TDN P HEADLINE NEWS • 10/15/02 • PAGE 4 of 5 While the number of turf performers on this list sug- P EDIGREE INSIGHTS gests that this is the best surface for the majority of BY ANDREW CAULFIELD Dynaformer’s progeny, the likes of Perfect Drift, Blumin Affair, Starrer and Critical Eye provide a strong re- DYNA-MITE minder that he can sire top performers on both sur- When Dynaformer moved to Three Chimneys Farm faces. Dynaformer was also versatile in his racing days, for the 1995 breeding season, his fee of $15,000 gaining his Grade II wins in the Jersey Derby and the placed him well down the farm’s pecking order, with Discovery H. on dirt and later setting a track record only one of the nine stallions standing for less. This son over 1 1/2 miles on turf at Keeneland. of Roberto has now earned much more respect and Because Dynaformer stands 17 hands, I am always next year will see him standing his second successive surprised by his ability to get juvenile winners. He had season at a fee of $50,000--a figure which places him sired 77 of them to the end of last year, with as many $30,000 below Rahy, $25,000 below Point Given and as 11 coming in a single crop, and he already has his $10,000 below War Chant. first stakes winner from his 2000 crop (sired at a fee of It could be argued that Dynaformer currently repre- $30,000). This is Fortuitous, who collected the second sents better value than either Point Given or War division of the GIII Natalma S. at Woodbine, not long Chant, simply because he has already proven himself after another daughter, Sand Springs, had finished third capable of getting high-class performers crop after in the first division. crop. Even when he commanded a fee of only $5,000 Riskaverse’s dam, The Bink, is a perfect example of in the five years he spent at Wafare Farm at the start of the better class of mare that Dynaformer has been his career, he sired winners of the calibre of Vergennes attracting in recent years. The Bink is a very well-bred (GI Holywood Derby), Blumin Affair (second in the GI individual, a member of the first crop by Seeking The Breeders’ Cup Juvenile) and their fellow graded-stakes Gold. Her second dam, Toll Booth, earned the title of winners Formal Tango, Old Chapel, Dynamic Trick, Broodmare Of The Year at the age of 20 in 1991, when Rabiadella, Dixie Dynasty and Voyagers Quest. her daughter Christiecat was in the midst of a very It is well worth remembering that much of the suc- successful career which, coincidentally, included a neck cess he has enjoyed over the last two years has been second in the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup. with offspring sired at fees of $20,000 or less, includ- Christiecat was no less than the seventh stakes win- ing GISW Critical Eye. His 1998 and 1999 crops, each ner out of Toll Booth, following a sextet led by the of which contained around 60 named foals, have pro- top-class Plugged Nickle and his Grade III-winning sister duced Baptize, a dual Grade II winner on turf; Starrer, a Key To The Bridge. Toll Booth’s dam, the celebrated dual Grade II winner on the dirt; Grade III winner Blazing Missy Baba, would also have been a worthy winner of Fury, who was recently a close second in the GI Turf the Broodmare Of The Year title, as her six stakes win- Classic; the Grade II winner Perfect Drift, who became ners included G!SW Sauce Boat, the champion sire Raja the second son of Dynaformer to finish third in the Baba and the highly influential Gay Missile, ancestress Kentucky Derby; and Riskaverse, who followed Collect of A.P. Indy, Summer Squall and Lemon Drop Kid. The Cash as Dynaformer’s second winner of the GI The Bink is inbred 3x3 to Buckpasser, a distinction Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup in the last three years. she shares with the very good broodmare Whakilyric, There is also an extensive and talented supporting who has the French Derby winner Hernando and the cast from Dynaformer’s 1998 and 1999 crops, featur- Group 1 winner Johann Quatz among her five stakes ing the turf stakes winners Bold Answer, Dynamous, winners. The Bink could prove similarly effective judg- Maliziosa, Minimalist, Mystery Giver, Spanish John and ing by her first two living foals, which are the Grade III Transition Time. turf winner Cozzy Corner and Riskaverse. MORE WEEKEND WINNERS FOR THE ASHFORD FRESHMEN Snappy Tail wins a MSW at Calder #17 TALE OF THE CAT Cafe Floridian makes a winning debut in Japan on Saturday #15 GRAND SLAM www.coolmore.com.