2024 FEE: R10.000 Live Foal
5 wins, 1400-2000m at 2 and 3; unbeaten at 2
Rated MR 112
At 2
WON Gatecrasher S.-(L) (1400m)
WON Gr1 Premier’s Champion S. (1600m)
At 3
WON Gr1 Daily News 2000 (2000m)
2nd Gr2 SA Guineas (1600m)
BRAVE TIN SOLDIER – Stakes winner at 2 in UK (TFR 115 at 2), Gr3 winner at 3 in USA; sire of Gr1 winners of both sexes.
Notable progeny includes Rabada (12c – Fard, Braashee) – multiple Gr1 winner (MR 112); Brave Mary (14f – Rich Man’s Gold, Kentucky Slew) – Gr1 Allan Robertson Fillies at 2 (MR 106); Easy Street (11f – Shamardal, Snippets) – SW/SP; Split The Breeze (11c – Baroon, Hard Up); Iwo Jima (11c – Model Man, Argosy); Rosalie (11f – Rocky Marriage, Taxiarchos) – SP; Red Hot Poker (11c – Parade Leader, Pas de Quoi); Hidden Agenda (11c – Malhub, Foveros) – Gr3p; Riding Shotgun ( 14c – Muhtafal, Royal Prerogative) – SP; etc.
KIN-BREEDING – This is a solid sire producing female line, with bottom female line ancestor Bold Irish the key. The remarkable make-up of this mare makes her kin to a selection of key-ancestors in major sires. Bold Irish is from the same female line as Brave Tin Soldier’s sire Storm Cat (Fam 8) and is close kin to First Bloom and Rare Bloom in Storm Cat’s female line. Bold Irish is close kin to Miss Dogwood, Mr Prospector’s key female line ancestor. Bold Irish is close kin to Pas de Nom, dam of Danzig. Bold Irish is close kin to Mother Goose, grandam of Almahmoud (female line ancestor of Northern Dancer, Halo, Danehill), and to Flaring Top, grandam of Nijinsky. The list goes on.
The lines converge in Brave Tin Soldier. His 3rd dam Rowdy Angel is by Halo. She’s dam of Gr1 winner & sire Pine Bluff (by Danzig), full brother to Angel Fever, the 2nd dam of Brave Tin Soldier. Angel Fever is dam of Gr1 winner & sire Fusaichi Pegasus (by Mr Prospector), full brother to the dam of Brave Tin Soldier – who is by Storm Cat.
STORM BIRD line sires in South Africa: Rabada (Storm Cat): Eden Roc, Talk Of The Town (Var);
SUITABLE LINES for Rabada could include
kin-links like those found in Captain Al’s 3rd dam Beylic, incl Court Martial (Elliodor, Model Man, etc. – widespread), Abernant (Golden Thatch/ Goldmark, etc. – widespread), Tudor Melody (Welsh Harmony, National Emblem, etc. – widespread), Welsh Pageant, Drum Beat, Mexico/Harry Hotspur, New South Wales, Persian Wonder, Preamble, Averof/Foveros, Mixed Marriage (Gone West/ Western Winter, etc.), Derring Do/Roland Gardens, Petition (Danzig – widespread), Regent Street, Bush Telegraph (London News), Dominion Royale, etc.
Then there’s the link to the Dalmary female line, through Golden Thatch, Lorenzaccio/Ahonoora, Sadler’s Wells and close relatives Fairy King, Nureyev.
Of couse Rabada’s male line cannot be ruled out. Elements of note from Brave Tin Soldier’s pedigree make-up include Mr Prospector, Danzig, Halo, Northern Dancer, Buckpasser, Seattle Slew. In this context Lecture looks interesting, especially if he can be had in the already successful combo with Al Mufti (noted above as sire of Victory Moon; Al Mufti’s dam is by Buckpasser. Also, mares whose bottom female line provides close links to Bold Irish (see above under SIRE LINE) could be an option.
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