Andrew Caulfield, February 20, 2007–Latent Heat P EDIGREE INSIGHTS BY ANDREW CAULFIELD SAN CARLOS H.-GII, $150,000, SAX, 2-17, 4yo/up, 7f, 1:21, ft. 1--LATENT HEAT, 118, c, 4, by Maria=s Mon 1st Dam: True Flare (GSW & GISP-US, MSW & GSP-Fr, $326,675), by Capote 2nd Dam: Proflare, by Mr. Prospector 3rd Dam: Flare Pass, by Buckpasser O/B-Juddmonte Farms Inc (KY); T-Robert J Frankel; J-E Prado; $90,000. Lifetime Record: GISW, 10-6-2-1, $417,400. *1/2 to Art Master (Royal Academy), MGSW-Fr & GSP--US, $175,837; and Indian Flare (Cherokee Run), SW & GSP, $239,826. Click for the brisnet.com chart or the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. When Flare Pass was recruited to the Juddmonte broodmare team in 1982, she appeared to have plenty going for her, even though she had failed to win in 11 attempts. For a start, she was a daughter of the exceptional Buckpasser, who was to gain the first of his three broodmare sire championships in 1983. Also, she was a sister to Buckaroo, a Grade II winner who was to become North America=s champion sire in 1985, thanks to the magnificent efforts of Horse of the Year Spend A Buck. For good measure, Flare Pass=s dam Stepping High was a half-sister to Bebopper, dam of www.coolmore.com those high-class colts Stop The Music and Hatchet Man. The family=s survival at Juddmonte depended entirely However, when Juddmonte sent Flare Pass to the on Flare Pass=s Mr. Prospector filly Proflare. Mr. sales in 1991, she created minimal interest, selling for a Prospector had established himself as an attractive mere $6,500, in foal to the Derby winner Shahrastani. mate for Buckpasser mares by siring Miswaki, a Group The subtext, one would think, was that Flare Pass had 1 winner at two in Europe in 1980 before developing been a major disappointment during her years at into a classy sprinter in the U.S. With Miswaki=s Juddmonte, so isn=t it strange that the family success earning Mr. Prospector more Buckpasser descending from her is developing into one of the most mares, this cross soon came up with three other very important in the Juddmonte stud book? notable runners in Woodman (the top-ranked Irish two-year-old of 1985), Mining (GI Vosburgh S.) and LATENT HEAT, c, 2003 Seeking the Gold (GI Dwyer S. and GI Super Derby). These four stallions have subsequently underlined the Majestic Prince Majestic Light value of this nick by collectively siring over 300 stakes Irradiate Wavering winners. Monarch Buckpasser Uncommitted Without being in quite the same league as those four Lady Be Good Maria’s Mon sons on the racetrack, Proflare also advertised the Fortino (Fr) Caro (Ire) virtues of the Mr. Prospector--Buckpasser cross. A Chambord (GB) Carlotta Maria winner at up to 1 1/8 miles, she earned black-type Naskra Water Malone when runner-up in the Prix Amandine over seven Gray Matter furlongs and was also beaten less than a length when Bold Reasoning Seattle Slew fourth in another listed contest. My Charmer Capote Mr. Prospector s career as a broodmare sire was still True Flare Bald Eagle = Too Bald in its infancy when Proflare made her debut as a MGSW-US, SW-Fr, Hidden Talent 11-5-0-2, $326,684 Raise a Native broodmare in 1988. Since then, though, this 7Fls, 2GSW, Proflare Mr. Prospector extraordinary stallion has developed into the dominant 1SW, 1SP SP-Fr, 11-2-2-0 Gold Digger force among America=s broodmare sires and has taken 12Fls, 5GSW Flare Pass Buckpasser 1SW 12Fls, 1SP Stepping High the title nine times in the last 10 years. Caulfield cont. There have been some exceptionally consistent True Flare didn=t race again until the following May, producers among Mr. Prospector=s many successful when she kept her unbeaten record in another listed daughters. Names which spring to mind include race, and she then ran well in defeat, when beaten Prospector=s Delite, Coup de Genie, Gold Beauty, about 2 1/2 lengths in the French 1000 Guineas. After Soundings, Red Carnival, Prospector=s Fire, Love From her transfer to Bobby Frankel, True Flare ran well Mom, Madame=s Gold, Mine Only and Mr P=s Princess. enough to show she stayed a mile and an eighth, but Although Proflare hasn=t been her only American victory came in the represented by a Grade I winner, she GII Rare Perfume H. over 1 1/16 miles. thoroughly merits inclusion in this True Flare is doing even better as a select company as she has six stakes “Wherever I am broodmare, with all of her first four winners to her credit, including five at in the world, the foals earning black-type. Three of group/graded level. Her achievement is TDN is the first them are stakes winners, and her all the more admirable because she thing I read each record looks set to improve further, as produced stakes winners to five she has young sons by Storm Cat (a different stallions--Capote (True Flare morning. It’s the two-year-old named Eagle Strike) and and Capital Secret), Riverman (the best bloodstock Empire Maker. She is due to Giant=s short-lived River Flare), Kris S. (Apple publication on Causeway in early March. of Kent), Danzig (War Zone) and the market and Speed seems to be Latent Heat=s Hennessy (Set Alight). main asset, as he showed with his The best known from an American I’d be lost seven-furlong victories in the GI Malibu viewpoint are Proflare=s Grade II without it.” S. and GII San Carlos H. As he also winners Apple of Kent (Shuvee H.) and had plenty in hand when he won an True Flare. Both these mares are being –Demi O’Byrne optional claimer over a mile at Belmont given every chance of matching their last September, there appear to be dam=s outstanding achievements, plenty of options for the four-year-old, which is no easy task. Apple of Kent is scheduled to who represents another compelling advertisement for visit Empire Maker this year after three visits to Storm Maria=s Mon. Cat, but it is the three years older True Flare who has As Alan Porter pointed out a few weeks ago, when already added further glory to this family. Maria=s Mon covers a mare with Seattle Slew in her True Flare, in common with some of Capote=s other pedigree, he creates at least four crosses of La Troienne offspring, is longer in the back than one might wish, via the related Busanda, Better Self, Busher and but that proved no problem on the racecourse. Striking. There are six lines of La Troienne in Latent Criquette Head wasted little time in getting True Flare Heat=s pedigree, so his pedigree should hold plenty of to the races, with the filly following up a winning debut appeal to American breeders when the time eventually in June with a Listed win in July. comes for this fast horse to retire to stud. www.coolmore.com.