Andrew Caulfield, March 29, 2011-Victoire Pisa (Jpn) Victoire Pisa has proved admirably tough and PEDIGREE INSIGHTS versatile. Officially ranked joint-third among the BY ANDREW CAULFIELD Japanese 2-year-olds of 2009, when he won his last three starts, he received the top ranking of 121 among DUBAI WORLD CUP SPONSORED BY EMIRATES the Japanese-raced turf 3-year-olds of 2010, just ahead AIRLINE-G1, $10,000,000, Meydan, 3-26, NH4yo/up, of his old rival Rose Kingdom and the outstanding SH3yo/up, 2000m (AWT), 2:05:94, gd. English filly Snow Fairy. Now, he is unbeaten in two 1--VICTOIRE PISA (JPN), 126, c, 4, by Neo Universe (Jpn) 4-year-old starts, one on turf and one on Tapeta. His 1st Dam: Whitewater Affair (GB) (Hwt Older Mare-Eng at 11-14 F, impressive record stands at eight wins from 13 starts. Hwt Older Mare-Ire at 14f+, GSW & G1SP-Eng, G1SP-Ire, In winning last year=s Satsuki Sho, he provided Neo $256,733), Machiavellian Universe with his second successive winner of this 2nd Dam: Much Too Risky (GB), by Bustino (GB) Japanese equivalent to the 2000 Guineas, following the 3rd Dam: Short Rations (GB), by Lorenzaccio (Ire) success of Unrivaled in 2009--a year that also saw Logi O-Yoshimi Ichikawa; B-Shadai Farm (JPN); Universe, another colt from Neo Universe=s first crop, T-Katsuhiko Sumii; J-Mirco Demuro; $6,000,000. land the Japanese Derby. To come up with three Lifetime Record: Ch. 3yo-Jpn, G1SW-Jpn, 13-8-1-2, Classic-winning sons in his first two crops represents a $12,896,372. *1/2 to Asakusa Den'en (GB) considerable achievement on Neo Universe=s behalf, (Singspiel {Ire}), MSW & G1SP-Jpn, $3,462,494; 3/4 even allowing for the fact that these crops totaled more to Swift Current (Jpn) (Sunday Silence), SW & GSP, than 300 foals. $2,593,966. Werk Nick Rating: A+. Click for the I first pointed out the stallion=s potential in these eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. pages in December 2008, writing: Click for the Racing Post chart, the AmWest PPs or the free AKeep an eye out too for Neo Universe, who provided brisnet.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video courtesy Emirates Racing. Sunday Silence with his fifth victory in the Japanese Derby in 2003, when he also won the 2000 Guineas. Way back in 1970, Sir Michael Sobell=s homebred filly Neo Universe=s first 2-year-olds raced in 2008, and he Boulevard showed considerable potential in winning her appears to have an excellent prospect in Logi Universe, first three races, notably defeating Hecla and Super an unbeaten winner of two Japanese Group 3 events, Honey in the Princess Margaret S. at Ascot. Hecla went including the Radio Nikkei Hai Nisai S. three days ago.@ on to give the peerless Mill Reef a hard time in the I went on to make an observation which has taken on Imperial S., while Super Honey later found only the more significance since the emergence of Victoire Pisa: triple Classic winner Altesse Royale too good for her in AAn interesting aspect of Neo Universe=s pedigree is the 1000 Guineas. Whereas her rivals flourished, that he is by a son of Halo and his dam Pointed Path is Boulevard failed to build on her excellent start after a granddaughter of Boulevard. Street Cry is another hot being transferred to France. young stallion out of a granddaughter of Boulevard and Her chances of making amends as a broodmare he, too, has Halo in his pedigree, as the broodmare sire weren=t helped when this half-sister to the top-class of his sire Machiavellian. It looks as though Logi Sun Prince produced only four foals for Ballymacoll Universe=s breeders were intent on strengthening the Stud. However, each of her two daughters has exerted links between Neo Universe and Street Cry, as the an influence on no less a youngster=s second dam is by none other than race than the Dubai Machiavellian [creating 3x5 to Halo].@ World Cup. Boulevard=s Victoire Pisa has a high-class daughter of younger daughter, the Machiavellian as his dam, so he is inbred 3x4 to Halo, Classic-placed Riverman America=s champion sire of 1983 and 1989 (thanks to filly Waterway, is the the Kentucky Derby triumphs of his sons Sunny=s Halo second dam of the and Sunday Silence). impressive 2002 World In addition to Logi Universe and Victoire Pisa, another Cup winner Street Cry. with two lines of Halo is the exciting young stallion And now her elder DWC Winner’s Circle Michael Marten Shamardal, who is out of Street Cry=s sister Helsinki. daughter, the Nassau S. Shamardal, who has Halo is his fifth and fourth third Silken Way, ranks as the second dam of Neo generations, was represented over the weekend by Universe, sire of the hugely welcome 2011 World Cup Dunboyne Express, winner of the G3 Leopardstown hero, Victoire Pisa. 2000 Guineas Trial. Others inbred to Halo include the high-class Australian filly More Joyous (3x3) and the PEDIGREE INSIGHTS... major Japanese winners Asakusa Den=en (a half-brother Get pedigree expert to Victoire Pisa, inbred 3x4) and Danon Chantilly (3x3). Street Cry=s Grade I-winning son Here Comes Ben is Andrew Caulfield’s take inbred 4x4. on racing’s newsmakers! You can find all of Caulfield’s columns Caulfield cont. in the TDN Archive. Victoire Pisa=s dam Whitewater Affair performed VICTOIRE PISA (JPN), c, 2007 extremely well for her breeder John Greetham in 1996 Hail to Reason Halo and 1997. She was one of the first to establish Cosmah Sunday Silence Machiavellian=s ability to sire performers with far more Understanding Wishing Well stamina than this fast son of Mr. Prospector had Neo Universe Mountain Flower demonstrated. Machiavellian generally needed some (Jpn) Sharpen Up (GB) Kris (GB) help from his mates to produce a stayer, a prime Doubly Sure (GB) Pointed Path (GB) example being Invermark, his winner of the 2 1/2-mile Shantung (Fr) Silken Way (Fr) Prix du Cadran, who was out of a stoutly bred Glint of Boulevard (Ire) Gold mare. With the St Leger winner Bustino as her Raise a Native Whitewater Affair Mr. Prospector broodmare sire, Whitewater Affair stayed well enough Gold Digger (GB) Machiavellian to win the G3 John Porter S. over a mile and a half and Hwt Older Mare- Halo Coup de Folie the Prix de Pomone over 1 11/16 miles at four, when GB, 11-14f, Hwt. Raise the Standard Older Mare-Ire, she was also second in the Yorkshire Oaks and third in Busted (GB) 14f+, GSW-GB & Much Too Risky Bustino (GB) the Irish St Leger. Fr, G1SP-GB & Ire (GB) Ship Yard (GB) Whitewater Affair=s dam Much Too Risky enjoyed 7Fls, 1Ch, 2GSW, Wnr Short Rations (GB) Lorenzaccio (GB) considerable success as a broodmare, becoming one of 1SW 15Fls,3GSW,1SW 14Fls, 2GSW Short Commons (GB) those rare mares with three group winners to her credit. Her Warning colt Little Rock also stayed much better than his sire, as he showed by winning the Princess of Wales=s S. over a mile and a half, and so did Short Skirt, one of her fillies by Warning=s fast son Diktat. Short Skirt won a pair of Group 3s, in addition to finishing third in the Oaks and second in the Yorkshire Oaks. The family showed that it had truly arrived when Short Skirt was sold for 1,400,000gns as a 3-year-old in 2006. Earlier generations of the family had been by stallions who couldn=t have been described as highly fashionable, but that hadn=t stopped them doing very well. Victoire Pisa=s third dam, the Italian winner Short Rations, produced Group 1-winning stayers on two continents, with Arctic Owl taking the Irish St Leger and Marooned the Sydney Cup. The next dam, Short Commons, exceeded initial expectations by easily winning the Free H., prior to finishing a close fourth in the Irish 1000 Guineas. Short Commons= younger half-sister Pampalina sold for as little as 230gns as a foal, but that didn=t stop her winning the 1967 Irish Oaks. Short Commons and Pampalina both produced stallion sons, the former being responsible for the smart He Loves Me and the latter for the Irish 2000 Guineas winner Pampapaul. The Pampalina branch of this family also did well for the late Jean-Luc Lagardere, and it now has several representatives in the Aga Khan=s stud book, so this family has earned a great deal of respect over the last 40 years or so..