PEDIGREE INSIGHTS by ANDREW CAULFIELD JAGUAR CARS LOWTHER S.-G2, ,100,000, York, 8-20, 2Yo, F, 6Ft, 1:09.34 (NTR), Gd/Fm
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Andrew Caulfield, August 25, 2009-Lady of the Desert PEDIGREE INSIGHTS BY ANDREW CAULFIELD JAGUAR CARS LOWTHER S.-G2, ,100,000, York, 8-20, 2yo, f, 6fT, 1:09.34 (NTR), gd/fm. LADY OF THE DESERT, 124, f, 2, by Rahy 1st Dam: Queen’s Logic (Ire) (Ch. 2yo Filly-Eur, Hwt. 2yo Filly- Eng, G1SW-Eng, $288,571), by Grand Lodge 2nd Dam: Lagrion, by Diesis (GB) 3rd Dam: Wrap It Up (Ire), by Mount Hagen (Fr) O-Jaber Abdullah; B-Rabbah Bloodstock LLC; T-Brian Meehan; J-Martin Dwyer; ,56,770. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0, ,94,065. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree. Click for the Racing Post chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, courtesy Racing UK. Any breeder who remembers the 1980s and =90s will appreciate that stallions don=t come much better than Blushing Groom--a French champion who became one of the jewels in Gainesway's crown after impressing John Gaines with his exceptional action. AThe thing that impressed me the most was his way of going,@ Gaines once said. AHe had a beautiful flowing, rhythmical action. It was marvellous to see.@ Blushing Groom=s action was just one of the impressive things about him, but unfortunately, this phenomenal sire didn=t enjoy the best of health. He first underwent surgery to remove a cancerous testicle at the age of 14 in 1988, sired his last small crop at 16 and was dead at 18, in 1992. It is a measure of Blushing Groom=s tremendous efficacy that his 47 live foals of 1989 included six group winners, headed by the sensational Arazi, and that the excellent fillies Sky Beauty and Gold Splash were among his 29 live foals of 1990. There were even three stakes winners among the 10 foals which made up his final crop. Altogether Blushing Groom left only 512 named foals, of which 18 percent became stakes winners and roughly 11 percent became group/graded winners, in the process crediting him with a stunning Average Earnings Index of around 4.00. He could even claim to have 4.7 percent Group 1/Grade I winners to his credit, and how many stallions manage to sire five percent graded winners of any level? But, with none of his Group 1/Grade I-winning sons being younger than 20, we are approaching the end of an era. We were reminded of this early in July, with the announcement that Rahy--arguably his last major stallion son--has been pensioned at the age of 24 because of declining fertility. Although Rahy didn=t rank among Blushing Groom=s Group 1 winners, he was an excellent performer at his best and he was also very well-connected, too--as might be guessed from the $2,000,000 he cost Gainsborough Stud Management at the 1986 Keeneland Selected Yearling Sale. Caulfield cont. ww w. c oo l mor e. c om Pedigree Insights cont. Rahy's potential seemed about to be fulfilled at long last after he moved to Neil Drysdale=s stable in Rahy began his career in England, where he won his California, where he won first two starts before stepping into group company. three of his first four Soft ground was possibly the reason for his starts. He was especially disappointing third when a hot favorite to land the G2 impressive in two starts Mill Reef S. and he quickly restored his reputation when in July 1989, most second in the G1 Middle Park S. Rahy=s second season notably when he raced was severely restricted by a hairline fracture to a hind home 10 lengths clear in pastern and he didn't race again until August. the GII Bel Air H. at Hollywood Park. His time for the mile was a very Nasrullah Red God fast 1:33.0. He wasn=t to Spring Run Blushing Groom (Fr) win again, though, and Rahy Wild Risk (Fr) Runaway Bride ended the year rated T. Leonard/threechimneys.com Aimee (GB) Rahy 119, nine pounds below Hail to Reason Halo top-ranked Steinlen, on the Blood-Horse Free Handicap Cosmah Glorious Song for Older Males. *Herbager Ballade Any shortcomings on the track were compensated for Miss Swapsco by his very attractive pedigree. His dam, the champion Danzig Chief’s Crown Halo mare Glorious Song, was a sister to Devil=s Bag, Six Crowns Grand Lodge the unbeaten champion two-year-old of 1983, and Habitat La Papagena Saint Ballado, who was to sire performers of the calibre Queen’s Logic (Ire) Magic Flute (GB) Ch. 2yo Filly G1SW of Saint Liam and Ashado. Seven years after producing Sharpen Up (GB) 5Fls, 1GSW Lagarion Diesis (GB) Rahy, Glorious Song did even better, her In The Wings Unplaced Doubly Sure (GB) colt being the renowned international performer 10Fls, 2Ch, 2GSW Wrap it Up (Ire) Mount Hagen (Fr) Singspiel, sire of numerous Group 1 winners. 6Fls, 1 G1SP Doc Nan Caulfield cont. www.coolmore.com With a background like this, Rahy represented an Rahy himself achieved some admirable statistics, with interesting prospect at his opening fee of $15,000 39 individual Northern Hemisphere group/graded when he retired to Three Chimneys in 1990--provided winners, which isn=t far short of four percent of his breeders were prepared to racing-age offspring. No doubt there=ll be more to come take a chance on a stallion from his 45 current two-year-olds and from his last few standing only 15.1 hands. crops, which include 52 yearlings. He wasted little time in proving his worth, with Miss Ra He Ra winning the GIII Bashford Manor S. and Mariah=s Storm the Queen’s Logic GII Arlington-Washington BBC.co.uk Lassie S. in 1993. Mariah=s Storm, of course, went on to become the dam of Giant=s Causeway, who increased his total of Grade I winners from his first five Northern Hemisphere crops to an impressive 13 when Internallyflawless won the Del Mar Oaks three days ago. An even better filly, the indomitable Serena=s Song, emerged from Rahy=s second crop and top-quality distaffers have continued to flow from him, with Dreaming of Anna, Tates Creek, Tranquility Lake, Exotic Wood, Shining Energy and the Australian filly Allow all becoming Grade I winners. It would be no surprise if Rahy=s latest good filly, the English-trained Lady of the Desert, were also to attain that status, judging by the way she easily added last week=s G2 Lowther S. to her previous victory in the G3 Princess Margaret S. Lady of the Desert has every right to develop into an excellent performer because she is a daughter of Queen=s Logic, who also won the Lowther S. before becoming a Group 1 winner with a devastating display in the 2001 Cheveley Park S. That Group 1 victory suggested that Queen=s Logic had the 1,000 Guineas at her mercy. After everything seemed to be going to plan when she maintained her unbeaten record in the Fred Darling S. on her three-year-old debut, she had the misfortune to go lame on the day before the Classic. She never ran again. Lady of the Desert is the first of Queen=s Logic=s first three named foals to have inherited a large measure of her outstanding talent, but the family has also received a considerable boost from the exploits of one of Queen=s Logic=s half-brothers, Dylan Thomas. This wonderfully tough son of Danehill retired the winner of six Group 1s, including the Irish Derby, the King George, the Arc and two runnings of the Irish Champion S. His first foals were born this year, and they will surely add to the Danehill legend if they inherit their sire=s durability and great will to win. Lady of the Desert=s owner has plenty to look forward to in the immediate future, but he must also be looking forward to breeding from her. Rahy=s older daughters have already produced numerous graded winners, including the stallions Giant=s Causeway, After Market, Posse, Even The Score, Grand Reward, Harlington and Freud. Perhaps this is going to be the way that Rahy=s name will live on, as his own stallion sons, headed by the huge earner Fantastic Light and Noverre, have yet to make much of an impact. .