Andrew Caulfield, November 1, 2005–Saint Liam P EDIGREE INSIGHTS With Halo, Saint Ballado, Roberto, Kris S., Lear Fan and Silver Hawk all gone, any top-class recruit from the BY ANDREW CAULFIELD Hail To Reason line is all the more welcome. This line should also eventually be strengthened by Rock Hard BREEDERS' CUP CLASSIC POWERED BY DODGE-GI, Ten, the son of Kris S. who was expected to provide $4,291,560, BEL, 10-29, 3yo/up, 1 1/4m, 2:01 2/5, ft. the stiffest opposition to Saint Liam in the Classic until 1--SAINT LIAM, 126, h, 5, by Saint Ballado he bruised his foot. Then there’s Southern Image, a 1st Dam: Quiet Dance (SW & GSP, $224,420), by Quiet American three-time Grade I winner by a son of Halo who will be 2nd Dam: Misty Dancer, by Lyphard making his debut in 2006 for the WinStar-Taylor Made 3rd Dam: Flight Dancer, by Misty Flight partnership. ($130,000 yrl '01 FTSAUG). O-Mr & Mrs William K Perhaps we can look forward to a resurgence from Warren Jr; B-Edward P Evans (KY); T-Richard E this line, as I have also been impressed by More Than Dutrow Jr; J-J D Bailey; $2,433,600. Lifetime Re- Ready, another grandson of Halo. More Than Ready has cord: 20-9-6-1, $4,456,995. *1/2 to several Grade I performers to his credit from his first Congressionalhonor (Forestry), GSW, $112,413. Australian crop, including the recent Victoria Derby Click for brisnet.com chart or brisnet.com catalogue- winner Benicio. His excellent early results with Danehill style pedigree. Video, sponsored by Taylor Made. mares suggest he could have an important role to play “Down Under” and he is also doing pretty well in the For only the second time in its 22-year history, the Northern Hemisphere. Breeders’ Cup Classic fell to a member of the Hail To I have to admit that there were times when I was Reason male line. Whereas the 1989 Classic went to a confused as to the exact merits of Saint Liam’s sire, Saint Ballado, who was only 13 when he died in 2002 son of Halo in Sunday Silence, the latest renewal (his death meaning that his final batch of two-year-olds provided a fourth Grade I triumph for Saint Liam, a are racing this year). grandson of Halo. The team at Lane’s End Farm--soon Nearly four years ago I made the following to be home to Saint Liam--must be fervently hoping that comment in this column: history is going to repeat itself in another way, with “If he can sire Grade I winners of the calibre of Saint Liam developing into as good a stallion as the Captain Bodgit, Sister Act and Yankee Victor when phenomenal Sunday Silence, who revolutionised he was standing at only $2,500, what might he Japanese breeding. achieve at fees of $20,000 and $30,000?” For a while I was a little disappointed with Saint His first five crops, born between 1993 and 1997, Ballado’s answer. His first Kentucky crop, sired at a were all sired at a fee of $10,000. Even though he was fee of $20,000, contained nothing better than a reasonably priced, he wasn’t in huge demand until his couple of Grade III winners, but his first $30,000 fifth season, after four of his first-crop daughters had foals, born in 2000, has hit the graded stakes target highlighted his potential. They were headed by Cara through Saint Liam, Freedom’s Daughter, Ocean Rafaela, winner of the GI Hollywood Starlet S. after Terrace, Saintly Look and Savedbythelight, and there finishing second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, were several other notable performers, such as the and they also included Saint Liam’s dam Quiet Dance, Grade I-placed colts Saint Buddy and Truckle Feature. runner-up in the GII Demoiselle S., and the Saint Ballado’s fee had risen to $40,000 by 2000, stakes-placed Hidden Lake, who was to develop into the champion older mare of 1997. and again there could be few complaints, as his foals Yet is it the strictly limited number of daughters sired included the admirable Ashado, plus the Grade II by Quiet American during his $10,000 years which are scorers St Averil and Lord of the Game and plenty of almost exclusively responsible for his current success graded-placed winners. as a broodmare sire (the exception being Quiet Mouse, But what happened when his fee rose to $125,000 in a 1999 foal off a $20,000 season who is the dam of 2001 and 2002? His 2002 foals have yet to throw up a the Irish Group 3 winner Ugo Fire). graded/group winner, although Portrayal looked capable Quiet American’s first-crop daughters have so far of winning at that level when she recently won a Listed produced Saint Liam, his half brother race at Newmarket. So far there are only a handful of Congressionalhonor (GIII Bay Meadows Derby), winning juveniles from his final crop, with the Whywhywhy (GI Futurity S.), Flying Glitter (GIII stakes-winning Mykindasaint among them. Perhaps the Monmouth Oaks and GIII Indiana Oaks) and the Group fortunes of these high-priced crops will improve in time. After all, Saint Liam didn’t race at two and didn’t 1-placed Ile de France. The Grade II winner Two Trail become a stakes winner until he was four. Sioux is out of Quiet Trail, a mare from his small There is some two-year-old ability in the bottom line second crop, while the recent European Group 1 winner of Saint Liam’s pedigree, as his second dam, the Cherry Mix (runner-up in the 2004 Arc) is out of Cherry Lyphard mare Misty Dancer, is a three-parts sister to Moon and the dual Grade III winner Lunarpal are, Minstrella. This fast daughter of The Minstrel won the respectively, out of fillies from his third and fourth Phoenix S. and Moyglare Stud S. prior to being crops. awarded a third Group 1 success in the Cheveley Park S. As these first four crops by Quiet American totalled in 1986. 125 named foals, we are probably talking about 65 Misty Dancer is also a half sister to Misty Gallore, daughters at most. It is going to be interesting to see who received 124 pounds on The Blood-Horse Free what impact this impressive start has on the Quiet Handicap for older females of 1980, her weight being American mares in next week’s November Sale, just two pounds below the top-ranked Glorious Song (who, especially as they include Whywhywhy’s dam, in foal coincidentally, was a sister to Saint Ballado and Devil’s to Giant’s Causeway. Bag). Misty Gallore’s exploits no doubt provided the The question which needs asking is why Quiet inspiration for sending Saint Liam’s dam to a son of American is doing so well as a broodmare sire. The Halo. most likely answer is that he has a very unusual but Breeders who like their stallions to descend from a strong pedigree, fortified by 3x2 inbreeding to the notable female line can have no complaints about Saint outstanding Dr. Fager and 4x3 inbreeding to Cequillo, a Liam, as his fifth dam is Gallorette. This champion mare who left a considerable legacy. Although Dr. handicap mare numbered the Beldame, Brooklyn, Fager lived long enough to sire only 255 foals, he made Whitney, Carter and Metropolitan H. among her long list quite an impact as a sire of broodmares, with Fappiano, of stakes successes. Shared Interest, Cure The Blues, Too Chic and Quiet Saint Liam is the second foal of the talented Quiet American among his daughters’ Grade I winners. American mare Quiet Dance. Quiet American’s rise up the broodmare sire list has been one of the features of this season. To put his achievements into perspective, I © Copyright Thoroughbred Daily News. need to remind you of his background. After failing to This newspaper may not be reproduced in any form or by win in three appearances in modest company on turf in any means, electronic or mechanical, without prior Britain, he returned to his native land, where he finished written permission of the copyright owner, MediaVista. his three-year-old season with a pair of allowance Information as to the American races, race results and victories. We finally saw the real Quiet American at four earnings was obtained from results charts published in in 1990, when he won the GI NYRA Mile H., but he Daily Racing Form and utilized here with with the managed only one start in 1991, so he was something permission of the copyright owner, Daily Racing Form. of a forgotten horse by the time he commenced stallion duties at Gainsborough in 1992.

SAINT LIAM, h, 2000 *Turn-to Hail to Reason Nothirdchance Halo Cosmic Bomb Cosmah Almahmoud Saint Ballado Vandale (Fr) *Herbager Flagette (Fr) Ballade Cohoes Miss Swapsco Soaring Mr. Prospector Fappiano Killaloe Quiet American Dr. Fager Quiet Dance Demure SW & GSP, Quiet Charm 23-6-6-1, $224,420 Northern Dancer Lyphard 5Fls, 2GSW Misty Dancer Goofed 3-0-0-0, $0 11Fls, 1SW Flight Dancer Misty Flight 11Fls, 1Ch, 2GSW Courbette