More than one shrewd commentator has noted that through the centuries, sire lines have frequentent been advanced through individuals from certain powerful female lines, frequently through inbreeding to them. The phenomenon goes right back to the late 1600s and the famed Spanker Mare. Her son, Jigg, was by The Byerley Turk, and is one of the links that extended that founding father’s male line to Herod, whose male line is most notably represented in the Northern Hemisphere by descendents of Ahonoora and Indian Ridge; she is the third dam of Bartlett’s Chiilders, who was by the Darley Arabian, and through his great-granson Eclipse, is male-line ancestor of probably way more than 90% of modern thoroughbreds; and fourth dam of Cade, a son of The Godolphin Arabian, who sired Matchem (whose line principally survives through the In Reality branch of Man o’ War). click here to read more….

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From a pedigree perspective, the results from Meydan on Thursday offered everything you could want. A graded winner bred on a mega-nick; a classic winner with an intriguing and complex pedigree pattern; and as a bonus, the return to form of a Champion. click here to read more….

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British racegoers have become used to Australian-bred sprint aces, such as Choisir, Miss Andretti, Takeover Target, and Scenic Blast, plundering their top sprints, particularly at Royal Ascot. A dominating New Zealand-bred miler was something different. That’s what they got, however, when Starcraft ventured over for the European 2005 racing season. click here to read more….

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For a time, Carson City was just about the most reliable sire of fast, precocious horses around. However, his early sons at stud were never able to emulate their sire’s success, and the likes of Flying Chevron, Good and Tough, Lord Carson and Boone’s Mill, despite having their moments, were unable to establish themselves as commercial Kentucky stallions. click here to read more….

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This winter’s Kentucky Derby (gr. I) favorite, Buddy’s Saint, reappeared in the Fountain of Youth Stakes (gr. II), but was badly buffeted around at the first turn, and thereafter played little part in affairs. At the sharp of the race, it was obvious from a long way out, that Eskendereya was about to put a hurt on the field. In front after three-quarters, he turned back Jackson Bend, and drew off to score by 8½ lengths from the rival, earning a 106 Beyer Speed figure. click here to read more….

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