Andrew Caulfield, Jan. 10, 2012-Out of Bounds PEDIGREE INSIGHTS B Y A N D R E W C A U L F I E L D Saturday, Santa Anita SHAM S.-GIII, $100,000, SAX, 1-7, 3yo, 1m, 1:34 2/5, ft. 1--#@OUT OF BOUNDS, 118, c, 3, by 1st Dam: Elaine (GISW, $1,770,740), by Unbridled's Song 2nd Dam: Carols Folly, by Taylor's Falls 3rd Dam: No Trespassing, by Bob's Dusty O/B-Darley (KY); T-Eoin G Harty; J-Garrett K Gomez; $60,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0, $89,700. *3/4 to Etched (), MGSW, $575,086. **1st SW winner for sophomore sire (by Forestry). Werk Nick Rating: A++. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs or a video replay.

The world seemed to be at Discreet Cat=s feet at the end of 2006. This son of Forestry had thoroughly justified =s decision to purchase him for a substantial sum after his impressive debut victory over Superfly (who went on the contest the GI Breeders= Cup Juvenile) at Saratoga in 2005. Discreet Cat continued to look a superstar in the making in two starts in Dubai in March 2006, especially in the UAE Derby. He took this G2 event by six lengths from a field which included . Although there was talk Discreet Cat afterwards of the Sarah K Andrew Derby or the Preakness, the American public didn=t get to see him again until the later stages of the Saratoga meeting, when he ran away with a third level allowance. That performance was overshadowed the following day when , another of Sheikh Mohammed=s 3-year-olds, defeated Bluegrass Cat by more than seven lengths in the GI Travers S.

OUT OF BOUNDS, c, 2009 Terlingua Forestry Shared Interest Surgery Discreet Cat Pretty Discreet Pretty Persuasive Bury the Hatchet Fappiano Unbridled Gana Facil Unbridled’s Song Caro (Ire) Trolley Song Unbridled Elaine Lucky Spell GISW, $1,770,740 In Reality 7Fls, 2GSW Taylor’s Falls Carols Folly Nilene Wonder SW 9Fls, 2GISW No Trespassing Bob’s Dusty 9Fls, 1SW Private Parking However, Discreet Cat drew comparisons with Having stood at $125,000 in 2007, his fee over the Bernardini eight weeks later, when he cruised to last three years has been $17,500 in 2010, $12,500 in another impressively easy victory, this time in the 2011 and $12,500 again this year (even though he GI Mile. He gave weight and a beating to a pair of sired in 2011). accomplished older horses, including 7lb to runner-up Happily, the early signs are that Discreet Cat is well Badge of Silver and 4lb to third-placed Silver Train. capable of reversing the trend. He appears to be In the year-end World Racehorse passing on a good measure of the Rankings, Discreet Cat shared top place with Bernardini talent which made him so hard to among the 3-year-olds, with a rating of 128. The beat at his best. He enjoyed an Racing Post=s handicapper Paul Curtis argued that excellent double three days ago, Discreet Cat deserved top billing on his own: when J “TDN Rising Star” J Discreet Dancer earned rave AIt may have been controversial, but the official Discreet Dancer reviews for his facile over a handicappers could have been more positive about the Coglianese photo mile at Gulfstream. Then, Out of unbeaten Discreet Cat. While yet to be tested at Bounds proved too good for championship level, the form of his last start when Breeders= Cup Juvenile Sprint winner Secret Circle in trouncing a small but select field in the Cigar Mile at the GIII Sham S. With Please Be Discreet winning the following day, the 9-year-old stallion now has 22 Aqueduct stands close inspection, with proven winners from his first crop. Breeders= Cup horses chasing him home. Anything from The majority of these winners have emerged since 127 to 133 could be argued for Discreet Cat and his the beginning of September, with December being official mark looks a safe one in perching him alongside especially productive, so it looks as though they benefit Bernardini, Racing Post ratings taking a more positive from a bit of patience. view with a mark of 131+.@ When I reviewed Discreet Cat as a racehorse, I asked, ADoes he owe his talent to the fact that he comes from Although the respected Timeform handicappers America=s most fashionable sire line and comes from an disagreed, rating Discreet Cat 5lb below Bernardini on illustrious female line which traces all the way back to 127, his commentary understandably ended with the Risque, winner of the Alabama S. in 1931? words Aa most exciting prospect.@ This prediction AOr is he so good because his pedigree features reflected the hope that 2007 would see Godolphin reap inbreeding to four outstanding racehorses and sires? rich rewards for the patience shown Discreet Cat, a This inbreeding is 4x5 to , 4x5 to May 1 foal who was described by Simon Crisford as Buckpasser, 5x5 to Bold Ruler and 5x5 to Ribot. These still immature after his UAE Derby win. stallions respectively achieved Average Earnings Indices When I reviewed Discreet Cat=s pedigree after his of 5.10, 3.94, 7.73 and 4.09 and jointly sired a total of Aqueduct win, I commented that he had Athe requisite 331 stakes winners from a total of 1,727 foals--a high-class bloodlines for the time he joins the Darley magnificent 19% stakes winners.@ stallion team.@ After all, his sire Forestry had Interestingly, Discreet Dancer=s dam West Side commanded a fee of $100,000 in 2006, rising to Dancer brings in further lines of Northern Dancer and $125,000 in 2007. Buckpasser, and also creates 5x4 to . However, the next few years saw a distinct Out of Bounds, for his part, has three lines of In downturn in the fortunes of Forestry and his son. Reality (5x6x4). The colt=s broodmare sire Unbridled=s Discreet Cat returned to Dubai to bid for the World Song has In Reality in the fourth generation of his Cup, but he trailed home last behind Invasor after an pedigree and he owes some of his greatest successes interrupted preparation. He was subsequently found to to mares with further In Reality blood, a perfect be suffering from a throat abscess, and it was six example being Out of Bounds= dam, the Breeders= Cup months before he raced again. His reputation was such Distaff winner Unbridled Elaine (out of a daughter of that he headed the betting for both the Vosburgh S. Taylor=s Falls). Other examples include her fellow Grade and Breeders= Cup Dirt Mile, but he could finish no I winners Splendid Blended (5x3), Political Force closer than a soundly beaten third in both. (5x4x4), First Defence (5x4) and Unrivaled Belle (5x5). Consequently, his fee was set no higher than Mention of Political Thought is a reminder that this $30,000 when he commenced stallion duties at Darley winner of the Suburban H. is out of Unbridled Elaine=s in 2008, whereas Bernardini had been priced at excellent half-sister Glitter Woman. The mating which $100,000 a year earlier. produced Unbridled Elaine took place at around the time As with many of today=s young stallions, Discreet that the cheaply bought Glitter Woman was Cat=s fee has since been on a downward spiral, establishing herself as one of the best 3-year-old dropping over the next four years to $25,000, of 1997. Glitter Woman=s win in the GI Ashland S. in $20,000, $17,500 and $12,500. His decline probably April was her fourth graded success of the year. owed a little to Forestry=s fall from grace. Ï Ò Ï Ò A $230,000 weanling, Unbridled Elaine went on to earn getting on for $1.8 million, thanks to a record of 11-6-2-1 which featured a victory over Spain in the 2001 Breeders= Cup Distaff. She was then sold, carrying her second foal, for $4.4 million in 2004. The colt she was carrying was by Discreet Cat=s sire Forestry and he proved a welcome bonus to Unbridled Elaine=s buyers. Named Etched, he was talented enough to move into the lead coming to the final quarter mile of the 2010 Breeders= Cup Classic, having earned his place in the field with a record of seven wins from nine starts. This winner of the GIII Nashua S., GII Meadowlands Cup and GII Monmouth Cup will shortly begin stallion duties at Bonita Farm in Maryland. Etched managed only 11 starts during five years in training, never managing more than three starts in a single season. It will be fascinating to see whether Out of Bounds--by a horse who raced sporadically--proves any tougher.