Pedigree Insights

Andrew Caulfield, February 12, 2002 – Broad Brush/Summer Squall P EDIGREE INSIGHTS in his first three starts as a juvenile, it isn't too surprising that he is now showing the best form of his BY ANDREW CAULFIELD life as a four-year-old. Broad Brush is a tall, rangy individual standing 16.2 COVER STORY hands and Mongoose's dam Salty Gal is by Cox's Two of the weekend's big winners--Mongoose and Ridge, a 16.3-hand son of the 17.2-hand Best Turn. Summer Colony--underlined how important it is for That said, size didn't prevent any of the three from breeders to take into account the number of mares any showing very good form as three-year-olds, with Broad particular stallion is covering. Neither Mongoose's sire Brush gaining seven wins from 14 starts at that age, Broad Brush nor Summer Colony's sire Summer Squall Cox's Ridge eight from 11 and Best Turn six from 10. nowadays comes close to covering the type of three- All three, though, were arguably even better at four. figure book which has become commonplace Broad Brush has the distinction of being inbred 3x3 throughout the industry and, consequently, they are at to Turn-to, a stallion whose name is often linked to a marked numerical disadvantage compared to many of unsoundness. Fortunately, Broad Brush proved to have Kentucky's other high-class stallions. more in common with his sire Ack Ack, with both being Summer Squall's subnormal fertility means that he sound enough to race 27 times during careers which has averaged only 34 named foals in his first eight featured victories in the Santa Anita H. over 1 1/4 crops. With 29 live foals in his 1999 crop and 23 in his miles. 2000 crop, lack of numbers is likely to keep him out of Broad Brush's trainer Dick Small once revealed that, the headlines, but he continues to justify support with a “I realized right then [after an early defeat] that this very creditable four percent graded-stakes winners. horse needed very stern, hard training; he needed fast Broad Brush, for his part, has had to be carefully works close to his races to run to his best. We worked managed since he required two colic surgeries in 1995. him whenever we could because we knew we couldn't He covered 63 mares in 1998, 51 in 1999, 48 in 2000 miss a single day.” and 47 last year, so he may eventually struggle to Broad Brush's very tough constitution has allowed maintain his very consistent record of regularly finishing him to do well with mares which possess more Turn-to in the top 15 sires on the general sire list. blood. His son Include, winner of the GI Pimlico Special, However, he has been in fine form. His seven stakes is inbred 4x4x4 to Turn-to, as are his Grade III-winning winners last year included the Grade I winners Pompeii daughters Brushed Halory and Magic Broad, and so is and Include, plus Nobo True and Broad Appeal, two Mongoose. prolific Group winners on dirt in Japan. The Gainesway In fact, Mongoose has an extra line to two of Broad stalwart has also made an excellent start to 2002. Brush's three great-grandsires: Broad Brush's dam, Hay Broad Appeal and Maybry's Boy both won at the Grade Patcher, was a grand-daughter of Tom Rolfe, and so is III level prior to Mongoose's breakthrough victory in the Mongoose's second dam, Salt Spring. Interestingly GI Donn H. which improved Broad Brush's figure to 5.6 another of Broad Brush's Grade I winners, Pompeii, also percent--few stallions can boast a higher percentage of has two lines of Ribot in her pedigree, through Tom graded-stakes winners. Rolfe and Graustark. Although Mongoose matured quickly enough to win a If Salt Spring's name sounds familiar, it is because Saratoga maiden and the Miller Genuine Draft Cradle S. she enjoyed a distinguished career in California after www.coolmore.com winning at the Group 1 and Group 2 level in Argentina. Her best victory in her adopted country came in the Yerba Buena H. over 1 1/2 miles on turf, and there is reason to think that Mongoose will cope well with the 1 1/4-mile route if the Gulfstream Park H. is chosen as his next target..

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