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Porter on Pedigrees: Aspen Grove and Verification


For males, the 2015 herd of ponies leads in 2nd place by good magic and at 3 o’clock justification . Seven years on, the duo ran 1-2 in the Kentucky Derby (G1) as part of a fierce three-way battle for the top 1st-year Men’s title, eventually taking second and second place respectively. next Tuesday Bolt d’Oro on earnings, with all three tied to the number of individual stake winners (six).

This year, three same stallions topped the second crop, albeit in a slightly different order, with Good Magic topping Bolt d’Oro and Justify for earnings, and all three represented by five winners. Win current shares. We will also call army mule , whose fee is only a fraction of the top three. He was fourth in earnings last year and occupies the same position this term, while also breaking into the top three according to individual equity winners.

On the most recent weekend, Good Magic was represented by winner Sham Stakes (G3) regeneration who prepared for the second half of the season with a victory in the Los Alamitos Derby in his first game since the Kentucky Derby, where he was one of the victims of the speed crunch, and How did he do that? , who became the first-time bet winner in the $250,000 Iowa Derby (G3). By good measure, Good Magic’s debut 2-year-old Magic Cross impressed when it scored 7½ lengths in a Belmont Park teenager.

If it was a good weekend for Good Magic, it was an even better weekend for Justify. his daughter poplar forest won the first black category victory by capturing the Belmont Invitational Oaks (G1), and soon after, Verification in progress The architect of Speed ​​Derby committed suicide, having won his first bet in the Indiana Derby (G3).

Verification of Victory in the Indiana Derby on Saturday, July 8, 2023 at Horseshoe Indianapolis
Photo: Coady Photography

Verification (blue silk and cap) wins Indiana Derby at Horseshoe Indianapolis

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Justify has now been represented by nine stake winners, six groups or graded, from his first Northern Hemisphere crop, and is especially notable for his versatility in terms of both surfaces. face and distance. Aspen Grove’s victory came after 10 matches on the field, where Justify was the first winner at the top level, Arabian lion , took Woody Stephens Stakes (G1) over seven hooks on the ground. Verified and scored by Nashua Stakes (G3) last year, Champion dream is his other classified bet winning the pony on land, while figurine And Just Cindy are the stout 2 year old group and the winners are classified as sprint, Statuette on grass and Just Cindy on dirt. From his second part we will also note that Justify is currently represented by Ramatuelle , who is often regarded as Europe’s fastest minor after hitting a record score on the course at the Prix du Bois (G3). Justify also has a Southern Hemisphere crop in Australia and tops the Freshman list with less than a month to go until the end of the season, with three bet winners, two ranked, just from 19 people started.

Irish-trained Aspen Grove claimed her second win in seven starts, having beaten first girl in the Newtownanner Stud Irish EBF Stakes (G3) last year and the Belmont Invitational being her first attempt. over a mile away. Aspen Grove dropped out of runner-up by Jimmy Durante Stakes (G3) Dependent data . The daughter of More than Ready, Data Dependent is a half-sister to the British equity winner and is placed in the group Victory dance and to Distributed Skitter —by Justify’s majesty, Scat Daddy—successfully four times in the group company, including Moyglare Stud Stakes (G1) and 2nd place in Ireland. The second dam, Danestreet, is Street Cry’s half-sister to winner Dewhurst Stakes (G1) highly concentrate and it’s over Daneleta a Danehill sister was placed in the group to win the group Danelissima she is the second scorer for the Poule d’Essai des Poulains-France Two Thousand Guineas (G1) this year Marhaba Ya Sanafi .
The last name of Daneleta, Zavaleta, is a double-skinned person known as Meilleure. A listed winner and the team ranked in Ireland, La Meilleure turned out to be an important competitor, as she was also the opponent of three other black type scorers, including Sholokhov, the winner. won Group 1 in Italy and also finished second in the Irish Derby (G1), and Affianced, the dam of the three bet winners, including the winner of the Irish Derby and the Trophy (G1) Soldier of Fortune, and the man’s brother, Heliostatic, a successful male in South America. One of La Meilleure’s other black-style winners, Aspiration, comes out as the third dam of Subjectivism, whose successes include the Ascot Gold Cup (G1), the Prix Royal Oak (G1) and Dubai Gold Cup (G2). The family goes back to one of England’s race immortals, the “unparalleled” Pretty Polly, 22-time winner of 24 starts at the turn of the last century, and an important foundation. special.

Aspen Grove is from the ‘L’ Achilli mtDNA haplogroup, and both her parent stallions More Than Ready and Street Cry, the stallion of her second dam, are stallions from the mtDNA ‘L’ line. , in addition to mares from the ‘N’ mtDNA line. Justify’s stallion and dam are both from the mtDN ‘I’ line, with Justify’s stallion, Scat Daddy, on the side of a stallion from the ‘L’ line, reversing the diagonals on the far side of Aspen Grove.

A $775,000 Keeneland aspiration in September, Verification has been appreciated since the beginning of his career. He won at Racecourse Saratoga on his debut, and prior to his Indiana Derby win, he placed second in Champagne Shares (G1), Blue Grass Shares (G1) and Matt Winn Shares (G3).

Verify that you are half-brothers with Midnight Bisou the 2019 Older Mare champion, and also The rest of the stage who became a first time bet winner in 2023 at the age of 7. Delighted Diva, the Verification dam, spectacularly overcomes the premise of relatively modest instantaneous distances. A $16,000 aspiring kid and $35,000 to buy a 2-year-old to train with, Diva Delite didn’t win until her fifth outing, but it proved to be a win. the first of eight wins — five in a row — in 11 starts, three of which were winning blacks, including the Florida Oaks (G3). The record was broken with a third in Beaumont Stakes (G2). Diva Delite ended her career when she fell to Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (G2), her 17th match in the 13 months since her debut.

Midnight Bisou, Keeneland November 2022
Photo: Anika Miskar

Midnight Bisou at Keeneland November 2022

Diva Delite Not Attending Tour d’Or mare travel hostess , half-sister to small bet winner Bay Street Gal, and her grandmother, Counsel’s Gal, half-sister to Pago Hop Breeders’ Cup Runaway Fair Lady winner, who are Win the only other bet under Diva Delite’s first three smashes. Diva Delite’s fifth dam, Cargreen, produced three-time winner Green Gambados, and through her daughter Instinctively is an ancestor of 2-year-old champion Filly Sweet Catomine and the heroine Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic (G1) Life is so sweet .

It’s very possible that the back to form family that Diva Delite represents is thanks to her clever pedigree. Her paternal grandfather, Louis Quatorze, was the son of the Northern Dancer, born to Bold Lad, and her biological father, Medaille d’Or, was the daughter of Fanfreluche, daughter of the Northern Dancer, Bold Lad and the Secretariat. were all born of Bold. Ruler of the mare Princequillo. Justify comes from the male line of Storm Cat, who has a similar background, as he is the son of the Northern Dancer in a Secretariat mare. Verification also has five hybrids of Nijinsky II, the son of Northern Dancer, who has a similar background to Storm Cat’s father, Storm Bird.

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