Andrew Caulfield, April 19, 2011-Brilliant Speed In addition to siring Barbaro from a Carson City mare, PEDIGREE INSIGHTS Dynaformer had also shown considerable potential with BY ANDREW CAULFIELD daughters of Seeking the Gold, Kingmambo and of Mr. Prospector himself. From only four runners out of TOYOTA BLUE GRASS S.-GI, $750,000, KEE, 4-16, Seeking the Gold mares, Dynaformer has been 3yo, 1 1/8m (AWT), 1:50 4/5, ft. represented by the Grade I winner Riskaverse; his first 1--#@BRILLIANT SPEED, 123, c, 3, by Dynaformer foal out of a Kingmambo mare was Ocean Silk, the 1st Dam: Speed Succeeds, by Gone West highest-rated English-trained 3-year-old staying filly of 2nd Dam: Daijin, by Deputy Minister 2003; and his eight runners out of Mr. Prospector 3rd Dam: Passing Mood, by Buckpasser mares were headed by the Grade I winner Film Maker. O-Live Oak Plantation; B-Live Oak Stud (FL); The intervening years have seen the merits of the T-Thomas Albertrani; J-Joel Rosario; $450,000. Dynaformer/Mr. Prospector cross further advertised by Lifetime Record: 8-2-2-2, $515,750. Werk Nick Rat- the Grade I winners Gozzip Girl and Wiener Walzer ing: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. (both out of Kingmambo mares), the Grade II winner Masseuse (Mr. Prospector) and the Grade III winners Click for the brisnet.com chart, the brisnet.com PPs o r Vacation (Seeking The Gold), Haka (Mr. Prospector) and the free brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, Bearpath (Unbridled=s Song). sponsored by Taylor Made. When I wrote about Gozzip Girl and Wiener Walzer in July 2009, I commented that we could expect Barbaro=s majestic victory in the Kentucky Derby still Dynaformer to come up with an avalanche of good burns brightly in the memory nearly five years on. It winners from granddaughters of Mr. Prospector over was inevitable, then, that many of the breeders using the next few years. Dynaformer the following year would try to replicate This none-too-difficult prophecy is already coming to Barbaro=s excellence by sending him more mares from fruition thanks to Dynaformer=s 70-strong 2008 crop, the Mr. Prospector line--especially since Barbaro was far which includes 19 youngsters out of granddaughters of from an isolated example. Mr. Prospector. Caulfield cont. Godolphin=s filly White Moonstone became the crop=s As Brilliant Speed started at 19-1 in the Blue Grass, first Group 1 winner when she retained her unbeaten having won only one of his seven previous races, it record in the Fillies= Mile last September. She is one of isn=t easy to assess his prospects in the Kentucky Dynaformer=s first 28 foals out of Seeking the Gold Derby. The picture is also clouded by the fact that he mares--a collection which has so far produced three was soundly beaten each time he tackled a dirt track. graded winners, one stakes winner and four Remember, though, that those two dirt starts came on graded-placed performers. his first two starts last summer, one of them over five Now the last-ditch victory by Brilliant Speed in the furlongs. He was slowly away on his debut, and Blue Grass S. has raised the possibility that Dynaformer showed distinct signs of inexperience when rank on his has another viable Kentucky Derby contender, following second appearance. His all-weather debut in the Blue Blumin Affair, third to Go For Gin in 1994, Perfect Drift, Grass was preceded by five starts on turf, a surface who chased home War Emblem and Proud Citizen in that also featured in Barbaro=s route to Churchill 2002, and Barbaro in 2006. Downs. Brilliant Speed is the first good winner to emerge It=s in his favour that he will be suited by the step up from Dynaformer=s first 14 foals out of Gone West to a mile and a quarter and his pedigree suggests that mares, four of them 3-year-olds of 2011. However, he deserves a chance to shine back on the main track, Derby success would be nothing new for Gone West in as it combines two forces--Hail to Reason and Mr. the role of broodmare sire, as one of his daughters Prospector--which have regularly made their presence produced Motivator, winner of the 2005 Epsom Derby. felt on Derby Day. Awesome Feather, last year=s champion juvenile filly, is another out of a Gone West mare. BRILLIANT SPEED, c, 2008 Turn-To Gone West never managed to sire a Kentucky Derby Hail to Reason Nothirdchance winner, with Proud Citizen representing his best effort Roberto Nashua when second in 2002, but he did sire a Belmont S. Bramalea Rarelea winner in Commendable, and his son Elusive Quality Dynaformer *Ribot made an indelible mark on the Triple Crown with His Majesty Flower Bowl Smarty Jones. Andover Way Olympia On the Trail There is also a link to a winner of a Triple Crown Golden Trail Raise a Native event in Brilliant Speed=s female line, as his second Mr. Prospector Gold Digger dam, the good Canadian filly Daijin, is a sister to Touch Gone West Secretariat Gold, hero of the 1997 Belmont S. Daijin is also a Secrettame half-sister to the Canadian Triple Crown winner With Speed Succeeds Tamerett Unraced Vice Regent Approval, who later ran second in the Arlington Million Deputy Minister 4Fls, 1GISW Daijin Mint Copy and Breeders= Cup Turf, so there is no shortage of MSW stamina in this family. 8Fls, 1Ch, 1GSW Passing Mood Buckpasser Brilliant Speed=s third dam Passing Mood was a 1SW 9Fls,1Ch,2GSW,3SW Cool Mood leading Canadian 2-year-old. However, her pedigree was more that of a top performer at around a mile and a quarter, as she was by Buckpasser and her first two dams were by Northern Dancer and Mahmoud. The Northern Dancer mare was Cool Mood, a winner of the Canadian Oaks, and the Mahmoud mare was Happy Mood, winner of the Acorn S., so this is a family of consistent quality. Other Grade I winners descending from Happy Mood include Discreet Cat, Discreetly Mine, Pretty Discreet, Buryyourbelief (Kentucky Oaks), Healthy Addiction and Haynesfield. Daijin has also contributed to the family fortunes by producing the accomplished Canadian fillies Handpainted and Serenading to A.P. Indy. She also scored a hit in the sales ring when her Gone West filly Speed Succeeds sold for $1,450,000 to Live Oak Plantation at Keeneland=s 2002 September Sale. Only three fillies sold for more at that year=s American yearling sales. Unfortunately, Speed Succeeds never managed to race, but she has made amends by producing Brilliant Speed as her third foal, her fourth being a 2-year-old colt by Indian Charlie..