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Andrew Caulfield, January 20, 2009–Nownownow P EDIGREE INSIGHTS In the circumstances, breeders could be forgiven for having qualms about inbreeding to Mr. Prospector, but BY ANDREW CAULFIELD some were inevitably tempted to try to reinforce the influence of this remarkable stallion. After all, how SAN FERNANDO S.-GII, $150,000, SAX, 1-17, 4yo, many stallions achieve more than 15-percent stakes 1 1/16m (AWT), 1:41 2/5, ft. winners (especially after starting out in Florida, as Mr. 1--@NOWNOWNOW, 116, c, 4, by Whywhywhy Prospector did), and how many can boast an AEI of 1st Dam: Here and Now (Fr), by Exit to Nowhere 3.99? 2nd Dam: Aspalathus, by Spruce Needles One of the first stallions to enjoy marked success 3rd Dam: Riviere Enchantee (Fr), by Riverman with inbreeding to Mr. Prospector was his grandson O/B-Fab Oak Stable (KY); T-Patrick L Biancone; Mr. Greeley. The first crop by this son of Gone West J-Joseph Talamo; $90,000. Lifetime Record: was headed by El Corredor, a Cigar Mile winner inbred 13-3-3-1, $781,120. *1/2 to Marche De Paix (Fr) 3x4 to Mr. Prospector. Then, three crops later, (Marchand de Sable), SW-Fr. Werk Nick Rating: A. Mr. Greeley came up with the accomplished juvenile Click for the eNicks report and 5-cross pedigree Whywhywhy, who is also inbred 3x4. Click for brisnet.com chart, brisnet.com PPs or brisnet.com catalog- Interestingly, both these sons of Mr. Greeley are style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. doing well enough to suggest they have a long-term future. In his excellent book, Thoroughbred Stallions, Tony A @ El Corredor has already matched Mr. Greeley=s feat of Morris had the following to say of the late, great siring a Grade I winner in each of his first three crops, Mr. Prospector: in the process showing the versatility which is His stock come in all shapes and sizes, and they A becoming essential in today=s industry. The Hill >n= Dale come with physical faults which most judges would stallion first sprang to prominence as the sire of the regard as unacceptable in the progeny of any normal high-class filly Adieu, who raced exclusively on stallion. They are plain about the head, they have traditional dirt. crooked legs--many, like their sire, turn their off-fore out--and they have small feet.@ Caulfield cont. www.coolmore.com Caulfield cont. The pecking order was as follows: Vindication was Next came Dominican, who shocked the future top with 126, followed by Toccet (124), Kafwain and Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense in the Blue Grass Sky Mesa (both 122) and then Whywhywhy, Hold That S. on Polytrack. And then his third crop supplied that Tiger and Icecoldbeeratreds (all on 119). However, it fine filly Backstreet Rhythm. Although Backstreet had been Whywhywhy who started favorite for the Rhythm handled dirt well enough to finish third in the Breeders= Cup Juvenile, on the strength of victories on Breeders= Cup Juvenile Fillies, she has since flourished the last three of his four appearances. Precocious on turf, notably taking the Garden City S. enough to have made his debut in May, the Biancone Whywhywhy is also showing he can sire very good trainee reeled off decisive victories in the GIII Flash S. winners on all surfaces. His first big success came in over five furlongs, the GII Sanford S. over six and the the 2007 Breeders= Cup Juvenile Turf, when GI Futurity S. over a mile. Unfortunately, Whywhywhy Nownownow repelled the Irish raider Achill Island. faded into 10th place in the Juvenile and his Although Nownownow failed to win again on turf as a sophomore season also proved to be a distinct three-year-old, he looked very much at home on Santa anti-climax. Anita=s Pro-Ride when he took the GII San Fernando S. Consequently Whywhywhy=s fee was no higher than three days ago. That San Fernando victory came just $7,500 when he retired to stand alongside his sire for hours after Ikigai, another member of Whywhywhy=s the 2004 season at Spendthrift. He has therefore done first crop, ran out an appropriate winner of the GIII Mr. well to sire four stakes winners, including Nownownow Prospector S. on Gulfstream Park s traditional dirt track. = and Ikigai, from a first crop of only 59 named foals. His This versatility being shown by Mr. Greeley s stallion = second Spendthift crop numbered only around 36 sons is hardly surprising, considering his own pedigree named foals, which will prove something of a handicap, and achievements. With an American dirt horse as his and his third-crop juveniles, sired after Whywhywhy sire and a brilliant European turf filly as his second dam, and Mr. Greeley were switched to Gainesway, also Mr. Greeley has an international pedigree and his eight number fewer than 50. Grade I winners divide equally between dirt and turf. However, his first yearlings were very well received in Mr. Prospector 2006, with several selling for more than $200,000, and Gone West Secrettame this translated into considerably increased demand for Mr. Greeley Reviewer his services in 2007. He has more than 100 yearlings Long Legend Lianga and is credited with covering 141 mares in 2008, after Whywhywhy Fappiano Nownownow=s 2007 Breeders= Cup victory. Quiet American Demure Whywhywhy=s graded race double a month before Thorough Fair Honest Pleasure the start of the 2009 season will surely guarantee him Very Fair Equal Change his third consecutive sizeable book, which is why I say Riverman he now appears to have a long-term future, even Irish River (Fr) Irish Star (Fr) though his fee has rarely risen above $7,500. Exit to Nowhere Halo Nownownow has another link to Gainesway in that Coup de Folie Here and Now (Fr) Raise the Standard this colt=s third dam, Riviere Enchantee, was a 7Fls, 6 starters, Big Spruce half-sister to Lypheor. This French Group 3 winner was 1GSW Spruce Needles Aspalathus Knitted Gloves sold to Japan after just one season at stud in Ireland, Riviere Enchantee Riverman but that single Irish crop contained Tolomeo, winner of (Fr) Klaiza (Fr) the 1983 Budweiser Million, and Royal Heroine, who lived up to her name in the 1984 Breeders= Cup Mile. Few stallions ever returned from Japan at that time, but There was a time, of course, when Mr. Prospector=s Gainesway managed to return Lypheor to the West and progeny had a reputation for being unsuited by he justified the move by siring several good winners European turf, but that theory eventually lost credence, before dying comparatively young. thanks to the Group 1 victories of such as Kingmambo, Nownownow=s second dam Aspalathus was also by a Machiavellian, Distant View, Miswaki, Hello Gorgeous, Gainesway stallion in Spruce Needles, a mile-and-a-half Jade Robbery, Procida, Lycius, Ravinella, Ta Rib, horse who acted on dirt and turf. The San Rafael Macoumba, Tersa and Coup de Genie. winner=s broodmare sire Exit To Nowhere--best known This extensive list, made up largely of French-trained nowadays as a sire of jumpers in Europe--was a horses, supports Tony Morris=s suggestion (made well high-class miler. As Exit To Nowhere is a half-brother to before all the evidence was in) that Ait still seems that Mr. Prospector=s Group 1 winners Machiavellian and their feet do not take well to firm ground and Coup de Genie, it is easy to see why one of his undulating surfaces in England; they are happier on the daughters would suit a stallion inbred to this great constantly watered courses in France.@ stallion. Ikigai, for his part, is inbred 4x5x4 to Mr To return to Whywhywhy, it is interesting to look at Prospector. the top-ranked males on the 2002 Experimental Free Handicap. .