Andrew Caulfield, March 5, 2013-Rydilluc However, the son which arguably made the deepest PEDIGREE INSIGHTS impact--apart from Northern Dancer--was Icecapade. B Y A N D R E W C A U L F I E L D This half-brother to the brilliant Ruffian (Reviewer) inherited a good measure of the speed which had PALM BEACH S.-GIII, $150,000, GPX, 3-3, 3yo, allowed Nearctic to set several track records from five 1 1/8mT, 1:48, fm. furlongs to a mile. A triple winner at two, Icecapade 1--#@RYDILLUC, 116, c, 3, by Medaglia d'Oro progressed to reach the first two in 10 of his 1st Dam: Swift and Classy (SW), by Clever Trick 14 sophomore starts, winning stakes races from six 2nd Dam: Sociable Duck, by Quack furlongs to a mile. He ranked equal-tenth among the 3rd Dam: Unsociable, by Never Bend colts and geldings on the Blood-Horse Free Handicap, ($55,000 yrl '11 KEESEP; $150,000 2yo >12 with a weight of 119, placing him nine pounds behind FTMMAY; $90,000 RNA 2yo >12 FTFFEB). O-Green, champion Key to The Mint (Graustark). He also did Dellatore-Bobo, Lerner, Shay, Baker, Baker et al; B-Hill pretty well at four, gaining graded victories over seven 'n' Dale Equine Holdings Inc & Gaines-Gentry furlongs and 1 1/16 miles, in addition to setting a track Thoroughbreds LLC (KY); T-Gary Contessa; J-Edgar S Prado. $90,000. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0, $158,490. record over Monmouth=s six furlongs. *1/2 to Gold Wonder (Golden Missile), MSW, It would be stretching the truth to say that Icecapade $188,878. Werk Nick Rating: F. developed into anything special as a stallion, even Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. though he sired 12% stakes winners and built a solid Average Earnings Index. However, he has left a far richer legacy than might have been predicted for a Click for the brisnet.com chart or the brisnet.com PPs. horse who was directly responsible for only a handful VIDEO. of Grade I winners. So extraordinary were Northern Dancer=s achievements as a stallion that it is easy to forget that His main claim to fame was that he sired Wild Again, he wasn=t the only distinguished stallion son of winner of the GI Breeders= Cup Classic before siring Nearctic. E.P. Taylor=s son Nearco was also responsible several Grade I-producing stallions. Some, though, for the top European miler Nonoalco, who sired the would argue that his finest achievement was to sire the European Guineas winners Melyno (Ire) and Katies (Ire), dam of the extraordinary Lady=s Secret. and Explodent, who numbered Exbourne and Mi Selecto Icecapade=s name also crops up in the pedigrees of among his Grade I winners. three of last week=s 3-year-old graded stakes winners. Beholder (Henny Hughes), winner of the GI Las He has sired Grade I winners on dirt (Rachel Virgenes S., is out of a mare by Tricky Creek, a stallion Alexandra, Plum Pretty, Champagne d=Oro, Warrior=s sired by Icecapade=s fast son Clever Trick. Clever Trick Reward and Gabby=s Golden Gal), on all-weather also popped up as the broodmare sire of Rydilluc (Violence) and on turf (C.S. Silk, Passion For Gold and (Medaglia d=Oro), who was so impressive in winning the Marketing Mix). GIII Palm Beach S. Then, there=s the GIII Swale S. Den=s Legacy, a member of the same crop as winner Clearly Now (Horse Greeley), whose second Violence and Rydilluc, has performed well on dam is a daughter of Wild Again. all-weather and dirt since winning the GIII Generous S. Although we should be hearing plenty more from on turf, and C.S. Silk was another with form on three Beholder and Clearly Now, who were both born as late surfaces, so it can be done. as May 9, it is Rydilluc With Rydilluc, the dam=s side of his pedigree supports who was, arguably, the the view that he will act on dirt. His dam Swift And most fascinating. Here Classy, who was sold for $100,000 at Keeneland we have a colt who November in 2009 while carrying Rydilluc, managed showed very little when only three starts but they were all on dirt and she was apparently unfancied and good enough to win them all. She did some sterling clearly inexperienced on work for previous owners, producing three black-type his main-track debut last horses in addition to a 2007 El Prado colt which made October. Since then, $1,000,000 as a yearling and a 2008 Medaglia d Oro though, he has reeled off = three very decisive colt which made $325,000. Unfortunately, neither of victories on turf, with his these colts saw much action, so let=s hope that Rydilluc Rydilluc Leslie latest win bringing back has inherited some of Medaglia d=Oro=s durability. Martin memories of Barbaro As a winner of the GI Travers S. and runner-up in the (Dynaformer)=s victory in GI Belmont S., GI Breeders= Cup Classic and G1 Dubai the World Cup, Medaglia d=Oro had no stamina issues. GIII Tropical Park Derby on turf. Of course, Animal Rydilluc=s performances suggest he has inherited a good Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) and Big Brown measure of that stamina, even though his dam Swift (Boundary) are other recent Kentucky Derby heroes And Classy and broodmare sire Clever Trick were whose preparation included promising efforts on turf. primarily sprinters. Clever Trick, of course, was best The question is: How will Rydilluc cope when he known as the sire of the very fast Phone Trick (who eventually reverts to traditional dirt after he has tackled also figures as the broodmare sire of a very notable one of the trials on Polytrack? The quick answer is that 3-year-old, namely last year=s champion European there is little in his pedigree to suggest that he will lack juvenile Dawn Approach {Ire} {New Approach}). the necessary versatility. Perhaps Rydilluc is benefiting from having a second Let=s start with his sire Medaglia d=Oro. Despite being dam by Quack. With T.V. Lark as his sire and a dam by by El Prado (Ire), an Irish turf performer, out of Princequillo, Quack was bred to stay pretty well and he Cappucino Bay, a mare who gained four of her five won the GI Hollywood Gold Cup over a mile and a wins on turf, Medaglia d=Oro was kept exclusively to quarter in the very fast time of 1:58.20. He also dirt. The mere fact that his earnings stood at more than alternated between dirt and turf. $4.5 million confirms that he was, in no way, Rydilluc=s second dam isn=t any old daughter of inconvenienced by this. Quack. She is the Grade I-placed Sociable Duck, who is But, with a racing career on dirt and a pedigree which best known as the dam of that outstanding broodmare suggests turf, Medaglia d=Oro is equipped to sire a wide Silvery Swan. This Silver Deputy mare made a great range of winners, and that is exactly what he has done. start to her broodmare career with El Corredor (Mr. Greeley), Silver Tornado (Maria=s Mon) and Roman Ruler RYDILLUC, c, 2010 (Fusaichi Pegasus) among her first five foals. Sadler’s Wells Northern Dancer Consequently, her subsequent yearlings included a Mr. El Prado (Ire) Fair Bridge Greeley filly which sold for $2.7 million and a Lady Capulett Sir Ivor Vindication colt--Maimonides--which made $4.6 million. Cap and Bells Medgalia d’Oro There was also a $600,000 Grand Slam filly, a Damascus Bailjumper $700,000 Bernardini colt and a $1,000,000 Unbridled=s Cappucino Bay Court Circuit Song filly. The last-named stallion sired Seducer=s Song, Dubbed In Silent Screen a dual Grade III winner on turf, from a half-sister to Society Singer Swift And Classy. Nearctic Icecapade Finally, Medaglia d=Oro=s connections must be Clever Trick Shenanigans delighted that his 2010 crop is helping redress the Swift and Classy Kankakee Miss Better Bee balance between males and females among the SW, 3-3-0-0 Golden Beach stallion=s graded winners. In following the example of 13Fls, 1GSW, T.V. Lark Violence and Den=s Legacy, Rydilluc has become the 1SW Sociable Duck Quack GISP, 6-1-1-0 Quillon seventh colt to join Medaglia d=Oro=s list of 12Fls, 2SW Unsociable Never Bend graded/group winners, which now totals 20. 11Fls, 1SW Vassar Grad.