Karel Miedema’s Pedigree Evaluation PICK OF THE BUNCH Suitable mares for Horse Chestnut orse Chestnut could include 1. Mares with Intriguing (notably H Fort Wood – London Wall by Col Pickering Woodman, Secret Prospector), or other Swaps (notably Parade Leader & other Kingmambo, Rakeen/Jet Master) The prodigal son has returned. Slaughter the fatted calf and let’s celebrate! or Khaled (notably Badger Land) The time has come to support Horse Chestnut, ‘our’ Champion, the One Who 2. Mares with Flower Bowl, through son Graustark/His Majesty (notably Sailed for America to make a new beginning - but never quite got a proper Caesour, Parade Leader, Danehill) chance. He had stakes winners from mares by sires whose names hardly ring 3. Mares with Halo (notably Rakeen/Jet a bell: Demons Begone, No Sale George, Polish Numbers, General Meeting, Master) or kin-relative Never Bend (notably Riverman, Mill Reef), or other St Jovite. So much for breeding the best to the best. Hail To Reason (notably Roberto) So let’s see what he can do back home, with real support. 4. Mares with Damascus (notably Complete Warrior, Captain Al) or other kin-links to Bold Reason he best thing about Horse tested kin-lines of Romanella (dam Woodman, and kinbred Chestnut’s exploits in the of Ribot), Cosquilla (dam of 3x3 Fall Aspen x 5. Mares with Cyane/Outing Class (notably US is that there’s a lot of Princequillo), Teresina (dam of Playmate. Isipingo’s dam Strike Smartly, Ringaro) pedigree information Alibhai), Mahubah/Annette K. (the is out of Bravemie, a full 6. Mares with Donatello (notably Alycidon, availableT to see what makes him tick. two grandams of War Admiral). sister to Miesque. Jallad, Elliodor, Goldmark) Let’s first sketch a background, Following on from all this, there Bravemie and Miesque though, about his own female family, is interesting information to be are daughters of Pasodoble, who is and the way his sire Fort Wood makes drawn from the crops sired by kinbred Romanella x Teresina x Flower Bowl’s son Graustark. That out. Horse Chestnut in the US. Mahubah x Artist’s Proof x makes Secret Asset kin to Change Cosquilla. Shades of Alleged and Water. As Secret Asset is the dam Fort Wood is a son of Sadler’s Wells, His best son to date is Gr1 winner Key To The Mint, noted earlier in of Secret Prospector, we may ask if whose damsire Bold Reason provides Lucifer’s Stone, whose dam is Horse Chestnut’s female line Fort Wood had any success with kin-links in Sadler’s best progeny. kinbred 4x4 Halo x Loboette (the relatives. Secret Prospector mares. He did In Fort Wood the link is between latter his fourth dam). Loboette is indeed. Five daughters of Secret Bold Reason and the bottom female by Good Counsel out of Chanderelle Of interest will be Gr3 placed Prospector have to date visited Fort line, through Fall Aspen & her dam (who is 2x2 Swaps x Flower Bowl Little Hussy, whose dam is a Wood, three of them produced black Change Water. and kin to Fort Wood’s grandam daughter of Smart Strike. In South Africa Smart Strike’s full brother type horses, including Gr1 winner Horse Chestnut (by Fort Wood) is Change Water, while Chanderelle’s Strike Smartly has grand record Elusive Fort and Gr2 runners-up kinbred 4x2(3) Bold Reason x dam Chandelle is also kin to Halo). with Fort Wood mares. Little Hussy First Honour and Aspen Secret. Nalatale (Antalya), and 4x4x5x4 In this pedigree Bold Reason (the shows the relationship of Change The Swaps/Flower Bowl Bold Reason x Imitation x Khaled x notable one from Sadler’s Wells), Water to Classy ‘n Smart, the dam connection can be further exploited, Acropolis. Bold Reason is the Halo and Good Counsel are all sons of Smart Strike. Classy ‘n Smart is through Graustark & full brother distinguishing line for Fort Wood’s of Hail To Reason and all three are kinbred 2x3 Cyane x Outing Class, His Majesty. Caesour mares may sire Sadler’s Wells, and seems to be close kin. who both are kin to Change Water present a good opportunity, or mares doing his thing here as expected. Gr2 winner Spanish Chestnut is – as in Fort Wood x Strike Smartly. with Danehill, but there are many Imitation and Khaled are 2x3 in Fort kinbred 5x3x4 Bold Reason x others, notable Parade Leader. The Wood’s dam Fall Aspen. Nalatale x Never Bend (Bold Stakes winner Rough Road Ahead latter is by Kingmambo, a son of Reason and Never Bend have the is kinbred 3x2 Sadler’s Wells x It is important in this context to Miesque, whose full sister Bravemie same dam). We find more of the same Waltzing Empress (his grandam); note (we’ll see why later) that Khaled featured as grandam in Horse in English Gr3 placed Chester le Rough Road Ahead’s damsire Regal is the sire of Swaps, the latter kin to Chestnut’s Gr1 placed son Isipingo. Street, who is out of a mare by Classic is a half brother to Classy ‘n the mare Flower Bowl, dam of full Parade Leader’s dam Battle Creek Dayjur, and kinbred 5x3x5x4 Bold Smart, which gives kin-breeding brothers Graustark & His Majesty. Girl is a daughter of His Majesty, Reason x Nalatale x Hail to Beauty Change Water x Outing Class. Swaps is kinbred 3x2x3x4 Selene x while her grandam Soaring is a x Never Bend. Eclair x Cinna x Uncle’s Lassie, daughter of Swaps. One step Flower Bowl is kinbred 3x2x3x3 Gr3 winner Smart Enough is Where From Here further: Soaring is female line Selene x Teresina x Cinna x Kampala. kinbred 3x3 Fall Aspen x Numbered The Swaps/Flower Bowl ancestress of three full siblings by They all link together. Account (dam of Polish Numbers) connection appears to make for an Halo, sires Devil’s Bag & Saint and 4x4x4 Change Water x interesting opportunity. Woodman Ballado and mare Glorious Song Intriguing (dam of Numbered (dam of Rakeen). Top runners from Horse Chestnut’s appears twice as damsire in Horse Account) x Cyane. Intriguing is a immediate female line include West Chestnut’s best, and Polish Acropolis’ sire Donatello must be daughter of Swaps. Wall/Rawl Plug, black-type full Numbers once. The dams of of interest, notably through sisters by Plugged Nickle (both sisters In the same camp as Smart Woodman and Polish Numbers are Alycidon who is full brother to are dams of SW’s by Horse Enough belongs Tabacchi, who Playmate and Numbered Account, Acropolis. Alycidon sires Antalya’s th Chestnut’s sire Fort Wood) and Sports finished 4 in the Gr1 Belmont full sisters by Buckpasser out of full sister in blood Almiranta (TFR Chestnut, by Sportsworld. Stakes. He is 3x3 Fall Aspen x Intriguing (a daughter of Swaps). 128). Donatello appears in Jallad, Interesting to note that Plugged Playmate (grandam of Woodman, The two mares are kin to Fort whose grandam Silver Liner is kin Nickle and Sportsworld are close and a full sister to Numbered Wood’s dam Fall Aspen. Note in this to Nalatale. He’s also significant in relatives. They have the mare Missy Account, above, both daughters of context Numbered Account’s Elliodor, through that one’s damsire Baba as their 2nd /3rd dam. They are by Intriguing) and 5x4x5 Bold Reason daughter Secret Asset, who is by Crepello, and Goldmark. sires Key To The Mint (Graustark) x Antalya x Minaret (his fifth dam). and Alleged (Hoist The Flag), who There’s more. Like Tabacchi, Gr1/ standing at: DRAKENSTEIN STUD are very much kin-related. This 2/3 placed Isipingo is by Horse Stud Master: Ross Fuller • Cell: 082 826 2127• [email protected] relationship involves the tried-and- Chestnut out of a mare by enquiries: Robin Bruss • Cell: 082 469 4231 • [email protected] 2008 Sires Handbook - Raceform.