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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

  1. Pharos [343 wins]


    1. Nearctic x 174

      1. 19 - Danehill

      2. 11 - Sadlers Wells

      3. 8 - Last Tycoon

      4.   6 - Royal Academy

      5. 5 - Be My Guest

      6. 5 - Bluebird

      7. 5 - Lyphard

      8. 4 - Caerleon


    2. Nasrullah x 92

      1. 7 - Darshaan

      2.   6 - Shirley Heights

      3. 5 - Rory's Jester

      4. 4 - Irish River

      5. 4 - Marooned


    3. Royal Charger x 62

      1. 8 - Don't Say Halo

      2. 7 - Sir Tristram

      3. 5 - Zabeel

      4. 5 - Sound Reason

      5. 4 - Grosvenor


    4. Infatuation x 9

      1.   6 - Zeditave



  1. Star Kingdom [63]

    1. 9 - Marscay

    2. 5 - Canny Lad

    3. 5 - Semipalatinsk

    4. 4 - Ideal Planet

    5. 4 - Imposing


  2. Sickle [55]

    1. 4 - Protos


  3. Tourbillon - Byerly Turk line  [34]

    1. 6 - Centaine

    2. 5 - Twig Moss

    3. 4 - Euclase

    4. 4 - Century

    5. 4 - Icelandic


  4. Princequillo [21]


  5. Fairway [19]

    1. 9 - Vain


  6. Pharamond [15]

    1. 7 - Snippets

    2. 5 - Lunchtime


  7. Tenerani [14]


  8. In Reality - Godolphin Arabian Line [7]

    1. 3 - Valid Appeal


  9. Vienna [5]

    1. 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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