MORE THAN READY

Updated May 2014

Consistently ranked in the top Australian Sires, More Than Ready has been at stud long enough for patterns of particular compatibility to become apparent.

A Halo line stallion, it is no surprise that he has worked exceptionally well with fellow ALMAHMOUD family members, DANEHILL and his grandsire NORTHERN DANCER. No fewer than six of his 14 Group One winners to-date are out of mares by Danehill or his sons. A further four are from mares carrying other representatives of the Northern Dancer line, STORM CAT, SADLER’S WELLS and NIJINSKY II.

Danehill is additionally beneficial in matings with More Than Ready as he contributes another line to BUCKPASSER, which is also the family of More Than Ready’s tail female line, creating strong line breeding to LA TROIENNE.

As another example, the dam of dual Group One winner SAMAREADY carries Buckpasser through her sire SECRET SAVINGS. Other sources of Buckpasser in mares include A.P. INDY (sire of BERNARDINI and CONGRATS), DUBAWI, GALILEO, LAST TYCOON and WAVERING MONARCH.

Apart from Danehill and sons, More Than Ready has worked well with other DANZIG line broodmare sires, producing Group winners out of mares by LANGFUHR and PINE BLUFF. Mares by AD VALOREM, ANABAA, BELONG TO ME, CHIEF’S CROWN, DESERT SUN, HARD SPUN and PERUGINO (and son TESTA ROSSA) are examples.

Grade One (USA) winner REGALLY READY carries SPECIAL family members SADLER’S WELLS and his three quarter brother NUREYEV. The dams of Group One winner PHELAN READY and Grade Two winner PLUCK are also from the Sadler’s Wells line. Nureyev, Sadler’s Wells and his brother FAIRY KING are accessible via mares by BARATHEA, BLEVIC, CARNEGIE, ENCOSTA DE LAGO, FALBRAV, GALILEO, HELISSIO, HIGH CHAPARRAL, KING OF KINGS, PEINTRE CELEBRE, SCENIC, SPINNING WORLD and STRAVINSKY, amongst others.

More Than Ready is also working well with mares creating a duplication of Halo. Group and Grade One winners MORE JOYOUS and VERRAZANO (USA), are examples. The Average Earnings Index (AEI) of More Than Ready progeny inbred to Halo is a very high 4.60. Broodmare sires carrying Halo in Australia include DON’T SAY HALO, FUJI KISEKI, MACHIAVELLIAN (sire of STREET CRY and VETTORI), RAHY and SUNDAY SILENCE.

More Than Ready is enjoying great success with the MR. PROSPECTOR line. Six of his Gr.1 winners carry this influence through their dams, with a further 17 Group / Grade winners also boasting his presence. In addition, US Grade Two winner HUNGRY ISLAND carries Mr. Prospector’s full brother, Search for Gold.

Mares carrying Mr. Prospector line sires such as BELLOTTO, DISTORTED HUMOR, EL MOXIE, FAPPIANO, FUSAICHI PEGASUS, GEIGER COUNTER, HUSSONET, KINGMAMBO, JADE HUNTER, MISWAKI (and son UMATILLA), RHYTHM, SECRET SAVINGS (and son DASH FOR CASH), STRAIGHT STRIKE, THUNDER GULCH and UNBRIDLED’S SONG will suit.

Colonial lines have also been prominent in several top class racehorses by More Than Ready. For example, SEBRING’s second damsire is LUSKIN STAR, while fellow Group One winners GIMMETHEGREENLIGHT (SAF) and BENICIO have CANNY LAD and MARSCAY respectively, up close in their pedigrees.  Other sources of Star Kingdom today include BISCAY, BLETCHINGLY, BUREAUCRACY, COVETOUS, HURRICANE SKY, KENNY’S BEST PAL, MAIZCAY, TODMAN, SHIFNAL and WEASEL CLAUSE.

New Zealand stalwart SIR TRISTRAM also bobs up in stakes winning More Than Ready progeny. Group winners DREAMAWAY, GIMMETHEGREENLIGHT, ELITE FALLS, ASHOKAN, PATRONYME and WAR are examples. Sources of Sir Tristram in mares include KAAPSTAD, LONHRO, DR GRACE, MARAUDING, MILITARY PLUME, OCTAGONAL and ZABEEL.