Andrew Caulfield, July 17, 2012-Point Of Entry By the time of his death at the age of 27 in April, the PEDIGREE INSIGHTS Three Chimneys veteran had earned the respect of top B Y A N D R E W C A U L F I E L D breeders in North America and Europe. It had, though, been a different story at the start of his career, when he Saturday, Belmont Park plied his trade at a fee of $5,000 at Wafare Farm. His MAN O' WAR S.-GI, $600,000, BEL, 7-14, 3yo/up, first graded winner, the Grade III-winning filly 1 3/8mT, 2:13 4/5, fm. Rabiadella, was the eighth foal of a minor winner who 1--sPOINT OF ENTRY, 118, c, 4, by Dynaformer had never previously produced a black-type performer. 1st Dam: Matlacha Pass, by Another fine advertisement from his first crop was the 2nd Dam: Our Country Place, by GI Kentucky Derby third Blumin Affair, whose dam 3rd Dam: Maplejinsky, by Nijinsky II earned only $5,122. Then there was Old Chapel, a O/B-Phipps Stable (KY); T-Claude R McGaughey III; Grade III winner from a third crop of only 27 foals, who J-Jose Lezcano; $360,000. Lifetime Record: was out of an unraced mare by the moderate stallion 12-5-2-1, $574,490. *1/2 to Pine Island (Arch), Monteverdi. The backgrounds of Dynaformer=s latest MGISW, $666,800. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple graded winners make more impressive reading. Point of Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Entry is quite closely related to a runner-up for an KY-BRED QUALITY KTA / KTOB Eclipse Award, Pine Island (Arch), their dam being a Several American stallions hit hot streaks last week, sister to a winner of the GI Breeders= Cup Distaff. including Proud Citizen, with four individual stakes Starformer is out of Etoile Montante, a G1 Prix de la winners, and First Samurai, who had a pair of Foret winner whose dam is a sister to the dam of the 2-year-olds among his three stakes winners. None, excellent Sightseek. And Ioya Bigtime is out of Ioya though, could compete with the much-missed Two, a Grade III winner of over $460,000 by the Dynaformer, who completed an eye-catching graded remarkable stallion Lord At War. stakes turf treble in the space of a few hours, thanks to Point of Entry (GI Man O= War S.), Starformer Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs or (GIII Robert G. Dick Memorial S.) and Ioya Bigtime the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, (GIII Stars and Stripes S.). sponsored by Taylor Made Sales. Caulfield cont. Others that are similarly bred include graded-placed performers Cable, Cognashene, Ea, Pick Six and Rescue It comes as no surprise that two of these three are Squad, in addtion to stakes winner Tend, which adds up out of grand daughters of Mr. Prospector. Point of to an impressive collection. Seeking the Gold is Entry=s dam is by Seeking the Gold, whereas therefore matching the success that Dynaformer Starformer=s is by the similarly bred Miswaki (with both enjoyed with mares by Mr. Prospector and that stallion=s Seeking the Gold and Miswaki representing the son Kingmambo. His team out of Mr. Prospector=s Mr. Prospector/ cross, together with daughters included the Grade I winner Film Maker, while Woodman and Mining). the Grade I winners Gozzip Girl and Wiener Walzer head Of course it was another grand daughter of his first 13 foals out of Kingmambo mares. A feature of Mr. Prospector--Carson City=s daughter La Ville Rouge-- Seeking the Gold=s own record as a stallion was the who provided Dynaformer with his finest hour, when success that he enjoyed with mares with Nijinsky blood, Barbaro ran away with the Kentucky Derby in 2006. fine examples being Heavenly Prize, the champion That stunning victory was always likely to precipitate a 3-year-old filly of 1994, and her Grade I-winning sister slew of similarly bred winners and Dynaformer hasn=t let Oh What A Windfall. This was incentive enough for us down. Sure enough his 71-strong 2008 crop has so Dinny Phipps to make Seeking the Gold the default far produced five graded winners out of grand daughters setting for the Pleasant Colony mare Our Country Place, of Mr. Prospector. In addition to Point of Entry and whose dam was Nijinsky=s top-class daughter Starformer, they are White Moonstone, winner of the Maplejinsky. G1 Fillies= Mile; Brilliant Speed, winner of the GI Blue Our Country Place was also an ideal match for Grass S.; and Casino Host, this year=s winner of the GII Seeking the Gold on the basis that Pleasant Colony was Mervin H. Muniz Jr Memorial. Brilliant Speed is out of a the broodmare sire of his top daughter Cash Run. The Gone West mare, but White Moonstone, Casino Host partnership between Seeking the Gold and Our Country and Point of Entry are all out of daughters of Seeking Place produced five foals, four of them fillies and all four the Gold. of the fillies made their mark in one sphere or another, Dynaformer has 33 foals aged three or over out of mainly for the Phipps operation. Country Hideaway was mares by the 1988 GI Breeders= Cup Classic runner-up. twice a winner of the GII First Flight H. over seven They include five graded winners, the others being that furlongs and Pleasant Home did even better, taking the fine turf filly Riskaverse, who scored three times at the GI Breeders= Cup Distaff in 2005. Their sister Matlacha Grade I level, and Point of Entry=s brother-in-blood Pass didn=t prove nearly so durable, managing only three Vacation, winner of a Grade III on all-weather. starts. However, she won two of them and now has strong claims to being the most successful broodmare POINT OF ENTRY, c, 2008 of the three sisters, even though Country Hideaway *Turn-To numbers the graded winners Boca Grande and Vacation Hail to Reason Nothirdchance among her progeny. Roberto Point of Entry is Matlacha Pass=s second Grade I Bramalea Rarelea winner following that highly talented but ill-fated filly Dynaformer *Ribot Pine Island. By the time Pine Island suffered fatal His Majesty Flower Bowl injuries in the 2006 Breeders= Cup Distaff, she had won Andover Way Olympia the GI Alabama S.--a race also won by her third dam On the Trail Golden Trail Maplejinsky and by Maplejinsky=s champion daughter Raise a Native Sky Beauty--and the Gazelle S. Pine Island, like Point of Mr. Prospector Gold Digger Entry, was by a Roberto-line stallion, her sire being Kris Seeking the Gold Buckpasser S.=s son Arch. The fourth sister, Home Sweet Home, Con Game Matlacha Pass Broadway was sold for $100,000 in 2004 and exported to Japan. Race Record His Majesty Interestingly, she became a regular visitor to the Florida 7Fls, 2GISW Our Country Place Pleasant Colony unraced Sun Colony Derby winner Brian=s Time--like Dynaformer a son of 6Fls, 1GSW Maplejinsky Nijinsky II Roberto. Their best result so far has been the colt Birdie 2GSW 1Fls, 1Ch. Gold Beauty Birdie, who was Japan=s top-ranked 3-year-old colt on dirt in 2010. One reason why Matlacha Pass has done so well with " " " Dynaformer could be the fact that she is inbred 2x4 to Mr. Prospector, her third dam being his champion PEDIGREE INSIGHTS... sprinter Gold Beauty (who produced Dayjur to Danzig). Incidentally, Point of Entry=s May 10 birthday helps Get pedigree expert explain why he is proving so progressive. I forgot to Andrew Caulfield=s take mention in last week=s notes on Mucho Macho Man that on racing=s newsmakers! he has an extremely late birthdate--June 15--which You can find all of Caulfield=s columns in again goes some way towards explaining why he is the TDN Archive. doing so well as a now-mature 4-year-old.