The Somethingroyal is one of the most influential horse breeds of the 20th century, having produced four bet winners, including two-time Horse of the Year and three-time Crown winners. secretary and Sir Gaylord, who featured in 2nd and 3rd place, who would have started the favorites in the Kentucky Derby (G1) if he hadn’t broken a sesame bone before the race.
With the Secretariat and Sir Gaylord both becoming influential gentlemen, it’s no surprise that copying Somethingroyal quickly became popular and there were at least 50 winners with Somethingroyal on both sides. of the pedigree within four generations (not to mention many other generations with distant clones). Among the winners of that bet, the one with the closest bloodline is the Weekend Surprise, who was given a 2×4 Weekend Surprise by the secretariat of Lassie Dear, of Buckpasser, of Gay Missile, of Sir Gaylord.
Racing for three seasons, Weekend Surprise won seven of the 31 starts, including the Schuylerville Stakes (G3), Golden Rod Stakes (G3) and Pocahontas Stakes, and earned spots in 12 races for the skin. other blacks, including second place in La Canada Bet (G1), third place in Frizette Bet (G1), Delaware Handicap (G1) and Santa Margarita Offer Handicap (G1).
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As smart as a runner, Weekend Surprise’s efforts on the track are meaningless compared to her success as a producer. Broodmare of the Year in 1992, her nine winners included AP Indy’s Horse of the Year and Hopeful Stakes (G1) and Preakness Stakes (G1) Summer Squall winners. Total Weekend Surprises now appear as tailed female ancestors of at least 26 stake winners, including other Grade 1 scorers Court Vision, happy savings and Profondo.
No less than seven Weekend Surprise sons have selected bet winners around the world, with AP Indy twice winning North America’s Top Male God title and Summer Squall taking charge of the Horse. of the charismatic year and the chubby 2-year-old Storm champion. Song. That circumstance makes it inevitable that as her closest ancestor, Somethingroyal, Weekend Surprise will soon be found duplicated in the winning pedigrees.
The most recent example of successful inbreeding with Weekend Surprise is out of money who strung and won 10 furlong Hollywood Gold Cups (G1) at Santa Anita . Park on Memorial Day. Although Defunded had progressed enough to win the six-feathered girls special weight class in just his second start, which took place in March of the 3-year-old season, his career then took off again. slow. He hit three seconds in the graded bet, but it wasn’t until his 12th outing that the then 4-year-old won his first black sort, much to disappointment. national grammar in Great Back Stocks (G1) last year.
He took another big margin win in his next game Native Diver Handicap (G3), then took second place, a respectable 4 1/2 lengths behind. Art collector in the Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes (G1) in his 2023 opening match. Closely third in the Santa Anita Handicap (G1), Defunded heralded his weekend win with a three-round win in the California Bet (G2).
Called in was AP Indy’s Only Horse of the Year, mines . Dialed In is noted for his dramatic, “from the clouds” running style, which helped him win three of his first four starts—a Churchill Downs special maiden weight at 2, and Holy Bull Stakes (G3) and Florida Derby (G1) — the latter on a very strong court — at 3. Those tactics cost him the Derby Kentucky, where he started as the favorite but then the Troubled Trip could only rise to eighth place from behind the 19-horse school and Preakness Stakes (G1), where after Dropping more than 20 distances in the first quarter, he finished in fourth, span 4 1/4 length.
It was Dialed In’s final start in 3rd place, and he only ran once again, finishing fourth in an allowance event the following March, before retiring to stand at Darby Ranch. Dan is in Lexington. Despite starting his stud career with just $7,500, Dialed In has become a more useful male of all, with a total of 22 stake winners, eight ranked, including those another level 1 victory super stocks And Get her number .
The dam of the Defunded, the Touch Gold horse comes in a variety of black colors wind caper , is the number of five winners from eight ponies and six starters, including two other black horses. The second crossing of the Weekend Surprise arrives via Defunded’s second dam, the Wind Tunnel, Semicircle Stake winner at Monmouth Park, and the daughter of Summer Squall. Wind Tunnel is half sister to Thoroughbred Club of America (G3) scorer reunion whose child? Honor code numbered Travers Stakes (G1) and Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) among his victories.
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The dam of the Reunited, Tivoli, daughter of Mt. Livermore, won two small bets and was fast enough to set the course record in five draws. Behind this, the family was more solid than spectacular, and no other 1st grade winners were found on the page until one arrived at the Defunded’s sixth dam, Miss Newcastle, who is also an ancestor. of Turf Mile Stakes (G1) and Shoemaker Capturer Mile Stakes (G1) Thorn Song; of the Fiesta Lady, succeeding in Matron Stakes (G1); and of the top three South American 1st graders Juno Her 2nd generation champion in Brazil.
In addition to inbreeding with Weekend Surprise through AP Indy and Summer Squall, Defunded has a rather complicated pedigree pattern. Dialed In’s dam, Miss Doolittle, by Storm Cat (Storm Bird/Secretariat cross), by 2 year old, chubby champion Eliza, by Mt. Wind Tunnel, Defunded’s grandson, is of Summer Squall (a hybrid of Storm Bird/Secretariat), of Tivoli, of Mt. Livermore was born to Bold Ruler’s grandson, making the pair very closely related.
