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Week 9 - Clusters of Stallions and Great Grand Dam Sires

Trevor Donaldson


It was Danehill, Green Desert and

Mr Prospector clusters/lineage of stallions that led the way with most black type winners in week 9 of the Australian Spring Racing carnival/s.


Snitzel remains the individual stallion with most black type winners.




The individual Stallions with the most "black type" wins after 9 weeks of spring racing in Australia:


  • 9 wins

    • Snitzel [Danehill - Cluster]


  • 6 wins

    • I am Invincible [Green Desert - Cluster]

    • Pride of Dubai [Mr prospector- Cluster]

    • Too Darn Hot [Mr Prospector - Cluster]


  • 5 wins

    • Castelvecchio [High Chaparral Cluster]


  • 4 wins

    • Fastnet Rock [Danehill Cluster]

    • Written Tycoon [Last Tycoon - Cluster]

    • Star Witness [Soviet Star - Cluster]


  • 3 wins

    • Zoustar [Encosta de Lago - Cluster]

    • Almanzor [Mr prospector - Cluster]

    • Per incanto [Mr prospector - Cluster]

    • Harry Angel [Waajib - Cluster]



ALL BLACK TYPE RACES - AFTER 9 WEEKS


"OVERALL" LEADING STALLION CLUSTERS - nick 24 from Origin

BLACK TYPE RACES:


  • 35 wins to Danehill cluster:


  • 30 wins to Mr Prospector cluster:


  • 15 wins to Green Desert cluster:


  • = 9 wins to Last Tycoon cluster:


  • = 9 wins to High Chaparral cluster:


  • = 6 wins to Soviet Star cluster:


  • = 6 wins to Galileo cluster:


  • 5 wins to Encosta De Lago cluster:



ALL BLACK TYPE RACES AFTER 9 WEEKS:





The Stallion Clusters [highlighted in blue] for black type winners

has been updated after 9 weeks of spring racing:







"OVERALL" LEADING FEMALE TAIL CLUSTERS - nick 19 from Origin

BLACK TYPE RACES:


  • 84 wins to Pharos cluster:

    • Nearctic has 35 winners

    • Nasrullah has 27 winners

    • Royal Charger has 21 winners


  • 13 wins to Star Kingdom


  • 11 wins to Sickle


  • 7 wins to Tourbillon [The mighty Byerly Turk stallion lineage]


  • 4 wins to Pharamond


  • 3 wins to Fairway

  • 3 wins to Princequillo

  • 3 wins to Tenerani




 


ALL RESULTS of week 9 [2nd November]


"Week 9" LEADING STALLION CLUSTERS - nick 24 from Origin

This week produced the closest fight for victory on the leader board with High Chaparral stallions having one of their best Saturday's this spring.


Mr Prospector was also very strong, however it was the Danehill lineage of stallions that produced the most winners in week 9.



Full results below - here is a short summary of week 9:


  • Danehill line stallions - 10 winners

    • Trapeze Artist x 2


  • Mr Prospector line stallions - 8 winners

    • Pride of Dubai x 2

    • American Pharoah x 2


  • High Chaparral line stallions - 6 winners

    • Dundeel x 2

    • Toronado x 2


  • Green Desert line stallions - 4 winners


  • Sir Ivor line stallions - 4 winners


  • Encosta De Lago line stallions - 3 winners


  • Halo line stallions - 3 winners



ALL RACE RESULTS - WEEK 9 [2nd November]




LEADING FEMALE TAIL CLUSTERS - nick 19 from Origin


Best performed Third Dam Sires in week 9 were:



BELLOTO [Sickle / Polynesian]


  • Morphettville - Dreams fulfilled

    • Stallion - Shalaa [Green Desert cluster]


  • Eagle Farm - Flying Trapeze

    • Stallion - Trapeze Artist [Danehill cluster]



SEATTLE SLEW [Pharos / Nasrullah]


  • Rosehill - Battleton

    • Stallion - Zoustar [Encosta de Lago cluster]


  • Rosehill - Kingston Charm

    • Stallion - Exosphere [Sir Ivor cluster]



DONT SAY HALO [Pharos / Royal Charger] 


  • Flemington - Goldrush Guru

    • Stallion - American Pharoah [Mr Prospector cluster]


  • Eagle Farm - Epic Proportions

    • Stallion - Better Than Ready [Halo cluster]



SADLERS WELLS [Pharos / Nearctic] 


  • Flemington - Treasurethe Moment

    • Stallion - Alabama Express [Danehill cluster]


  • Flemington - Zeitung

    • Stallion - Exceed and Excel [Danehill 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 interesting and Nasrullah and Nearctic equal on 11 winners in week 7.


  • Pharos line third dam broodmare sires [in 4th Gen] - 25 winners

    • Nearctic x 13, Royal Charger x 7, Nasrullah x 4, Dante x 1



    WEEK 9 [2nd November] - All results shown here:




 

"WEEKLY" BLACK TYPE RESULTS 

- Week 9 [2nd November]


  • = 4 wins

    • Danehill cluster:


  • = 4 wins

    • Mr Prospector cluster:


  • 3 wins

    • Green Desert cluster:




"Week 9" LEADING FEMALE TAIL LINEAGE STALLION - nick 19 from Origin

 

Nearctic had 5, then Royal Charger had 3 and Nasrullah had 3.




 

"OVERALL" LEADING STALLION CLUSTERS - nick 24 from Origin

After 9 weeks of Spring racing in Australia....


Danehill dominates the “all” runner's leader board for winners


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 121 wins


Compare this to his closest cluster/s:


Mr Prospector, on 57 wins

Green Desert on 44 wins

Encosta De Lago on 35 wins

High Chaparral on 28 wins

Last Tycoon on 21 wins

Sir Ivor on 20 wins

Halo on 15 wins

Storm cat on 14 wins



Which Sires have produced the most wins

An interesting side note to this table of “stallion clusters” are the individual winning stallions after 9 weeks of Saturday metropolitan racing in Australia.



Here is a short list with any Stallion that has sired 4+ winners


17 - SNITZEL [Danehill]


10 - ZOUSTAR [Encosta De Lago]

10 - I AM INVINCIBLE [Green Desert]

10 - PRIDE OF DUBAI [Mr Prospector]


8 - DUNDEEL [High Chaparral]

8 - AMERICAN PHAROAH [Mr Prospector]


7 - PLAYING GOD [Danehill]

7 - WRITTEN TYCOON [Last Tycoon]

7 - PER INCANTO [Mr Prospector]


6 - DEEP FIELD [Encosta De Lago]

6 - CASTELVECCHIO [High Chaparral]

6 - TORONADO [High Chaparral]

6 - TOO DARN HOT [Mr Prospector]


5 - FASTNET ROCK [Danehill]

5 - SHAMUS AWARD [Danehill]

5 - CABLE BAY [Green Desert]

5 - ALMANZOR [Mr Prospector]

5 - HARRY ANGEL [Waajib]


4 - Alabama Express [Danehill]

4 - PARIAH [Danehill]

4 - SMART MISSILE [Danehill]

4 - TRAPEZE ARTIST [Daneill]

4 - WANDJINA [Danehill]

4 - MASCHINO [Encosta De Lago]

4 - HELLBENT [Green Desert]

4 - NATIONAL DEFENSE [Green Desert]

4 - BETTER THAN READY [Halo]

4 - CAPITALIST [Last Tycoon]

4 - STREET BOSS [Mr Prospector]

4 - PIERRO [Sir Ivor]

4 - SESSIONS [Sir Ivor]

4 - STAR TURN [Soviet Star]

4 - STAR WITNESS [Soviet Star]




"OVERALL" LEADING FEMALE TAIL CLUSTERS - nick 19 from Origin

  1. Pharos [236 wins]


    1. Nearctic x 113

      1. 14 - Danehill

      2. 7 - Sadlers Wells

      3. 6 - Royal Academy

      4. 4 - Lyphard

      5. 4 - Be My Guest


    2. Nasrullah x 67

      1. 5 - Darshaan

      2. 5 - Rory's Jester

      3. 5 - Shirley Heights


    3. Royal Charger x 48

      1. 8 - Don't Say Halo

      2. 5 - Zabeel

      3. 4 - Sir Tristram

      4. 4 - Sound Reason

      5. 4 - Grosvenor



  2. Star Kingdom [44]

    1. 7 - Marscay

    2. 4 - Ideal Planet


  3. Sickle [37]


  4. Tourbillon - Byerly Turk line  [23]

    1. 4 - Twig Moss

    2. 4 - Euclase

    3. 4 - Centaine


  5. Princequillo [16]


  6. Pharamond [11]

    1. 5 - Lunchtime

    2. 4 - Snippets


  7. Tenerani [10]


  8. Fairway [10]

    1. 5 - Vain




 

The week ahead has lots of black type races in week 10 [November 9th].


Any black type races on Tuesday and Thursday this week, will be added to the scoreboard on next week [wk-10] totals



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