Royal Meeting’s damsire Lecture, plus Round Table and Atan, are members of the ALOPE (2) family. GONE WEST (descendants include ELUSIVE QUALITY, GRAND SLAM, MR GREELEY, XAAR, IFFRAAJ, RIBCHESTER, WOOTTON BASSET and is present in TORONADO), MARJU, PULPIT, DEEP IMPACT, DOUTELLE, KNOWN FACT, MUKDDAAM, FOXLAW, ALCIDE, ATAN, ABOVE SUSPICION, SONG OF TARA, PARTHIA and KNIGHT […]
posted on August 15, 2023 by
FIERCE IMPACT (Jpn)
Fierce Impact (Jpn) is a three-time Group 1 winning son of Deep Impact from the Halo sire line, via world class sire, Sunday Silence. Fierce Impact’s pedigree has some interesting patterns and individuals which can be exploited in matings with suitable broodmares. Concentrating on his sire firstly, Deep Impact has worked very well with […]
posted on May 29, 2023 by
BEST OF BORDEAUX
Best of Bordeaux is an exemplary product of one of the most successful sire lines in Australian history, the first three ancestors on his tail male line all being Champion Australian stallions. His sire Snitzel, still very much active at stud, is also proving to produce some superior sires. His grandsire Redoute’s Choice, Nijinsky II […]
posted on October 17, 2022 by
GIGA KICK a Great Advertisement for Line Breeding
As the best performed progeny of Redoute’s Choice’s son Scissor Kick by the length of the Randwick straight, Everest winner GIGA KICK’s pedigree deserved a thorough investigation. What made him such a standout? His pedigree doesn’t disappoint. While he is out of a stakes placed English mare (Royal Applause) the dam of two stakes placegetters […]
posted on August 17, 2022 by
Matings Mix: Pedigree Dynamics
An article published in Thoroughbred Daily News on Jane Henning and her thirty-year-old business, Pedigree Dynamics. Written by Lydia Symonds.
posted on May 16, 2022 by
HOME AFFAIRS (Aus)
I Am Invincible – Miss Interiors Home Affairs’ sire I Am Invincible has had plenty of success with mares from the Sadler’s Wells and Fairy King sire lines, including the dams of Media Sensation, Invincibella, Dame Giselle, Wishful Thinker, Libertini, Miss Leonidas and The Justice League etc. Home Affairs’ second damsire Stravinsky is a son […]
posted on May 16, 2022 by
ACROBAT (Aus)
Fastnet Rock – Hips Don’t Lie Acrobat won the $500,000 RL Inglis Nursery, setting a new Royal Randwick track record over 1000 metres (56 seconds). He is a son of Fastnet Rock, whose impressive progeny record is a great starting point in determining the best crosses for Acrobat. Fastnet Rock has shown an affinity for […]
posted on May 16, 2022 by
ST MARK’S BASILICA (Fr)
Siyouni (Fr) – Sichilla (Ire) St Mark’s Basilica, a five-time Group 1 winner, is a son Siyouni (Fr), Champion Sire in France in 2020 and 2021. Siyouni is out of Sichilla, a daughter of Danehill. This opens up St Mark’s Basilica to crossing with mares by sons & grandsons of DANEHILL. Sex balancing Danehill like […]
posted on April 23, 2022 by
WOODED (Ire)
Wootton Bassett (GB) – Frida La Blonde (Fr) Wooded was a winner and dual Group placed at two years and a Group 1 winner of the Prix de l’Abbaye de Longchamp over 1000 metres as a three year old, among other impressive performances. Wooded’s sire Wootton Bassett hails from the Mr Prospector sire line as […]
posted on February 16, 2022 by
Foal Colour – Does it Reflect Bias in the Stallion?
Sometimes assumptions are made about a foal’s potential ability based on the colour of its coat. We have all heard comments over the years such as, “I would only buy a bay Snitzel,” or, before US Grade 1 winner Outstrip raced, “There hasn’t been a top notch grey by Exceed And Excel”! The perception that […]
