Andrew Caulfield, June 12, 2012-Xanadou (Ire) The California-based Unusual Heat was back in the PEDIGREE INSIGHTS spotlight thanks to the admirable Acclamation, who B Y A N D R E W C A U L F I E L D recorded his fifth Grade I success and his third consecutive triumph in the Charles Whittingham H. Saturday, Chantilly, France Over in Europe, Peintre Celebre enjoyed a stakes double PRIX PAUL DE MOUSSAC-G3, i80,000, Chantilly, 6-9, thanks to Slight Advantage in Germany and the 3yo, c/g, 1mT, 1:38.30, sf. progressive 3-year-old Xanadou in France. 1--@#XANADOU (IRE), 122, c, 3, by Peintre Celebre 1st Dam: Doohulla (SP-Eng), by Stravinsky Caulfield cont. 2nd Dam: Viva Zapata, by Affirmed 3rd Dam: Viva Aviva, by Secretariat XANADOU (IRE), c, 2009 (30,000gns yrl >10 TATOCT). O-Daniel-Yves Treves; Nearctic Northern Dancer B-Yeguada Milagro; T-Jean-Claude Rouget: Natalma Nureyev J-Christophe Soumillon; i40,000. Lifetime Record: Forli Special 5 starts, 4 wins, 1 place, i84,500. *1/2 to Clunia Thong Peintre Celebre (Ire) (Silent Times {Ire}), Ch. 2yo Filly-Spn, SW-Spn. Raise a Native Alydar Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: D. Sweet Tooth Peinture Bleue Click for the Racing Post chart. Click for Equidia video. Habitat Petroleuse (Ire) Plencia (Fr) As I reviewed Union Rags=s pedigree in some depth Northern Dancer Nureyev after his victory in the GII Fasig-Tipton Fountain of Special Stravinsky Youth S. in February, this week I am taking the Blushing Groom (Fr) Doohulla Fire the Groom opportunity to point out some salient pedigree features SP-Eng, 14-2-0-2, Prospector’s Fire concerning several of the other horses who enjoyed $31,543 Exclusive Native Viva Zapata Affirmed stakes success last week. It=s a reminder of how quickly 4Fls, 1Ch, 1GSW GSW-Fr, 6-2-2-1, Won’t Tell You time passes that it is already 11 years since the $76,802 Viva Aviva Secretariat tremendously accomplished Nureyev died. He no longer 9Fls, 3SP 17Fls, 1GSW, 1SW Viva La Vivi has many major stallion sons in Europe or North America, but two of them were in form last week. The Wildenstein family experimented with inbreeding Sixties Icon covered 52 mares in his first season, at a to Nureyev quite some time ago and was principally fee of ,6,000. He therefore seemed sure to face an rewarded with Peintre Celebre=s high-class 1 1/2-mile uphill struggle, but he has been one of the stories of the filly Vallee Enchantee. She was inbred 2x3 to Nureyev, British season. Far from needing time and distance, his thanks to having a second dam by the former Walmac progeny have come out ready for action (thanks partly stalwart. Coincidentally, both of last week=s stakes to the no-nonsense approach of Mick Channon, a trainer winners by Peintre Celebre are also inbred to Nureyev. who believes that racehorses are meant to race). Sixties The more interesting of the two is Xanadou, who is Item has already notched up four winners and three inbred 2x3. His speedy dam, Doohulla, is a daughter of placed horses from his first nine runners, including Stravinsky, who staked a strong claim to being Chilworth Icon, winner of the Woodcote S. over six Nureyev=s fastest son with his victories in the furlongs, and the listed-placed Effie B. G1 Nunthorpe S. and G1 July Cup. The next son of Galileo to have runners will be Daughters of Stravinsky have already produced two Heliostatic=s superior brother Soldier of Fortune, winner Group 1 winners and interestingly both of them--the of the G1 Irish Derby and G1 Coronation Cup. This excellent Australian filly Mosheen and the top-class Rip French-based stallion has yearlings, whereas the highly Van Winkle--were effective at up to 1 1/2 miles. talented Rip Van Winkle has foals. Xanadou=s Group 3 win last week was over a mile, but I have to admit that there was a time when I had he won over 1 3/16 miles as a juvenile, so it seems that doubts about Gone West=s prowess as a broodmare sire. Stravinsky=s daughters aren=t going to prove It wasn=t until late 2004, when his daughters already one-dimensional speedsters as producers. had more than 500 foals of racing age, that the Brilliant racehorses don=t always make brilliant then-20-year-old stallion became the broodmare sire of a stallions, but Frankel=s legions of admirers needn't have Group 1 winner. However, that particular Group 1 any fears about their favorite, judging by the early winner was worth the wait, as he was none other than results achieved by Galileo=s first few stallion sons. Motivator, who went on to take the 2005 G1 Derby by Last week saw New Approach confirm his standing as five lengths. a stallion of rare potential. Even though this Derby I=m pleased to say that that proved a turning point in winner shone over distances of a mile and a quarter and Gone West=s career. Since then his daughters= total of a mile and a half--as his pedigree suggested he would-- Group 1 winners in the Northern Hemisphere has soared he had three impressive 2-year-old winners over six to eight, thanks to Healthy Addiction, Frost Giant, Game furlongs last week. The most important of the three has Face, Awesome Feather, Brilliant Speed, Announce and to be the unbeaten Dawn Approach, who provided his Union Rags. sire with his first stakes victory, but there was also a lot Of course Gone West had every right to succeed in to like about Tha'Ir and the filly Newfangled. this area. His sire Mr. Prospector enjoyed prolonged Teofilo was another Galileo stallion with a success as a broodmare sire, racking up numerous much-admired 2-year-old winner last week, with Havana North American championships, and Gone West=s own Gold shaping like a potential group horse in winning his broodmare sire, Secretariat, was the champion debut at Newmarket. Teofilo--who, like New Approach, broodmare sire of 1992. But who could have guessed stands under the Darley banner--already has five stakes that arguably his most important successes as a winners in his first crop, including four at group level. broodmare sire would come in such demanding Parish Hall, of course, won last year=s G1 Dewhurst S. mile-and-a-half tests as the G1 Derby and the and Light Heavy was recording his third consecutive win GI Belmont S.? when he took the G2 Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial. Ask European breeders to name Green Desert=s best Two sons of Galileo which haven=t enjoyed the stallion sons and they are likely to nominate Oasis first-rate support given to New Approach and Teofilo Dream, Invincible Spirit and Cape Cross, but another are Heliostatic and Sixties Icon. Heliostatic, a Group 3 stallion worthy of inclusion is Desert Style. middle-distance winner, had only 24 foals in his first When this well-bred horse retired to Corbally Stud in Irish crop, but they included Crius, winner of the Ireland in 1996, his modest fee reflected the fact that G3 Sommerville Tattersall S. last fall. he had won nothing more important than three Group 3 The royally bred Sixties Icon--the result of a mating events in Ireland. Although technically the best between winners of the Derby and Oaks--was a 3-year-old sprinter in Europe in 1995, Desert Style was Group 1 winner, but that Group 1 win came in the St rated no higher than 120, so he was no shoo-in for Leger, a race widely considered a graveyard for its stallion success. winners= stallion prospects. Even so, he has built up an admirable record and he was represented by his sixth individual Grade I winner PEDIGREE INSIGHTS... when the ex-French Desert Blanc narrowly came out on top in the Woodford Reserve Manhattan H. Desert Get pedigree expert Blanc=s predecessors include such high-class performers Andrew Caulfield=s take as Bachir (winner of the G1 2000 Guineas in France and on racing=s newsmakers! Ireland), Mandesha (a triple Group 1 winner in France) You can find all of Caulfield=s columns in and Paco Boy (a winner of three of Europe=s premier the TDN Archive. races over seven furlongs or a mile). Now 20 years old, Desert Style is currently finishing his fourth season at Haras du Hoguenet in France, a country where four of his progeny have won at the highest level. One of his daughters was responsible for Family One, one of the fastest French 2-year-olds of 2011, and Havana Gold, the promising Teofilo colt mentioned elsewhere in these notes, is another with a Desert Style dam. Incidentally, Desert Blanc is an example of the success that Indian Ridge mares have enjoyed with grandsons of Danzig, others being Dancing Rain, winner of last year=s Oaks and German Oaks, and Excelebration, winner of last year=s Prix du Moulin. Johannesburg was by no means everyone=s favorite stallion before his sale to Japan, but he may have left a worthwhile legacy in the U.S. In addition to being the sire of leading second-crop sire Scat Daddy, he was also responsible for Teuflesberg. Teuflesberg enjoyed his finest moment in winning the GII Woody Stephens S. in 2007 and now his first-crop son Trinniberg has won the same valuable prize (despite being a $1,500 yearling).