Banner is World Sprint Star

re: Banner is World Sprint Star

Alan Porter — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 20:38:53 GMT

I guess Corsica is a funny example of a pedigree where the immediate ancestors expressed one thing as racehorses, but had other elements latent in their pedigrees - Persian Bold's sire, Bold Lad, was a headstrong tearaway, but his dam was Relko, who basically stayed two miles, out of a mare by Blue Peter, who won an English Derby, and would have probably won an English St. Leger (although he might have faced Pharis II there) had WWII not intervened.

Thanks for the interesting note.

re: Banner is World Sprint Star

Ann in Lexington — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:03:54 GMT

All those sires cited down Corsica's damline also have gotten distance (10f-13f) winners as well as milers. Persian Bold's US runners included the gritty mare Persian Tiara (Dixie H at 12f and Seneca H at 13f, both over colts), King's Island (Sunset H -12f) and Persianlux (San Luis Obsipo H-12f). On the eastern side of the Atlantic, his offspring included Armarama (Ribblesdale S-12f), War Declaration (Premio Elligton-G2 12f), Falcon Flight (Prix Hocquart-12f), and Mardonius (Prix Lutece-15f).

If Persian Bold had sired only one high-class distance horse among his get, you could say it was the mare that did that one. But such is not the case. And as a damsire, Persian Bold accounts for Sweetzie (New York H), Markham (South Australian Derby), Artistique (Prix Berteux-15f), and Khalkevi (Grand Prix de Paris).

And Woodman, Lear Fan, and Lyphard have similar profiles as stallions.

re: Banner is World Sprint Star

Mr Ron — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:39:03 GMT

What of the Sire, Pompie Court. Looking for a daughter or grand daughter to put back on Secretariat or an Affirmed blood line