Picks and musings for 030513 by hsw 10 tracks 90 races The March 1st 2014 edition of Blood Horse magazine was delivered to my dusty mail box the other day and the top 12 horses of the moment or “Derby Dozen” are on page 30- Steve Haskin is the author of this classic spotlight- on top of the stack is Top Billing, and I thought it may be in the interest of “pedigree” science to forward the broodmare sire array and the 5th dam and her sire as a companion piece for readers of the weekly “Derby Dozen”- I’ll work from #one thru #12- 1) Top Billing >Curlin x Parade Queen (1-N) AP Indy- Roberto- Nijinsky- Habitat- 5th dam >Garvey Girl by Princely Gift 2) Cairo Prince > Pioneerof The Nile x Holy Bubbette (20) Holy Bull- Accipiter- Nearctic- Native Dancer- 5th dam > Now And Again by Bahram 3) Honor Code > AP Indy x Serena’s Cat (7) Storm Cat- Mr. Prospector- Rahy- Northfields- 5th dam > Image Intensifier by Dancer’s Image 4) Candy Boy > Candy Ride x She’s An Eleven (3-L) In Excess- Flying Sensation- Moscow Ballet- Somethingfabulous- 5th dam > Interview Time by Looks Impressive 5) Bayern > Offlee Wild x Alittlenitearly (A4) Thunder Gulch- Alydar- Never Bend- War Admiral- 5th dam > Judy Rae by Beau Pere 6) Intense Holiday > Harlan’s Holiday x Intensify (5-J) Unbridled’s Song- Air Forbes One- Groshawk- Bold Lad (USA) 5th dam > Admirably by Oceanus 7) Tapiture > Tapit x Free Spin (20-A) Olympio- Private Account- Raise A Cup- Bold Bidder- 5th dam > Doll Ina by Helioscope 8) Conquest Titan > Birdstone x Miner’s Secret (10-A) Mineshaft- Kingmambo- Seattle Slew- Grenfall 5th dam > My Poly by Cyclotron 9) Mexikoma > Birdstone x Toccet One (4-M) Toccet- Proper Reality- Conquistador Cielo- Lyphard 5th dam > Beaconaire by Vaguely Noble 10) California Chrome > Lucky Pulpit x Love The Chase (A4) Not For Love- Polish Numbers- Sir Ivor- Vaguely Noble- 5th dam > Princess Ribot by Ribot 11) General A Rod > Roman Ruler x Dynamite Eyes (4-d) Dynaformer- Meadowlake- Danzig- Prince John- 5th dam > Gay Hostess by Royal Charger 12) Constitution > Tapit x Baffled (8-K) Distorted Humor- Ocean Crest- Pass The Tab- Cox’s Ridge- 5th dam > Anjelicco by Angle Light………. One thing is for sure the list is quite fluid and the classic season is yet in its infancy- certainly Samraat is one horse who might find its way onto the next list as might Uncle Sigh and Swale Stakes hero Spot and In Trouble also impressed in the exciting Gotham- at first reflection I might keep a good eye on Mexikoma and California Chrome and General A Rod and very lightly raced Bayern with War Admiral as its 4th dam sire should provide some good efforts as the “classics” move squarely into focus- Charles Town 1-5 2-3 3-5 4-3 5-6 6-5 7-7 8-5 9-1 Delta downs 1-4 2-2 3-2 4-2 5-3 6-1e 7-7 8-3 9-1 10-10 Fair grounds 1-1 2-5 3-1e 4-6 5-3 6-7 7-2 8-7 Gulfstream 1-8x2x1 2-3 3-3 4-4 5-4 6-5 7-11 8-2 9-1 10-1 Hawthorne 1-2 2-2 3-6 4-4 5-1 6-5 7-5 8-2 Laurel 1-2 2-2 3-3 4-1 5-4 6-4 7-1 8-3 9-3 Mountaineer 1-1 2-4 3-2 4-3 5-1 6-2 7-6 8-4 9-3 Penn 1-4 2-3 3-4 4-8 5-5 6-5 7-6x5 8-1e 9-3 Tampa bay 1-3 2-1 3-5 4-2 5-1 6-2 7-1 8-5 9-1 Turf paradise 1-4 2-1 3-8 4-5 5-1 6-4 7-7 8-1 9-1x5 hsw
Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 09:05:43 +0000
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