FINAL WEEK - Clusters of Stallions and Third Dam Sires
- Trevor Donaldson
- Dec 1, 2024
- 6 min read

Week 13 was the last Saturday metro meeting of the 2024 Spring racing season.
The always dominant Danehill stallion lineage won 13 of the 50 races, being one of it's lowest percentage of winners throughout the spring.
The final week had a staggering 21 black type races and the two stallion clusters of Green Desert and Mr Prospector had most winners with 4 each.
The stallion with the most black type wins throughout the entire spring [13 metro Saturday meetings] was champion stallion Snitzel on 11 winners.
Here is a snapshot of the individual Stallions with the most "black type" wins after 13 weeks of spring racing in Australia:
11 wins
Snitzel [Danehill - Cluster]
8 wins
I am Invincible [Green Desert - Cluster]
7 wins
Street Boss [Mr Prospector - Cluster]
6 wins
Fastnet Rock [Danehill Cluster]
Playing God [Danehill - Cluster]
Written Tycoon [Last Tycoon - Cluster]
Per Incanto [Mr Prospector - Cluster]
Pride of Dubai [Mr Prospector- Cluster]
Too Darn Hot [Mr Prospector - Cluster]
5 wins
Zoustar [Encosta de Lago - Cluster]
Castelvecchio [High Chaparral Cluster]
4 wins
Better Than Ready [Halo - Cluster]
Star Witness [Soviet Star - Cluster]
Justify [Storm Cat - Cluster]
3 wins
Deep Field [Encosta De Lago - Cluster]
Shalaa [Green Desert - Cluster]
Dundeel [High Chaparral - Cluster]
Almanzor [Mr Prospector - Cluster]
Harry Angel [Waajib - Cluster]
ALL BLACK TYPE RACES - AFTER 13 WEEKS
"OVERALL" LEADING STALLION CLUSTERS - nick 24 from Origin
BLACK TYPE RACES:
58 wins to Danehill cluster:
41 wins to Mr Prospector cluster:
25 wins to Green Desert cluster:
13 wins to High Chaparral cluster:
13 wins to Last Tycoon cluster:
11 wins to Encosta De Lago cluster:
11 wins to Storm Cat cluster:
8 wins to Halo cluster:
ALL BLACK TYPE RACES AFTER 13 WEEKS: [Spring 2024]









The Stallion Clusters [highlighted in blue] for black type winners
has been updated after 13 weeks of spring 2024 racing:







"OVERALL" LEADING FEMALE TAIL CLUSTERS - nick 19 from Origin
BLACK TYPE RACES:
130 wins to Pharos cluster:
Nearctic has 65 winners
Nasrullah has 36 winners
Royal Charger has 26 winners
20 wins to Star Kingdom
16 wins to Sickle
11 wins to Tourbillon [The mighty Byerly Turk stallion lineage]
7 wins to Pharamond
5 wins to Princequillo
5 wins to Fairway
4 wins to Tenerani
3 wins to Donatello
3 wins to Vienna
ALL RESULTS of week 13 [30th November]
"Week 13" LEADING STALLION CLUSTERS - nick 24 from Origin
The Danehill stallion lineage was strong again with 13 of the 50 winners.
Full results below - here is a short summary of week 13:
Danehill line stallions - 13 winners
Snitzel x 2
Starspangledbanner x 2
Mr Prospector line stallions - 7 winners
American Pharoah x 2
Street Boss x 2
Green Desert line stallions - 5 winners
I am invincible x 2
Shalaa x 2
Storm Cat line stallions - 4 winners
Puissance De Lune x 2
Encosta De Lago line stallions - 3 winners
Zoustar x 2
Montjeu line stallions - 3 winners
Tarzino x 2
Last Tycoon line stallions - 3 winners
ALL RACE RESULTS - WEEK 13 [30th November]


LEADING FEMALE TAIL CLUSTERS - nick 19 from Origin
Best performed "Third Dam" Sires in week 13 were:
DANEHILL [Pharos / Nearctic]
Morphettville - Morris Minor
Stallion - Valentia [Danehill cluster]
Doomben - Street Chase
Stallion - Zoustar [Encosta De Lago cluster]
Doomben - Oughton
Stallion - More Than Ready [Halo cluster]
LAST TYCOON [Pharos / Nearctic]
Rosehill - Redbreast
Stallion - American Pharoah [Mr Prospector cluster]
Doomben - Moon Sweeper
Stallion - Puissance De lune [Storm Cat cluster]
SEMIPALATINSK [Star Kingdom / Nodouble]
Ascot - Sure No Something
Stallion - Hinchinbrook [Danehill cluster]
Doomben - Kerchak
Stallion - Tarzino [Montjeu cluster]
VAIN [Fairway / Court Martial]
Morphettville - Vintage Star
Stallion - Starspangledbanner [Danehill cluster]
Caulfield - Garza Blanca
Stallion - I am Invincible [Green Desert cluster]
As previously noted, Pharos will always be the leader in this section by sheer volume of broodmares from that stallion stem at nick 19 represented at the bottom of fourth generation [dam - grand dam - great grand dam].
The battle within of the big three lines at nick 21 is always interesting.
Pharos line third dam broodmare sires [in 4th Gen] - 29 winners
Nearctic x 17, Nasrullah x 6, Royal Charger x 5
WEEK 13 [30th November] - All results shown here:


BLACK TYPE RESULTS
- Week 13 [30th November]
4 wins
Green Desert cluster:
2 x I am Invincible
2 x Shalaa
4 wins
Mr Prospector cluster:
2 x Street Boss
3 wins
Encosta De Lago cluster:
2 x Zoustar
Danehill cluster:
Storm Cat cluster:

"Week 13" LEADING FEMALE TAIL LINEAGE STALLION - nick 19 from Origin
15 wins
Pharos line Stallions at nick 21:
10 x Nearctic - 3 x Nasrullah - 1 x Royal Charger

"OVERALL" LEADING STALLION CLUSTERS - nick 24 from Origin
After 13 weeks and 632 races of the Spring 2024 racing season in Australia....
Danehill dominated the “all” runner's leader board on 180 wins.
So the theory of “throw enough darts and you will hit the board more’ is true on Saturday metropolitan race meeting throughout Australia in Spring.
Danehill has 180 wins
Mr Prospector, on 83 wins
Green Desert on 65 wins
Encosta De Lago on 52 wins
High Chaparral on 40 wins
Last Tycoon on 28 wins
Sir Ivor on 27 wins
Storm cat on 25 wins
Halo on 23 wins
Montjeu on 14 wins
Galileo on 10 wins
Roberto on 10 wins
Waajib on 10 wins
El Prado on 9 wins
Soviet Star on 9 wins
Which Sires have produced the most wins
An interesting side note to this table of “stallion clusters” are the individual winning stallions after 13 weeks of Saturday metropolitan racing in Australia.
Here is a short list with any Stallion that has sired 5+ winners
21 - SNITZEL [Danehill]
17 - ZOUSTAR [Encosta De Lago]
14 - I AM INVINCIBLE [Green Desert]
13 - PLAYING GOD [Danehill]
11 - AMERICAN PHAROAH [Mr Prospector]
11 - PRIDE OF DUBAI [Mr Prospector]
10 - DUNDEEL [High Chaparral]
10 - WRITTEN TYCOON [Last Tycoon]
10 - PER INCANTO [Mr Prospector]
9 - DEEP FIELD [Encosta De Lago]
9 - HARRY ANGEL [Waajib]
8 - TORONADO [High Chaparral]
7 - FASTNET ROCK [Danehill]
7 - CABLE BAY [Green Desert]
7 - SHALAA [Green Desert]
7 - STREET BOSS [Mr Prospector]
7 - TOO DARN HOT [Mr Prospector]
6 - ALABAMA EXPRESS [Danehill]
6 - SHAMUS AWARD [Danehill]
6 - HELLBENT [Green Desert]
6 - BETTER THAN READY [Halo]
6 - CASTELVECCHIO [High Chaparral]
6 - WRITTEN BY [Last Tycoon]
6 - TARZINO [Montjeu]
6 - SIR PRANCEALOT [Mr Propsector]
6 - JUSTIFY [Storm Cat]
5 - ALL TOO HARD [Danehill]
5 - MAGNUS [Danehill]
5 - SMART MISSILE [Danehill]
5 - TRAPEZE ARTIST [Daneill]
5 - MASCHINO [Encosta De Lago]
5 - NATIONAL DEFENSE [Green Desert]
5 - ALMANZOR [Mr Prospector]
5 - PIERRO [Sir Ivor]
5 - SPIRIT OF BOOM [Spirit of Boom is 24]
5 - STAR TURN [Soviet Star]
"OVERALL" LEADING FEMALE TAIL CLUSTERS - nick 19 from Origin
Pharos [343 wins]
Nearctic x 174
19 - Danehill
11 - Sadlers Wells
8 - Last Tycoon
6 - Royal Academy
5 - Be My Guest
5 - Bluebird
5 - Lyphard
4 - Caerleon
Nasrullah x 92
7 - Darshaan
6 - Shirley Heights
5 - Rory's Jester
4 - Irish River
4 - Marooned
Royal Charger x 62
8 - Don't Say Halo
7 - Sir Tristram
5 - Zabeel
5 - Sound Reason
4 - Grosvenor
Infatuation x 9
6 - Zeditave
Star Kingdom [63]
9 - Marscay
5 - Canny Lad
5 - Semipalatinsk
4 - Ideal Planet
4 - Imposing
Sickle [55]
4 - Protos
Tourbillon - Byerly Turk line [34]
6 - Centaine
5 - Twig Moss
4 - Euclase
4 - Century
4 - Icelandic
Princequillo [21]
Fairway [19]
9 - Vain
Pharamond [15]
7 - Snippets
5 - Lunchtime
Tenerani [14]
In Reality - Godolphin Arabian Line [7]
3 - Valid Appeal
Vienna [5]
4 - Noble Bijou
That's it... 2024 Spring has been completed.
This particular set of blog posts will return for the 2025 Autumn [March to May].
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End of week 13 and the 2024 spring racing season
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