Andrew Caulfield, January 11, 2011-JUSTAROUNDMIDNIGHT (IRE) Danehill Dancer has been represented by some top- PEDIGREE INSIGHTS notch sons in Europe and Australia, such as the BY ANDREW CAULFIELD Group 1 winners Mastercraftsman, Sunday, Gulfstream Choisir, Where Or MARSHUA'S RIVER S.-GIII, $100,000, GPX, 1-9, When, Alfred 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:40 1/5, fm. Nobel and Light 1-#@JUSTAROUNDMIDNIGHT (IRE), 118, f, 4, by Danehill Dancer (Ire) Fantastic, but he 1st Dam: Strategy (GB), by Machiavellian owes his 2nd Dam: Island Story, by Shirley Heights reputation in North 3rd Dam: Once Upon a Time, by Teenoso America largely to O-Mrs Paul Shanahan; B-Lynch Bages Ltd (IRE); his daughters. T-Patrick L Biancone; J-Joe Bravo; $60,000. Lifetime Justaroundmidnight Mastercraftsman Horsephotos Record: 8-2-2-0, $108,613. Werk Nick Rating: A. is his seventh Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. daughter to win a North American stakes event, her Click for the brisnet.com chart or the brisnet.com PPs. predecessors including Ave (GI Flower Bowl Invitational Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. S.), Alexander Tango (GI Garden City S.), Callwood The excellent Irish stallion Danehill Dancer has Dancer (GII Nassau S. and second in GI E.P. Taylor S.), recently enjoyed a notable few days with his Carribean Sunset (second GI Diana S.), Good Mood American-based daughters. On Sunday, his ex-Irish filly (GIII Regret S.) and the Grade III-placed Golden Balls. Justaroundmidnight sprang a surprise in taking the The interesting aspect of Justaroundmidnight=s GIII Marshua=s River S., and yesterday afternoon, his pedigree is that she is out of a daughter of Grade I-winning daughter Ave came under the hammer Machiavellian, the champion European two-year-old of at Keeneland, selling for $1.4 million. 1989. Although best known in America as the sire of Street Cry, Machiavellian was certainly no one-hit wonder, and the influence of this son of Mr. Prospector All horses in TDN Headline News and TDN American edition are bred in North America, unless otherwise indicated is spreading far afield.

www.coolmore.com Pedigree Insights cont. Pedigree Insights cont. What makes Machiavellian of particular interest to Machiavellian=s son Medicean enjoyed encouraging many breeders is the fact that his dam Coup de FolieB-a success with his early runners out of Danehill mares, two-year-old group notable winner with a siring that Timeform rating of top filly 112B-was inbred Nannina, and 3x3 to Street Cry Almahmoud. This sired the remarkable mare 2009 had only three Melbourne daughters, but Cup winner each of the three Shocking became the dam from a of a champion sire, Danehill with Cosmah Shocking dubaichronicle.com mare. being responsible Another Machiavellian for Halo, Natalma avenue that looked ripe for exploration was to send for Northern Machiavellian=s daughters to Danehill=s sons, and there Dancer and Bubbling Beauty for the French champion are now 132 foals bred this way, including quite a Arctic Tern. number of untried youngsters. Seventy of them have As Machiavellian was himself inbred 3x4 to Native raced, with 45 of them winning, and Dancer, he had two lines to each of Natalma=s parents. Justaroundmidnight is the third of them to win at the This encouraged breeders to send him numerous group/graded level. Her predecessors were Zoffany, the granddaughters of Northern Dancer, and this cross Dansili colt who won five of his seven starts at two last resulted in 13 of his group winners, including his Group year, including the G1 Phoenix S., and Blessed Luck, a 1 winners Medicean, Storming Home, West Wind and Rock of Gibraltar filly who scored at Group 3 level in Rebecca Sharp. Italy. The two lines of Native Dancer and Almahmoud in All seven of Danehill Dancer=s runners out of Machiavellian=s pedigree also encouraged the idea of Machiavellian mares are winners, and they include a coupling his descendants with those of Danehill, a talented performer, Quadrille, from the same family as magnificent stallion inbred 3x3 to Natalma. Justaroundmidnight. A winner of two of his three Danehill=s 10 foals out of Machiavellian mares juvenile starts, Quadrille was caught in the final strides featured nine winners, including four at stakes level. of last year=s Hampton Court S., thereby failing by only These stakes winners comprised Scintillation, a multiple a short head to give his breeder, the Queen, a Royal Group 1 winner in Hong Kong, his sister Shania Dane, a Ascot stakes victory. Quadrille finished just ahead of dual Group 2 winner in Australia, and the British listed Wigmore Hall, who went on to finish second in the winners Miss Pinkerton and Coy. We also saw Danehill GI Secretariat S. Quadrille=s third dam, the Ribblesdale do well with Rafina, a sister to Machiavellian. Their son S. winner Expansive, was a sister to Admiralofthefleet looked a fine prospect when he won Justaroundmidnight=s fifth dam, the Park Hill S. winner the G2 Royal Lodge S. in 2006, but ultimately fell about Example. 14 pounds short of top class. The Example branch of this family once produced Unknown Quantity, winner of the GI Arlington H., but JUSTAROUNDMIDNIGHT (IRE), f, 2007 has now virtually died out at Her Majesty=s Royal Studs. Northern Dancer Danzig However, the Expansive branch is still well represented, Pas De Nom Danehill largely through Expansive=s granddaughter Phantom His Majesty Razyana Gold. This daughter of Machiavellian--a sister to Danehill Dancer Spring Adieu Quadrille=s dam, the GIII De La Rose H. winner (Ire) Atan Sharpen Up (GB) Fictitious-B was good enough to beat the males in the Rochetta (GB) G2 Geoffrey Freer S. and G3 St Simon S. Phantom Mira Adonde Caro (Ire) Gold s daughter Golden Stream, who showed Lettre d’Amour = Lianga unexpected speed for a daughter of Sadler=s Wells, will Raise a Native be a welcome addition to the Queen=s broodmare band, Mr. Prospector Gold Digger which has seen an influx of quite a lot of new blood in Machiavellian Halo recent years. Coup de Folie Strategy (GB) Raise The Standard Interestingly, Fictitious is a perfect example of the 4 Fls, 1 Wnr, Mill Reef way breeders are pursuing the Danehill/Machiavellian 1GSW Shirley Heights (GB) Island Story (GB) Hardiemma (GB) cross. Since producing Quadrille in 2007, she has had a 6 Fls, 3 Wnrs Once Upon a Time (GB) Teenoso (GB) 2008 colt by Dansili, a 2009 filly by Danehill Dancer 7 Wnrs, 1 SW Pas de Deux (GB) and a 2010 colt by Dylan Thomas.