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Redoute’s Legacy

[Published Bluebloods May/June 2020] In the autumn of 1987, New York bloodstock agent Alan Quartucci signed for a 4-year-old Nijinsky II filly, Dancing Show, being sold by Ralph C. Wilson Jr, for $75,000 for New Zealand interests. She was bred to Miswaki on Southern Hemisphere time, and the resulting foal, named Umatilla, was a Group-1…

ByBill OppenheimSeptember 1, 20210Comments

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Japan’s Triple Crown Heroes

[published Bluebloods May/June 2020] Deep Impact At Nakayama racetrack on April 19th the $1.9 million Satsuki Sho-G.1 (Japanese 2,000 Guineas) run over 2,000m on turf was won by Contrail (Deep Impact-Rhodochrosite by Unbridled’s Song) who retained his unbeaten record. The three year old defeated Salois (Heart’s Cry) by a half-length in a dramatic duel down the…

ByKen McLeanAugust 16, 20210Comments

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The Irish National Stud’s Invincible Spirit

The male line of Green Desert is exploding around the world, thanks to the deeds of his brilliant son Invincible Spirit, a leading sire standing at the Irish National Stud, Tully, County Kildare. Invincible Spirit’s reputation as a sire of turf specialists at Group level up to a mile is gaining momentum. [su_button url="https://shop.bluebloods.com.au" style="flat"…

ByKen McLeanApril 29, 20210Comments

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Distance Ranges For Top Australian Sires: A Perceptible Shift?

[su_button url="http://shop.bluebloods.com.au" style="flat" background="#e7f4fc" color="#2c1f60" center="yes" radius="5" icon="icon: exclamation-circle" icon_color="#2c1f60" download="http://www.stallions.com.au/pdfs/2021-booking%20form.pdf"][first published in BLUEBLOODS Issue 6 - 2020. To get this article and more subscribe][/su_button] Written Tycoon In March and April, 2018, my colleague Dr. Emily Plant and myself spent five weeks in New South Wales (with a 10-day side trip to New Zealand, where I first…

ByBluebloodsApril 6, 20210Comments

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The rise of Storm Cat’s line via Scat Daddy

THOROUGHBRED breeders in Australasia are spoiled. We are fortunate to have access to many of the world’s most potent sire lines, thanksto the shuttle system. Significantly, we benefit from our highly successful homebred stallions as well. Currently heading the Australian Sires’ List by progeny earnings are I Am Invincible, Snitzel and Pierro, all foaled in Australia,…

ByKen McLeanSeptember 18, 20200Comments

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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

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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

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‘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

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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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Eight Carat and the family of Tessa Gillian

VOW and Declare (by Declaration of War), winner of the 2019 VRC Melbourne Cup-Gr.1 and Material Man (by Vital Equine) winner of the 2018 Perth Cup-Gr.1 both trace in direct female line to Royal Charger’s full sister Tessa Gillian, an elite mare who established two very strong branches of the famous Number 9 Family of…

ByKen McLeanJuly 21, 20200Comments

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Redoute’s Legacy

Japan’s Triple Crown Heroes

The Irish National Stud’s Invincible Spirit

Distance Ranges For Top Australian Sires: A Perceptible Shift?

The rise of Storm Cat’s line via Scat Daddy

Shalaa

Fusaichi’s Daughters find a nick with Fastnet Rock

‘Triple Whammy’ at heart of Justify’s pedigree

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

Eight Carat and the family of Tessa Gillian

Snitzel’s cooking up a storm this season

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