Stallion Suggestions - Dandesha

If I look at the best-performed horses from Volksraad's female family, a few names pop up over and over: Miswaki, Sharpen Up, Lyphard, the Ahonoora mare Park Appeal, and Shamardal.  Habitat, a son of Sir Gaylord, shows up a few times too, although less often.  Busted shows up, and the common thread between Busted and Sharpen Up's sons Kris and Diesis is Crepello.

It just so happens that three of these names are present with Maastricht via Mastercraftsman: Lyphard, Miswaki and Sharpen Up.  For Loving Gaby, Invincible Spirit has an additional line of Sharpen Up and a line to his sire Atan's female ancestress Aloe via Artaius, a son of Round Table.  That's good--it means they're working with both your mare's sire and dam lines.  It also gives you names to chase besides I Am Invincible.

Magna Grecia has Invincible Spirit (Sharpen Up, Artarius), Miswaki via Galileo, and a line of Silly Season (Tom Fool) to go with Nijinsky and Sir Ivor in the pedigree.  $19,250 at Coolmore.

Saxon Warrior has Lyphard via Alzao (who is a genetic sibling to Dancing Brave, a line of Lyphard that worked really well with Celtic Assembly), Busted is there through his daughter Berghclere, Miswaki through Galileo, Alleged, and Ahonoora.  Deep Impact himself is tail-female to Aloe, and Saxon Warrior's tale-female line has worked in Australia via both Pierro and Awesome Rock.  Also $19,250 at Coolmore.

Ghaiyyath is a bit above your top price at $27,500 but Darley may be willing to bargain.  Dubawi is the best source of Dancing Brave in Australasia (Lyphard/Olmec by Drone, a genetic sibling to Alzao).  He also brings in more three more lines to Sir Ivor, that one's sire Sir Gaylord via Thatch, and Indian Ridge.  Interestingly, Volksraad's sister Cherokee Rose has a daughter by Seeking the Gold named Cara Bella.  That mare was imported to Australia and has produced three stakes winners--one by Shamardal, one by Exceed and Excel, and one by Medaglia d'Oro--so the line of Seeking the Gold via his best male descendant looks good.  

Lucky Vega and Endless Drama are worth a look as sons of Shamardal's best son at stud.  Lucky Vega is out of a Cape Cross mare (Ahonoora/Park Appeal), and his 2nd and 3rd dams are by Muthathir (Diesis, Lyphard) and Irish River.  Endless Drama is out of a Green Desert mare and his 3rd dam is by Sir Ivor.  I don't know if Lucky Vega will come back, but Endless Drama is affordably priced at $8800 and still a good cross.

Among sires with foals racing, in no particular order: Kermadec, Astern, Al Maher (because you just can't go wrong with him), and Pride of Dubai, whose dam is a half-sister to the dam of Invincible Spirit.

Have fun!

You're welcome.

One more to too into the mix is Tosen Stardom, although I wouldn't necessarily put him as high up as Saxon Warrior amongst Sunday Silence-line horses on either pedigree or performance.  Tosen Stardom has Alzao and Busted through Deep Impact on his sire's side. His dam is by End Sweep, who had some success in AUS, particularly as a broodmare sire, and who has a pair of quality mares in Continue (2nd dam of Forty Niner) and Obeah, who traces in tail-female to Aloe through Persian Maid (same as Atan).  As a nice bonus, his 4th dam is by Secretariat, and his 2nd dam is by Northern Taste.

Here's the really interesting bit to me:  Sunday Silence's broodmare sire is Understanding, who is out of the mare Pretty Ways.  Pretty Ways is a full sister to Lipstick, the 3rd dam of Felix the Cat--uncommon, but worth a look.  Gold Beauty, Stick to Beauty's best offspring, is the dam of Dayjur.  Sunday Silence over a Dayjur mare resulted in stakes winner Keep the Faith, and Gold Beauty's daughter Maplejinsky produced two daughters by Sunday Silence.  One of them, Silence Beauty, is the dam of US Gr-1 winner Tale of Ekati (by Tale of the Cat, who is by Storm Cat out of an Aloe-line mare).  Even though Keep the Faith was only a listed winner, that's still a good strike rate to the cross.

Tale of Ekati has a pair of stakes-winning full siblings bred like this - their dam traces in tail-female to Continue: https://www.pedigreequery.com/tale+of+verve

 

Hi Team,

Thanks for all the input, as SC stated much to think about, I agree with the inference that being tunnel focused on the (Invincible Spirit / I am Invincible) cross may not be beneficial, although Hellbent, loving Gaby and Coolmore's Greece are compelling cases.

After seeing the mare she is nice and correct, but does need some leg under her.

I must say have dual knee replacements a couple of weeks ago and developing a new Property, it did drop of the radar, but now its plan and execute.

Cheers Oldflight

Hi Team,

Yes both mares went to Victor Ludoram, 

Dandesha foaled a cracking filly a couple of days ago, we made the call to him over Russian Camelot (Hours and Days of discussion) 

Camalot over Dansili 

Las Angelas wins Irish Derby and third in Arc

Blue Stocking wins Arc

Plus a heap of other lower stakes winners - yes we are of cause kicking our own heads and I feel sick, when i learn to post photos, i will out the foal photos up

Dandesha now retired to a green home Paddock (to hard to keep in foal) and to hard on her.

 Invermorays - Overshare is a ripper Yearling now awaiting the VL 

ciao Baz