Pedigree Insights
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Andrew Caulfield, August 12, 2003 – One Cool Cat P EDIGREE INSIGHTS ultimately developing into a very valuable stallion prospect. BY ANDREW CAULFIELD Coincidentally, Tacha’s dam Savannah Dancer was another very high-priced purchase at Keeneland’s July INDEPENDENT WATERFORD WEDGWOOD PHOENIX Sale. With Northern Dancer as her sire and the S.-G1, i282,600, Curragh, 8-10, 2yo, c/f, 6fT, champion filly Valoris as her dam, Savannah Dancer 1:11.40, gd. was guaranteed to cause a stir in the reckless days of 1--sONE COOL CAT, 126, c, 2, by Storm Cat 1983. Remember, Valoris had recorded impressive 1st Dam: Tacha, by Mr. Prospector victories in the 1000 Guineas at The Curragh and the 2nd Dam: Savannah Dancer, by Northern Dancer Oaks at Epsom. What’s more, Valoris ranked alongside 3rd Dam: *Valoris II, by *Tiziano II Val de Loir (Prix du Jockey-Club) and Kalila (dam of Prix ($3,100,000 yrl ‘01 KEEJUL). O-Susan Magnier; du Jockey-Club winner Roi Lear) as one of the 18 foals B-WinStar Farm LLC; T-Aidan O'Brien; J-M Kinane; out of the astonishing broodmare Vali. i177,600. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0, i235,100. Valoris herself had already produced three notable Click for the racingpost.co.uk chart or the free performers in the Irish Oaks runner-up Vincennes, the brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Oaks second Val’s Girl and the G2 Geoffrey Freer S. winner Valinsky, who was also placed at Group 1 level. When Brookside Farms reduced its broodmare band No wonder Allen Paulson was prepared to go to by selling 16 mares at Keeneland’s January Sale in $2,500,000 to secure her. While her price was eclipsed 2000, it owed the bulk of its aggregate takings of by two of Northern Dancer’s sons, including the $9,195,000 to just three mares. Two of them, notorious $10.2 million Snaafi Dancer, it was enough to Claxton’s Slew and Solar Slew, had already produced equal the world record for a yearling filly. champions, respectively being the dams of the Paulson Savannah Dancer went a long way towards justifying stars Escena and Cigar, and now it looks as though her price by taking the GII Del Mar Oaks over a mile and Tacha, the third member of this illustrious trio, may also an eighth. She was also the highest-rated turf have produced a champion in One Cool Cat, her second performer, at 121 pounds, on the Blood-Horse Free foal for her new owners. Handicap for three-year-old fillies, her rating reflecting Even though there were excuses for the odds-on her second against the colts in the Hollywood Derby. Three Valleys in third place, One Cool Cat once again One aspect of One Cool Cat’s record that must showed enormous potential when he extended his delight his connections is the fact that he has so far winning sequence to three in Sunday’s G1 Phoenix S. tackled little more than six furlongs. There is good At $2,200,000, Tacha was the highest-priced of the reason to expect him to improve as the distances five animals purchased at the sale by the WinStar lengthen, possibly up to a mile and a quarter next year. partnership of Bill Casner and Kenny Troutt, and the Valoris was obviously an influence for stamina, and money has proved to be very well spent. The Seattle so was Savannah Dancer. A mating with Blushing Slew filly Tacha was carrying at the time has won Groom resulted in Brier Creek, a Group 3 winner who twice since being sold for $250,000 as a yearling and did all his winning at distances between one and a half One Cool Cat added $3,100,000 to Tacha’s income miles and two miles. The first of Savannah Dancer’s when he was bought by Demi O’Byrne at Keeneland numerous visits to Mr. Prospector also resulted in a just over a year ago. classy performer with a degree of stamina in Sha Tha. That price made One Cool Cat the highest-priced After being beaten two lengths in a pair of Group 1 yearling colt of 2002. His connections must now be events over a mile, Sha Tha ran well over a mile and an hoping that he is set to follow the example of several eighth in two graded stakes, notably winning the GII All previous July sales-toppers, such as Nureyev, Royal Along S. Academy, A.P. Indy, Forestry and Fusaichi Pegasus, by Sha Tha in turn produced the very talented State www.coolmore.com Shinto, a Pleasant Colony colt who did well at up to a mile and a quarter. One Cool Cat’s dam Tacha is a winning sister to Sha Tha. As a high-priced daughter of Mr. Prospector, she was an obvious candidate to visit Storm Cat soon after her purchase, even though the mating produced 3x3 to Northern Dancer. The Overbrook star had already established a very encouraging strike rate with daughters of Mr. Prospector by the start of 2000. His first 24 foals bred to this pattern included six stakes winners, including Finder’s Fee, Tale of the Cat, Sea of Secrets and Catienus, plus others of promise, such as Katz Me If You Can. Cne Cool Cat is more closely inbred to Northern Dancer than any of Storm Cat’s previous major winners, but you’ll find 3x4 to him in the Group 1 winners Black Minnaloushe, High Yield and Sophisticat. This year’s French Oaks winner Nebraska Tornado even has three lines to Northern Dancer (3x5x4), so it seems that you often can’t have too much of this particular good thing where Storm Cat is concerned..