Andrew Caulfield, October 4, 2011-Danedream (Ger) The intervening 40-odd years have seen Nijinsky make PEDIGREE INSIGHTS amends on several occasions. Suave Dancer, a colt by B Y A N D R E W C A U L F I E L D Nijinsky=s son Green Dancer, took the 1991 Arc, and was followed four years later by the unbeaten QATAR PRIX DE L=ARC DE TRIOMPHE-G1, Lammtarra, a colt sired by Nijinsky at the age of 24. i4,000,000, Longchamp, 10-2, 3you/up, c/f, 1 1/2mT, The 2002 Arc went to another of Nijinsky=s grandsons, 2:24.49 (NTR), gd. when the Caerleon 5-year-old Marienbard defeated a 1--DANEDREAM (GER), 120, f, 3, by Lomitas (GB) couple of Derby winners. 1st Dam: Danedrop (Ire), by Danehill 2nd Dam: Rose Bonbon (Fr), by High Top (Ire) Caulfield cont. 3rd Dam: Lady Berry (Fr), by Violon d=Ingres (Fr) (i9,000 HIT >10 BBAJUN). O-Gestut Burg Eberstein DANEDREAM (GER), f, 2008 & Teruya Yoshida; B-Gestut Brummerhof; T-Peter Northern Dancer Nijinsky II Schiergen; J-Andrasch Starke; Lifetime Record: Flaming Page Niniski MG1SW-Ger & GSW-Ity, 12-5-0-4, i2,826,486. Tom Rolfe Virginia Hills Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A. Ridin’ Easy Lomitas (GB) Click for Racing Post chart or brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Literat (Ger) Surumu (Ger) The Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe represented one of the Surama (Ger) La Colorada (Ger) few low points in the dazzling career of the great Kronzeuge (Ger) La Dorada (Ire) Nijinsky II. This brilliant colt arrived at Longchamp Love In (GB) unbeaten in 11 starts, having recently become the first Northern Dancer Danzig colt since 1935 to complete the extremely demanding Pas de Nom Danehill task of winning the British Triple Crown. Nijinsky had His Majesty Razyana taken the last leg, the St Leger, not long after Danedrop (Ire) Spring Adieu unraced recovering from a severe bout of ringworm, and in the Derring-do (GB) 8Fls, 1GSW High Top (Ire) circumstances the Arc probably came too soon for Rose Bonbon (Fr) Camenae (GB) 6-1-1-2, $24,507 Vincent O=Brien=s star. The end result was a head defeat 12Fls, 7Wnrs Lady Berry (Fr) Violon d’Ingres (Fr) by Sassafras. 14Fls, 1Ch, 3GSW Moss Rose (Ire) Nijinsky=s name also appears somewhere in the Interestingly, Lomitas= five years in Britain produced only pedigrees of several other Arc winners, including one Group 1 winner, namely the Aga Khan=s Prix de Sakhee, Rail Link and Zarkava, and his male line was l=Opera winner Shalanaya. He died in 2010, at the age again to the fore two days ago, when Danedream of 22. stunned the crowd with her five-length victory. This As Danedrop=s name suggests, she is a daughter of rapidly improving German filly is by Nijinsky=s grandson the mighty Danehill. Danehill, of course, enjoyed some Lomitas, who was German Horse of the Year back in of his finest moments as a sire with mares from the 1991. Nijinsky line, siring Dansili, Banks Hill, Intercontinental, Having charted Nijinsky=s influence on the Arc, it Cacique, Champs Elysees and Promising Lead from wouldn=t be fair to overlook the growing impact that sisters sired by Nijinsky=s grandson Kahyasi. He also German bloodlines have been having on the Longchamp sired the Prix Ganay winner Indian Danehill from a mare championship in recent years. Lomitas is out of a mare by Green Dancer and the champion Australian sprinter by Surumu, a Deutsches Derby winner who was Fastnet Rock from a Royal Academy mare. Fatnet Rock Germany=s champion sire on six occasions and who is being given his chance by Coolmore to establish sired Acatenango, a five-time champion sire. Surumu himself in Europe, following his eye-catching start in also sired the dam of Hurricane Run, winner of the Arc Australia. in 2005. Incidentally, it was Acatenango who sired the Danehill has recently notched up his sixth consecutive dams of this year=s winners of the Kentucky Derby and broodmare sire championship in Australia and he is Deutsches Derby. currently Sadler=s Wells=s nearest pursuer on the King=s Best, sire of the 2010 Arc winner Workforce, is Anglo-Irish list, thanks largely to the efforts of such as out of the German-bred Allegretta, who also ranks as Frankel and Maybe. Needless to say, Danehill=s best the dam of the 1993 winner Urban Sea, who in turn daughters are highly prized, but Danedrop never made it became the dam of Sea the Stars, the outstanding to the races and she was sold for i17,000 soon after winner in 2009. Danedream was weaned. Danedream herself made only To get back to Lomitas, 1991 was the year this son i9,000 when sold as a yearling. of Niniski won five of his six starts, his only setback That said, it isn=t hard to explain why she is as good coming at the hands of Temporal in the Deutsches as she is, or why she has made such impressive Derby. Lomitas went on to gain his revenge on improvement during the last few months. She is a May Temporal to the tune of seven lengths in the G1 Grosser 7 foal, so is allowed to be something of a late Preis von Baden and he also took the G1 Europa-Preis developer. by eight lengths. These efforts earned him an excellent In addition to having a Horse of the Year as her sire International Classification rating of 131. Lomitas= and a brilliant stallion as her broodmare sire, Danedream record in Germany stood at nine wins and two seconds comes from a highly distinguished female line. Her dam from 12 starts, but unfortunately he became the target is a granddaughter of the outstanding broodmare Lady of some cloak-and-dagger intrigue in Germany, with Berry. This daughter of Violon d=Ingres stayed well poison being administered to him on one occasion. He enough to defeat the males in the G1 Prix Royal-Oak was consequently sent into exile for his own safety and over a distance of nearly two miles and she proved spent two years in the U.S., where he became an similarly effective as a broodmare. allowance winner over a mile and an eighth at Saratoga Lady Berry=s stakes winners featured Indian Rose, and was second in the GII Shoemaker H. at Hollywood winner of the G1 Prix Vermeille, Le Nain Jaune, who Park. took the Grand Prix de Paris during its days over nearly Consequently Lomitas didn=t make his debut at stud two miles, and Vert Amande, a Prix Ganay winner who until he was seven, in 1995. Fortunately he wasted was also third in the Arc. little time in making an impact with his first 3-year-olds, Lady Berry=s daughter Featherhill also excelled as a to the extent that by August it was announced that broodmare, notably producing the high-class Groom Darley had purchased an interest that would allow it to Dancer. Lady Berry=s female descendants are also send seven mares a year to Lomitas, whose book was responsible for such Group 1 winners as Falco, Plumania restricted to 65 mares at Gestut Fahrhof. For the and Kinshasa No Kiseki, but Danedream now has strong record, that first crop contained Silvano (GI Arlington claims to being the best of them. Million), Sumitas (GII Knickerbocker H.) and Belenus (G1 For what it=s worth, Danedream=s seventh dam, the Deutsches Derby). Mahmoud mare Geranium, was a half-sister to Later crops produced two more good winners in the Esmeralda, a top-class racemare who produced the U.S. in Meridiana, an Oaks d=Italia winner who won the exceptional Coronation V. This incestuously bred filly GII Orchid H., and Blue Moon, winner of the GII Buena rounded off her second season in the 1949 edition of Vista H. The message is that you ignore Danedream at the Prix de l=Arc de Triomphe, winning with similar your peril, should she come over to the Breeders= Cup. panache to Danedream. Lomitas= bright start ultimately saw him transferred to join the Darley team at Newmarket in 2002, but he returned to Germany after the 2006 season, so Danedream=s dam Danedrop was among the first book of mares Lomitas covered after his return to Fahrhof.