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Pedigree Dynamics News Blog
Hats Off to Vinery's Great Initiative for Breeders
While buying an in-foal mare can provide
a short cut to producing a racing or sales prospect, the frustration for buyers
comes if the mare does not produce a live foal or otherwise fulfil the criteria
laid down by the stallion's farm to qualify for a free return.
Despite the fact that the price of
purchase of an in-foal mare very much factors in the value of the unborn foal,
new owners have no recourse for claiming the free return provided to the
original owner.
Hopefully, a move by Peter Orton of
Vinery yesterday may lead the way to a general change to that frustrating
policy.
He announced the introduction of a
Transferable Free Return for all 2010 coverings.
“In a further commitment to breeders we
have announced that all Vinery stallions will carry a transferable free return
if a mare fails to deliver a live foal (conditions apply),” said Peter Orton.
“This allows the free return to carry over to the new owner when a mare is
sold, providing a very attractive benefit to breeders both selling and
purchasing mares in foal to Vinery stallions."
Hats off to Vinery on this move and the
additional value it provides for breeders large and small.
Yield Curve Scores His 14th Win
Way back in 2002, we analysed a Flying Spur mare named Peek for client Trevor Wells. The top rated mating was with Coolmore's Storm Cat stallion High Yield with a 9/10 rating (previously known as a AA/A rating).
Trevor took our advice, and YIELD CURVE, who won the Provincial Cup on the weekend and the Listed Toowoomba
Cup just two months ago, is the result. A mating with Flying Spur mares creates a great pattern with High Yield, whose dam is bred on a Mr. Prospector / Northern Dancer cross. Flying Spur is bred on a Northern Dancer / Mr. Prospector cross, creating a dynamic reverse pattern. In addition, the full brothers Graustark and His Majesty are brought in between those two influences.
While High Yield in general was not a great success in Australia, he produced six Aussie bred stakes winners and two of those have been from Flying Spur mares. The other is Singapore Gr.2 winner, THE HORNET.
Under the guidance of one-horse hobby trainer Kath Carroll, last weekend's win was Yield Curve's 14th victory. Wouldn't we all like a racehorse in the stable who, at the age of 6
years, is still winning and earning good prizemoney? (photo: thechronicle.com.au)
Domesday's a Real Family Man
While planning a mating for a client recently, I noticed that the regally bred Domesday is already demonstrating an affinity to his own tail female line. A member of the illustrious TORPENHOW family, his relations include sires Redoute's Choice, Al Maher, El Gran Senor, Masterclass, Nijinsky II, Xaar, Try My Best, Spinning World, Umatilla, and Hurricane Sky. The Minstrel, damsire of Domesday's broodmare sire Zafonic, is also from this line.
Heading his highly promising first crop of two year olds is PRESSDAY. A triple Group winner including the Group One TJ Smith Classic, he is out of a Kaaptive Edition mare out of a mare by Upper Nile. While neither of these may ring any loud bells, Upper Nile is by Nijinsky II, therefore creating line breeding to TORPENHOW.
His stakes placed son Domesky is more overt about it - his sire Masterclass is not only a half brother to Domesday's granddam, but his sire The Minstrel is also from this family. The Minstrel is duplicated and sex balanced in Domesky's mating.
Now with four stakes performers to-date, I think it's pretty significant that 50% reinforce this one family!
A New Website for Racing Tragics!
Fin Powrie has been a racing administrator for more than 30 years and has worked in several fascinating countries over that time. Now back in Australia, Fin has decided to share his experiences and give an insight into some issues and questions that the average racing enthusiast has little opportunity to explore.
New website, www.finpowrie.com
delivers this information, along with some humour, great photos taken
by Fin himself (see above) and the opportunity to interact via his blog and opinion
polls.As a personal friend for many years, I can attest to the fact that Fin has a lot of very interesting experience to share and does so in a highly entertaining fashion.
Rare Footage of the Great NASRULLAH
It's almost impossible to find a pedigree that doesn't carry at least a couple of lines to Nasrullah, not only famous for his prepotent influence on the breed, but also for his volatile temperament and electric presence.
He is the sire of such breed influences as Bold Ruler (sire of Secretariat), Never Bend (sire of Mill Reef and Riverman), Nashua (damsire of Mr. Prospector and Roberto) and Grey Sovereign (sire of Zeddaan).
Here is some wonderful 1950 footage, sent to me by Michael Power in Kentucky, of the 12 year old Nasrullah arriving in Kentucky by train and then on to Claiborne Farm by truck. He died and was buried there nine years later.
Nasrullah's Arrival at Claiborne
For a Great Mating - Call Jane!
It may sound like something you've read on a phone box wall, but it's the time of year when breeders are looking to get the most out of their stud fee dollar. Ensure your mares visit stallions which complement them not only commercially and physically, but also that give the progeny an enhanced chance of earning black type.
Pedigree Dynamics has been planning matings for many years, resulting in well over 100 stakes winners.
Please visit our FEES AND SERVICES Page to find a report suited to your budget.
Daka's Gem Retires 3 Runs Short of a Century
Way back in February 2003, we found an inexpensive tried racehorse for clients Geoff and Heather Nicholls of Perth to have a bit of fun with.
The then winner of a Scone maiden, Daka's Gem went on to earn his new owners over $700,000 and a number of trophies, including the Gr.2 CB Cox Stakes and the Listed Australia and Ballarat Cups. We received a text from Geoff the other day which expressed the real spirit of racehorse ownership:
" Our friend and champion DAKA has retired today - a sound and wonderfully content superstar who brought us all so many thrills and tears of joy. We love him to bits, as much as he loved to swoop home time and time again, defying the odds and his age. Our Daka will always be a Gem!
Mares For Private Sale
Apart from the mares advertised in 'BUY AND SELL' on our website, we also can source well bred or performed mares for private purchase. We have reliable contacts in all major racing countries.
Currently we have (above) this lovely US-bred, stakes winning mare with many Australian pedigree connections. She is in foal to Mount Nelson on a NH cover and is domiciled in England.
We also have the dam and the full sister to one of the world's CURRENT best racehorses available. Please contact us for more details.
The Mikado Scoops the Strada Stakes
Exciting Danehill Dancer colt The Mikado proved too good for his rivals in the Strada Stakes, run in March. Scoring by nearly 2 lengths, he beat smart Redoute's Choice filly Zingaling (subsequently winner of the P.J. Bell Stakes), with Hussonet colt Hus Der Lieften another half length away in third.
The Mikado is part owned by Pedigree Dynamics Principal Jane Henning and her husband Dik and raced with friends and clients.
A handsome brown out of a daughter of Caulfield Guineas winner Princess Talaria, The Mikado showed his dislike to the wet ground at his following start in the Darby Munro and it was decided to spell him for the winter season.
'Down the track', The Mikado hopes to follow in the footsteps of other Tim Martin trained colts Exceed and Excel, Murtajill, Gonski, Redoute's Dancer and co in impressing sufficiently enough to secure a place at stud.
HOOFNOTE: A Fastnet Rock 3/4 brother to The Mikado topped the first session of the National Yearling Sale 6th June on a bid of $400,000. He will be trained in Melbourne by Mark Kavanagh.
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