Karel Miedema’s Pedigree Evaluation PICK OF THE BUNCH verlord(AUS) Suitable mares for Overlord could include 1. Mares with Danzig or Danzig affinities ODanehill - Prawn Cocktail by Artichoke through Sharpen Up (eg Fine Edge, Only a Pound, etc), Swaps/Flower Bowl (Fort Wood, , His What would you say to a son of world Majesty, etc.), Mixed Marriage/Court champion sire and successful sire-of-sires Martial/Abernant (eg Gone West, , out of a mare who not only is a half Elliodor, Averof/Foveros, etc, etc) sister to Royal Academy but also to the dam of 2. Mares with Bold Ruler and/or , notably Seattle Slew, the world’s most expensive sire Storm Cat? (Gone West), Buckpasser You’d give it a go, wouldn’t you? (Northern Guest, Al Mufti, Lustra, etc) 3. Mares with members of the Certainly that is what happened when Overlord came up for affinity clan, incl Buckpasser (Northern auction as a yearling, establishing a new Australian record Guest, Al Mufti, Lustra, etc), Nijinsky (Dancing Champ, Russian Fox, Royal price of A$2.2 million when the hammer fell. Academy, etc), Blushing Groom (Jallad, Winter Romance, etc), Dinner Partner (Caesour), Storm Cat (Mogok), etc. verlord has two Graded stakes winning full siblings, an 4. Mares with combinations of Eight unraced full sibling who is a stallion, a half sister who Thirty (Joshua Dancer, Lizard Island, produced a graded placed colt by Danehill and half brother Lavery, etc.), Prince John (Joshua Owho ran second in the inaugural Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf in Dancer, West Man, Riverman, etc), War 2007. All of which suggests that the cross between sire and dam Admiral (widespread) wasn’t without merit.

Overlord’s dam is by stallion Artichoke, Bloom to , which gave First Rose. Where From Here who is inbred 3x2 to close genetic relatives Through this build-up, First Rose

Miss Disco (dam of Bold Ruler) and Rosy becomes a member of a famous affinity ○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○○ In summary, there appears to be three Prospect (grandam of Artichoke). The mat- group. First Rose is closely related to ways to duplicate salient elements from ing of Artichoke to the mare Crimson Flaring Top, grandam of Nijinsky. There Overlord. Saint (which produced Prawn Cocktail) are equally close relationships which lead The first is by way of his sire Danehill, was an extension of this, involving to Buckpasser, Blushing Groom, Tom who seems to go the way his sire Danzig progeny of Ben Brush (Broomstick, Fool, Admiral’s Voyage, Dinner Partner. goes. That means Hyperion and related , and the dams of Bubbling Over, Overlord’s sire Danehill has Admiral’s lines, possibly Sharpen Up or Swaps/ and Black Tony) and stallion Discovery. Voyage and Buckpasser 3x3, linking to Flower Bowl, Mixed Marriage/Court This throws the spotlight on Artichoke’s First Rose. Then there’s Royal Academy, Martial/Abernant - there are others. grandsire Bold Ruler, as well as progeny half brother to Prawn Cocktail, who is by The second is through his damsire of La Troienne conceived by Bubbling Nijinsky. Artichoke, which involves Bold Ruler Over (Baby League) or Black Toney and/ As a sire, the career of Artichoke was and members of the La Troienne tribe. or his grandson (ten in unremarkable. What appears to have Possibles here are Seattle Slew, all). This in turn leads to a host of big been his biggest earner was a Graded Buckpasser, Secretariat. names to combine with Overlord’s female stakes winning filly named Brazen, whose The third way is through the bottom line, including Buckpasser, Seattle Slew, dam was by Cornish Prince (Bold Ruler), female line, by using the affinity group to Secretariat. We note that Storm Cat’s dam which gave inbreeding to Bold Ruler 3x3. which First Rose belongs. The group Terlingua is by Secretariat. Interesting to note that the dam of includes Buckpasser, Tom Fool, Nijinsky, Cornish Prince is by Eight Thirty, a noted Blushing Groom, Dinner Partner, (the Sweep connection) he bottom female line of Admiral’s Voyage. There are others. genetic sibling. Brazen’s dam was inbred Overlord also gives an interest- National Assembly could be an interest- to that pair 3x4. This draws attention also ing perspective. His grandam ing one, as he’s by Danzig from a mare T to another close relative of Eight Thirty by Buckpasser, out of a mare by Bold Crimson Saint is inbred 4x4 to genetic and War Admiral, Prince John, who might siblings Black Toney and Rowes Bud, Ruler and with a background of Sweep. be used to get back at Artichoke. We note the latter the fourth dam of Crimson that Eight Thirty is present in Overlord’s Saint. Rowes Bud was mated first to Sir female line as the sire of Bolero. standing at: SCOTT BROS, Gallahad, the resulting daughter Rare Nottingham Road, KZN Owner: a syndicate Enquiries: Robin Scott Tel: 033 266 6918 • Fax: 033 266 6920 email: [email protected]

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