I don’t usually do blogs on race meetings but there is one thing that caught my eye in the Alexandra Park meeting tonight that might be of interest to blog readers.
Firstly the dam of Sir Lincoln (aka Lincoln Royal for Aussie blog readers) has two young progeny racing. In Race 1 the 2yo full sister to Sir Lincoln, called Lincolns Superstar, has her fourth start at the races. Her formline is average so far but it is all learning at this stage for a majority of the babies.As most will know, Sir Lincoln is bred in a very similar way to Somebeachsomewhere, being by Mach Three from a Beach Towel mare. So his dam Clare De Lune has gone 4 more times to Mach Three after Sir Lincoln’s success. That’s a total of 5 from 8 breedings, which is very much a case of going back to the well, and havng confidence in a cross. Of course Sir Lincoln is marketed very much on his mirror of Somebeachsomewhere, and it would be a commercially astute to return to Mach Three for a number of reasons – but Lincoln Farms/the Streets & the Blackburns were much more into keeping and racing their foals, so the commercial side of it was probably less of a factor in their decisions than the success of Sir Lincoln and the tie-in with the great Somebeachsomewhere. But interestingly, the other Clare De Lune offspring racing tonight in Race 4, called Lincolns Keepsake, is not by Mach Three. She is a 3yo Rocknroll Hanover filly and her formline is very impressive, with 2 wins from 3 starts. She qualified in August 2015, so was never pushed as a 2yo, and had three races in September. This is her first race back after a long spell, but she has been at the workouts a few times and getting better with each outing. For the record, the other two non-Mach Three foals from Clare De Lune were her first one, by Bettor’s Delight, who could get a win in 48 starts, and her most recent foal born in 2014 by Well Said, yet to be registered.
Clare De Lune is from the same maternal family as Fake Left’s dam Madam Medusa. One of Fake Left’s full sisters (by Cam Fella) was Turn To Stone, who was mated with Beach Towel to produce the super American racemare Paige Nicole Q (1:52, $712,801). Two of Paige Nicole Q’s best offspring were both by Real Desire – Cue The Paige (1:49.3, $326,973) and Teenage Paige (1:50, $379,619). She has had a reasonable successful foal by Mach Three – the “golden cross” – in 2009 filly Getya Wings Out who raced in Australia (11 wins from 35 starts, 1:58.8 $137,459), and is now started her own breeding career with a 2015 Art Major filly for J S Bussenschutt in South Australia. Another of Paige Nicole Q’s offspring is the now 10yo mare Samantha Q (by Real Artist) and Tony Dickinson of Alta Breeding Ltd is breeding from her in New Zealand. He started by sending her twice in a row to Mach Three for 3yo filly Alta Valencia (3 starts, 1 win to date), and 2yo colt Alta Intrigue (bought by Lincoln Farms at the yearling sales for $85,000), 6 starts, 2 wins, 2 places to date), then a filly yearling by American Ideal also bought by Lincoln Farms) and most recently a filly by Bettor’s Delight. Samantha Q is back in foal to Mach Three.
Paige Nicole Q was imported to Australia part-way through her breeding career and is still being bred by Farquharson Pty Ltd, Victoria, but has missed many times to a range of sires (but not tried with Mach Three since Getya Wings Out). Her latest foal is also a filly by Art Major, born 2013 and as yet unnamed.
Madam Medusa also had a Beach Towel filly herself, but that line has not fired much at all to date.
Postcript after Race 1 – 2yo filly Lincoln superstar rattled home for 3rd, paying $2.70.
And a 5th from Lincolns Keepsake first up so will watch for quick improvement from that.
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