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Danehill Shanthas Choice He was Champion First Crop Sire in 2004. Hot on the heels of his second successive Golden
Slipper Stakes success the all-conquering Redoute's
Choice has sired his first Group winner in Danehill Cotehele House Commands belongs to
a family whose history is as rich as that of any royal house. Two
generations back is the mare Eight Carat, an unexceptional galloper who
produced the exceptional racehorses Octagonal,
Mouawad,
Kaapstad,
Marquise and Diamond Lover Fairy King In his first six covering seasons, Encosta
De Lago met with 834 mares, an average of 139 per
season. His largest book came in 2002 when he broke the double century mark
at 201, whilst his lightest book was 98 in 2000 for his fourth crop, which
are now yearlings. At the time of writing,
Encosta De Lago has
produced 128 individual winners from 211 starters. That represents a strong 60.7% winners to runners ratio, which places him
among the most prolific winner producing sires in Sadlers Wells Hurricane
Run, winner of five races this year including the Budweiser Irish Derby and
the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe,
was named Horse Of The Year at the 2005 Cartier Racing Awards in London on
November 16.
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BORN WITH WINGS THE NORTHERN DANCER DYNASTY SADLER'S
WELLS Northern
Dancer He was sired by the most successful
stallion of modern times out of the dam of Fairy King, Tate Gallery, Fairy
Gold, Hermitage, Perugino, and Special dam of Nureyev etc. Sadler's Wells won six of his 11 starts as a
racehorse at 7-10 furlongs, including the Group 3 Beresford Stakes at two,
and at three the Group 2 Irish Derby Trial and three Group 1s - Irish 2,000
Guineas, Eclipse Stakes, and Phoenix Champion Stakes. He went to stud at four
and has sired over 110 stakes winners, which include some 70 Group/Graded
winners. Among them are 31 Group 1/Grade 1 winners, namely: Braashee, French Glory, In The Wings, Old Vic, Prince Of
Dance, Scenic, Salsabil, Opera House, Saddlers'
Hall, El Prado, Johann Quatz,
Masad, Fatherland, Fort Wood, Intrepidity,
Carnegie, King's Theatre, Northern Spur, Moonshell,
Muncie, Poliglote, Chief Contender, Dance Design,
Luna Wells, Cloudings, Ebadiyla,
Entrepreneur, In Command, King Of Kings, Kayf Tara
and Dream Well. The last three mentioned all won Group 1s in the 1998 season;
King Of Kings - 2,000 Guineas (8 furlongs); Kayf
Tara - Ascot Gold Cup (20 furlongs); Dream Well - French Derby and Irish
Derby (both 12 furlongs). Sadler's Wells is the phenomenon of the
era in Northern Dancer Pas de Nom NUREYEV Northern Dancer Special Born at Claibourne
Farm This is a classic story of overcoming the odds. He sustained an
injury in1987 where he normally would have been euthanasiad
Nureyev had three starts on the racetrack
for three wins but in his final start he was disqualified in the 1980 2000 He fractured his
off hind leg below the hock in 1987 and was nursed back to health by Dr. J.D
Howard and the staff at his home Walmac Stud from
then on he had a stall of his own. It was his breeding barn as he was unable
to be put into the paddock due to this injury. The barn was a photo gallery
showing all the stages of his recovery from this severe injury. From 19 crops
of racing age, Nureyev is represented by 128 stakes
winners including 71 graded winners. His five champions include 1987 champion
grass horse Theatrical (Ire) and multiple international champion Miesque.
FAIRY KING Northern Dancer Fairy King is two time champion sire of France and the
full brother to
Sadlers Wells. The impact he is starting to have on
NORTHERN DANCER NEARTIC
NATALMA NEARCO
LADY ANGELA
NATIVE DANCER ALMAHMOUD
Foaled on May 27, 1961, at E. P. Taylor’s Windfields
Farm near Oshawa, Ontario, Canada, Northern Dancer came from the first crop of
Canadian champion Nearctic and was the first foal of Native Dancer mare Natalma. Native Dancer the grey ghost was a public idol who
won 21 of his 22 starts losing only the 1953 NORTHERN
DANCERS RACE RECORD
Northern Dancer was a small but powerful colt with a
lively temperament. Northern Dancer made his debut on August 2, 1963, winning
a 5 1/2-furlong maiden race at Fort Erie racetrack by 6 3/4 lengths in 1:06
1/5 under apprentice rider Ron Turcotte. He was
beaten by four lengths by Ramblin Road in the 6
1/2-furlong Vandal Stakes at the same track two weeks later then scored a 1 1/4-length victory in the
Summer Stakes over one mile on turf in heavy going.
Northern Dancer ended his two-year-old season with a
five-race winning streak, including the Coronation Futurity and Carleton
Stakes in Half fit, he was beaten in
his first start at three in 1964 and then won six consecutive races-an
allowance race, the Flamingo Stakes, Florida Derby, Blue Grass Stakes,
Kentucky Derby, and Preakness Stakes. Each of those
victories was characterized by his ability to sit just off the pace at a high
cruising speed, produce a sharp burst of acceleration, and then persevere
gamely to the line much of that he has passed on to his progeny. In the
Northern Dancer won the Preakness by daylight, prevailing by 2 1/4 lengths over
The Scoundrel, who had finished third in the GENETICS SH SH SH SH
This started a dynasty of horses with wings as Northern Dancers progeny took the thoroughbred
industry by storm and still do today. Few, if any, stallions have ever
sired as many good stallion sons as has Northern Dancer. His male-line
ancestor Phalaris sired five top stallions in Pharos,
Fairway, *Pharamond II, *Sickle, and
In his first crop, foaled in 1966, Northern Dancer sired ten stakes
winners from 21 foals, a 47.6% strike rate. He had 22 subsequent crops
of foals, Northern Dancer is arguably the best sire
of racehorses in the history of the thoroughbred breed. The great son of
Nearctic sired 146 stakes winners from 645 foals, or 22.6%. Northern
Dancer can count at least ten sons as truly outstanding sires: Be My Guest,
In the Danzigs excel
from 1000m to 1600m and this has been the domain of the You
now see three
other closely related Northern Dancer stallions Nureyev
,Fairy King and Sadlers Wells stamping their mark
on Australian racing. Fairy Kings son Encosta De Lago and Zabeel the great
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