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Vale of York was one of two Breeders' Cup winners for sons of Green Desert, who has founded his own distinct branch of the Danzig line. Vale of York also has siblings close up as his sire, Invincible Spirit, is out of a mare by Kris, and his dam is by Halling, a son of Kris's full-brother, Diesis (he's the second stakes winner bred on this ...

We touched on the pedigree of Sky Mesa (TrueNicks,SRO) 's latest stakes winner in our last post (Iroquois S. (gr. III) winner Thisskyhasnolimit) Another Pulpit (TrueNicks,SRO) son, freshman sire Purge (TrueNicks,SRO) , got off the mark with his first stakes winner last Saturday when Macias took the Jack Goodman Stakes at Oak Tree-at-Santa Anita. ...

We were delighted to see the Broken Vow (TrueNicks,SRO) filly Sassy Image take the Pocahontas Stakes (gr. III) for a couple of reasons. One was that we've always been a fan of Broken Vow (and two of his graded winners, Sindy With an S., and Interactif, are Pedigree Consultants recommended matings).The second reason was that Sassy Image is bred on ...

Kenneth and Sarah Ramsey have done a tremendous job with their stallion, Catienus, a Storm Cat son whom they claimed, then sent out to win a minor stakes, run second in the Suburban Handicap (gr. II), two renewals of the Saratoga Breeders' Cup Handicap (gr. II) and place third in the Whitney Handicap (gr. I). Catienus has never been a fashionable ...

It might seem hard to believe, but only a handful of years ago, Sadler's Wells' legacy as far as the extension of his male-line appeared to be in severe doubt. That is no longer the case, and we were treated to a number of reminders of over the weekend.Sadler's Wells' son, High Chaparral has been rather in the shadow of his stud companions Galileo ...

We mentioned the under-appreciated Sadler's Wells grandson, Singspiel, here a few weeks ago, and he had another juvenile group winner in Zeitoper (TrueNicks A++), who captured the Prix de Conde (gr. III). He's out of the English 1,000 Guineas (gr. I) and Oaks (gr. I) winner, Kazzia (who also took the Flower Bowl Invitational Stakes (gr. I) in the ...

It looks as if we have a pretty strong European freshman sire crop this year. The weekend saw Danehill's son Oratorio vault into third - to Shamardal and Dubawi, with Footstepsinsand fourth - when his offspring finished first and second in a close fought renewal of the Dewhurst Stakes (gr. I).The winner, Beethoven, is out of Queen Titi, a daughter ...

The juvenile filly grade I races over the weekend (including Friday) both went to stallions who made their names in a regional market before moving to Kentucky. The Frizette Stakes (gr. I) went to Devil May Care, who was making only her second start. She is by Malibu Moon (TrueNicks,SRO), who initially started very cheaply in Maryland, and out of ...

The surprising Pollard's Vision (TrueNicks,SRO) had leapt to the head of the Freshman class following the victory of Blind Luck in the Oak Leaf Stakes (gr. I) last weekend. That lead was short-lived, however, and Hill 'n' Dale's Roman Ruler (TrueNicks,SRO) now has the top spot after his son Homeboykris (TrueNicks A++) captured the Champagne ...

We've tracked the progress of freshman Pollard's Vision (TrueNicks,SRO) in several previous posts, but we must admit we didn't expect him to vault to the top of the Freshman Sire table. However, that's what happened when his daughter, Blind Luck, emerged from the Oak Leaf Stakes (gr. I) with a 2½ lengths victory. She is the fourth stakes winner ...