen Stakes (1400m) at Ascot WHEN three year-old filly Kay Cee won the Kingston Town Classic-Gr.1 in late December she not only emulated her sire Playing God, who won the race in 2010 and 2011, but continued the success of a branch of the…

ByDavid BayJuly 21, 20200Comments

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