Andrew Caulfield, April 8-Wicked Strong Significantly, his biggest success came in Haydock PEDIGREE INSIGHTS Park's Sprint Cup--a race also won by Green Desert. B Y A N D R E W C A U L F I E L D In other words, he had inherited a full measure of his sire's speed and little of his female line's stamina, AON GREENHAM S. S.-G3, ,60,000, NBY, 4-12, 3yo, which had helped his dam Rafha win the G1 Prix de c/g, 7fT, 1:26.95, gd. Diane over 1 5/16 miles. His third dam, Border Bounty, 1--KINGMAN (GB), 126, c, 3, by Invincible Spirit (Ire) had flourished at up to 1 3/4 miles. 1st Dam: Zenda (GB) (G1SW-Fr, GISP-US, In this respect, Invincible Spirit was very similar to G1SP-Eng, $406,560), by Zamindar Zenda's brilliant half-brother Oasis Dream, another son 2nd Dam: Hope (Ire), by Dancing Brave of Green Desert. Hope, the dam of Oasis Dream and 3rd Dam: Bahamian (Ire), by Mill Reef Zenda, was a sister to another middle-distance Classic O-Khalid Abdullah; B-Juddmonte Farms; T-John winner in Wemyss Bight, winner of the Irish Oaks. The Gosden; J-James Doyle; ,34,026. Lifetime Record: next dam, Bahamian, had stayed even better than 3-3-0-0, ,60,591. *1/2 to Remote (GB) (Dansili Wemyss Bight, once crossing the line first in a Group 2 {GB}), GSW-Eng. Werk Nick Rating: A. Click for the over 1 7/8 miles; and Bahamian's dam Sorbus eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the numbered a second in the Irish St leger among her Racing Post result. VIDEO, courtesy Racing UK. achievements. Even though his first three dams were all Part of my role as pedigree consultant to Juddmonte by major winners over a mile and a half, Oasis Dream Farms since 1995 is making the initial mating inherited none of their stamina. Fortunately, he was suggestions for Prince Khalid Abdullah's European fast enough to become Europe's champion 2-year-old mares. This is a fascinating task, but you will of 2002 and then Europe's champion sprinter at three. understand that not all the recommendations are made Sending Zenda to Invincible Spirit would therefore with the same degree of confidence. Maybe a very produce something bred along similar lines to Oasis attractive mating has been tried before without Dream and Prince Khalid preferred this option. How achieving the expected results, or perhaps there simply right he was to do so was amply demonstrated three isn't much information available. Sometimes I am days ago, when Kingman--Zenda's Invincible Spirit colt- overruled before the suggestions reach the Prince, with -maintained his unbeaten record in exhilarating style in General Manager Philip Mitchell often having his own the G3 Greenham S. views, based on his profound knowledge of the His victory was so stylish that the bookmakers have Juddmonte families. made him a very short-priced favorite for next month's However, there was plenty of confidence in the two G1 2,000 Guineas. He is priced at between even candidates that the team arrived at for the Prince's money and 6-4, even though the potential opposition Classic-winning mare Zenda when the suggestions includes two unbeaten Group 1 winners in Toormore were sent to the Prince in December 2009. One and Kingston Hill and another very exciting prospect in suggestion was Montjeu. With six crops on the track, Australia. the brilliant son of Sadler's Wells had already been Clearly there are few worries, despite Invincible represented by two Spirit's overall record as a stallion, that Kingman will winners of the Derby stay a mile. He settles well and Zenda stayed at and three of the Irish 1 1/8 miles, as she showed with her narrow defeat in Derby. Zenda is by Gone the GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup at Keeneland. West's son Zamindar and Gone West had sired KINGMAN (GB), c, 2011 the dam of one of Northern Dancer Montjeu's Derby Danzig Green Desert Pas de Nom winners. Montjeu had Sir Ivor Kingman Racing Post Foreign Courier also gone close to Courtly Dee winning the King George Invincible Spirit (GB) Kris (GB) Sharpen Up (GB) with Papal Bull, a horse whose broodmare sire was Doubly Sure (GB) Zamindar's brother Zafonic. Montjeu also had Group 1 Rafha (GB) Artauis winners with Lyphard and Bellypha blood, so he was Eljazzi (Ire) Border Bounty likely to suit a mare whose broodmare sire was Lyphard's (GB) brilliant son Dancing Brave. Zenda was also a likeable Mr. Prospector physical match, possessing better hocks than Montjeu. Gone West Zenda (GB) Secrettame The other option, Invincible Spirit, was a very Zamindar G1SW-Fr, GISP- Zaizafon The Minstrel different type. Whereas Montjeu was an old-fashioned US, G1SP-Eng, Mofida (GB) Classic type, the smaller Invincible Spirit was all speed. $406,107 Hope (Ire) Dancing Brave Lyphard This son of Green Desert did all his winning over six 8 Fls, 2 GSWs 6 Fls, 1 Ch, Navajo Princess furlongs, taking seven of his 13 starts over that 2 GSW Bahamian (Ire) Mill Reef distance, and he failed to reach the first three on the three occasions he tackled seven furlongs. She had previously won the G1 Poule d'Essai des Pouliches with some give in the ground and had been caught close home when second in the G1 Coronation S. on a fast surface. Zenda's broodmare career could be used to argue the importance of situating breeding stock to maximise their opportunities. As Zenda was in the U.S. when the decision was made to retire her, she spent the early years of her broodmare career in Kentucky. It wasn't known at that time that her sire Zamindar would make very little impact during a short spell in Florida (of course he later returned to Europe to sire the brilliant filly Zarkava). During her time in Kentucky, Zenda visited a mixed bag of stallions, producing foals to Danzig, Storm Cat, Empire Maker and Johannesburg. None of them won. Zenda is a tall daughter of a very tall stallion and the decision was reached that Europe might offer her a wider choice of stallions, so she returned to England for the 2008 breeding season. Juddmonte's excellent stallion Dansili had obvious claims, as he had already sired Group 1 winners from mares by tall stallions such as Zamindar's brother Zafonic and Theatrical. Also, Zamindar had been represented in 2007 by the exciting 2-year-old Zarkava, who shared the same broodmare sire--Kahyasi--as Dansili. The first mating with Dansili resulted in Panzanella, a lightly raced winner who is visiting Invincible Spirit's Classic-winning son Lawman this year. A second visit to Dansili proved much more rewarding, resulting in the very talented Remote. A busy spell last spring saw Remote make rapid progress from winning a maiden race at 25-1 to justifying favoritism in the G3 Tercentenary S. over a mile and a quarter at Royal Ascot. Although he was sidelined during the second half of 2013, Remote could well be a name to remember this year. Zenda then made it three consecutive winners with Kingman and there is every reason to be optimistic about her third Dansili foal, the 2-year-old Multilingual, who has followed her siblings into the care of John Gosden. In a move which underlines Juddmonte's confidence in Dansili's fast son Bated Breath, Zenda visited him in his first season and produced a likeable filly at the end of January. Zenda is now a member of the illustrious book of mares visiting Frankel in his second season. So this family looks primed to continue the excellent work which began with the purchase of Kingman's third dam, the Mill Reef filly Bahamian, as a yearling 28 years ago. Click here to share this story.