ASCOT BLOODSTOCK Chestnut Colt DOB 9/10/06 By MOSSMAN (AUS) from SPINNING STAR (AUS) (by Spinning World) This impressive athlete is a son of the highly regarded sire Mossman, by Success Express, from a daughter of supreme filly producer Spinning World, who is bound to have a great impact as a broodmare sire in years to come. Both sire and dam of this colt hail from blueblooded families, those of the immortal sires Nasrullah and Northern Dancer respectively. Linebreeding to these superior families and to a number of key complementary individuals gives his pedigree depth and strength of the highest calibre . He is a top quality and correct individual with the physical and genetic capabilities to excel. By MOSSMAN (AUS) from SPINNING STAR (AUS) Five generation inbreeding: Klairon 5m,5f x sex balanced (pattern for increased speed) Sire: MOSSMAN (AUS) Bay 1995 A son of the highly successful sire Success Express, top class representative of the Princequillo male line, from a royally related mare tracing to the dam of legendary sires Nasrullah and Royal Charger. 4 wins, 2 at 2 inc QTC Classic Hcp Group One. Sire of 97 runners, 57 winners including stakeswinners Pure Energy, Our Sweet Moss, Segments, Mosstang and stakesplaced Moisture, Our Mosstique, Annbari, and of My Man Murphy, Partygoer, Ulladulla, Mosso, Noodle Night, Encierro, Reward, Star Of Asia, The Spit, Expressmoss, Mossvana, Divinity Dash, Riviera Reveller, Tea Moss, Amused, Lady Longueville etc. Dam: SPINNING STAR (AUS) Chestnut 1999 By the wonderful sire Spinning World, out of a beautifully bred mare by Sir Tristram and from the family of Northern Dancer. 2 wins at 1000m, 1300m. Three quarter sister to Spinlin, half sister to BE MY PRINCESS. This is her second foal. Her first foal is a 2Y0 filly by Exceed And Excel who is a promising dual trial winner. Second dam MY DEAR REBECCA by Sir Tristram. Unplaced. Half sister to St Clemens (dam of ST CLEMENS BELLE ) Dam of 6 named, 4 to race, 3 winners inc: BE MY PRINCESS (Chief’s Crown) 6 wins 1300-2000m, stakeswinner, producer Spinning Star – 2 wins (above), The Lip – 2 wins, 1 at 2, 1200,1400m Third dam EMOTIONAL by Sensitive Prince. 2 wins at 6f, stakesplaced. Dam of 7 named, 5 raced, 4 winners inc St Clemens ( 6 wins to 1250m, stakesplaced )– dam of ST CLEMENS BELLE (Don’t Say Halo) – 7 wins, 3 at 2, won WATC Fruit’N’Veg Stakes G1, MVRC Champagne Stakes G2, Bill Stutt Stakes G2, SAJC Smoke-Free SA Stakes G3, MVRC Silver Jubilee Stakes Listed, VRC Hilton On The Park Sprint Listed, and placed QTC Sires Produce Stakes G1, VATC One Thousand Guineas G1, WATC Lee Steere Stakes G2, VRC Bloodhorse Breeders Stakes G2, etc. Sanctus (Barathea) 4 wins to 1450m, stakesplaced. Dam of winners Ready Made (winner 1400m 06-07), Plushenko (5 wins, 1 at 2, to 1100m), Voregal (3 wins to 1300m, producer) and Prince Dahar (3 wins 1600-2800m) Immediate family of legendary North American racehorse and influential sire SPECTACULAR BID. Pedigree Analysis: The pedigree of this regally related colt is a fascinating exercise in linebreeding. * His sire Mossman traces in tail female line to the Blue Hen mare Sun Princess, a daughter of the Gainsborough son Solario and the immortal matriarch Mumtaz Begum. This is of course the LADY JOSEPHINE family. Mossman’s fifth dam Alassio, by the Nearco son Dante from Sun Princess is a three quarter sister to the great sire Royal Charger (by Nearco himself, from Sun Princess ), the founder of the Turn-To male line which is a sex balanced linebreeding subject in this pedigree via Sir Ivor (his son Sir Tristram the damsire of Spinning Star , and daughter Minnie Hauk ancestress of Spinning World). This is reinforced by a valuable line to a top class Royal Charger daughter (Gay Hostess, the dam of Majestic Prince also carried by Spinning Star ) and accompanied by multiple duplications of Royal Charger’s three quarter brother Nasrullah, by Nearco from Mumtaz Begum herself. The Nasrullah sons Nantallah, Never Bend and Bold Ruler are all carried by Spinning Star. While the combination of these close relations and immensely prepotent sires is well recognised as a breeding strategy for success and appears in many quality pedigrees, the fact that Mossman is himself a member of the Lady Josephine family tracing directly to Sun Princess and her dam Mumtaz Begum immensely boosts the genetic strength of these patterns. He also carries the Nasrullah son Princely Gift, creating further balance. Other Lady Josephine family members – especially Mumtaz Begum’s close relative, the very fine sire Mahmoud who is duplicated numerous times in the subject pedigree, but also Aristophanes, Fair Trial and My Babu’s damsire Badruddin all reinforce the family strength. * Complimenting Nasrullah and Royal Charger are multiple lines to their “pedigree pal” Princequillo (including Mossman’s male line, which is a significant factor). The legendary nick between these three sires is a longstanding and well recognised source of elite individuals. This linebreeding to Princequillo is discussed further below. * Not to be outdone in the prestige family stakes, the dam of our colt Spinning Star (and thus the colt himself) hail from the clan of none other than the supersire Northern Dancer , a linebreeding subject in this pedigree via his elite sons Nureyev , Northfields (in Spinning Star ) and Nijinsky (in Success Express) Northern Dancer and Spinning Star each descend from blueblooded North American families tracing to the mare Fly By Night (ninth dam of Spinning Star , sixth dam of Northern Dancer). As with Mossman’s tail female line to Mumtaz Begum, this family connection to Northern Dancer through Spinning Star strongly reinforces the duplications of that individual and his sons. Still further boosting is evidenced by the presence of the sire Great Nephew carried by the second dam of Mossman – his grand dam Sybil’s Sister (by Nearco from Sister Sarah ) is a three quarter sister to Nearctic, the sire of Northern Dancer (by Nearco from Lady Angela, a daughter of Hyperion and Sister Sarah- the family of PRETTY POLLY ) This is also the family of the stallions Luthier and Donatello, sire of Alycidon ( both individuals carried by Mossman’s damsire Twig Moss) and of Sind, the damsire of Worden carried by Mossman’s second dam - giving Mossman four distaff lines in all to Nearctic’s family, via three very influential sons. He also carries an important sex balance to Donatello via Lorgnette, the second dam of his sire Success Express – she was sired by High Hat, whose dam is a Donatello daughter; and of course to Nearctic via Northern Dancer’s son Nijinsky. Thus the subject pedigree has more depth, balance and tightly woven genetic affinity to offer than the usual (though still effective) standard duplications of Northern Dancer and / or Nasrullah and / or Royal Charger, involving as it does the crucial tail female line of both sire and dam in that linebreeding process, and the inclusion of some important close relations of both sexes. * Another powerful family at work in this pedigree is that of MARCHETTA . The only inbreeding in five generations comes via her great grandson Klairon , to whom Mossman’ s dam Lichen Lady carries a sex balanced 3m x 3f duplication, via the Klairon son Luthier and daughter No Relation. The abovementioned Alycidon carried by Mossman is a family member, as are Turn-To (sire of Sir Ivor , sex balanced in Spinning Star ) and My Babu (sire of Sir Tristram’s ancestress All My Eye.) Klairon is a grandson of Djebel - also the sire of Djeddah, whose daughter Lalun is carried by Spinning World via her prepotent son Never Bend (by Nasrullah). My Babu is by Djebel from the mare Perfume, tracing to Marchetta and sired by Badruddin, a son of Mumtaz Mahal and thus a relative of Nasrullah, Royal Charger and Mossman . * Djebel’s sire Tourbillon (Klairon’s male line also) appears on the tail female line of Spinning Star via Cornish Prince. Cornish Prince, Never Bend’s dam Lalun (both in Spinning Star) and Speak John ( the great grandsire of Mossman) are key individuals in this pedigree creating unity and balance. Cornish Prince is is a member of the La Troienne family – his third dam by Tourbillon from Adargatis , a mare by the Teddy son Asterus from Helene De Troie - the dam of La Troienne. Thus his ancestress Adargatis is a three quarter sister to La Troienne . Lalun is by Tourbillon’s male line representative Djeddah (by Djebel, who carries a Teddy daughter as his second dam). Djeddah is the son of another Asterus daughter, while Lalun’s dam was sired by Bimelech, one of La Troienne’s great sons. Speak John was foaled by the mare Nuit De Folies, a daughter of the sire Tornado by Tourbillon, from Folle Nuit – a daughter of the Asterus son Astrophel. Tourbillon’s sire Ksar is inbred to the sire Upas, who hails from the family of Lalun. The sire Colin carried by To Market on the damline of Spinning Star and also on the damline of her sire Spinning World, is a member of this tribe. The sire Worden carried by Mossman’s dam is a relative of Tourbillon. * The Teddy influence is especially powerful in this pedigree, because Spinning Star traces in tail female line to the mare Stop On Red (her fourth dam), who carries the full brothers and Teddy sons Sir Gallahad (via her sire To Market) and Bull Dog (the sire of her ancestress Lady Beware), both foaled by the matriarch Plucky Liege (additionally, their half brother Admiral Drake is the damsire of Turn-To) Both sire and dam of Success Express (sire of Mossman ) have Sir Gallahad on the damline, while Dancing Champ (his damsire) is by Nijinsky (carrying the Bull Dog grandson Bull Lea and the Sir Gallahad son Gallant Fox) from a mare by Tom Fool (son of a Bull Dog Mare).