Related Mares Bouboulina & Palladium Lady

And as I’m hopeless at posting pedigrees I’m hoping Djebel et al are still alive 😀 and can help me out.

Both in foal to Tiger Of Malay.

Bouboulina (New Approach x Too Darn Hot [Noble Bijou])

Palladium Lady (Camelot x Crowded House [Grand Lodge]

Any and all comments welcome ❤️

ETA: Makes it easier to search for 

Now that is staying blood.  No one wants to buy a stayer in Australia.  Neither mare has done much although there is one winner Cosmos Factory (Highland Reef so bringing back the Galileo blood).  But then the 2022 foal has been sold to Indonesia.  That is a family no one wants anymore.

Thing is both mares have heavily middle distance to stayer/professional profiles: think Balmerino, Noble Bijou, Sadler's Wells, Vaguely Noble, Mellay etc.  In the old days they used to say putting a staying sire over a speed mare or the reverse led to a slow sprinter or a weak stayer.  That's no longer the case and the way racing is today you need to build speed into foals by these types of mares otherwise you'll just breed hunter-type gallopers.

However the damage is done now so reckon the bloke's better off pulling the pin.

Early days paid dividends. Not so much now.

I remember he and his wife stayed at our place on their way to the Melbourne Cup when Niwot ran.

There was a breeder’s trophy. He quipped that if he won he’d have to jump the fence to get to the presentations.

Niwot was the first Aussie bred horse home from memory.

Bit of a shame she was not given a chance in Victoria in those 2500 - 3000m races or even a shot at the Jericho Cup.

Agree Djebel.

She was sold on Inglis Digital for $600 to Reynolds’s Bloodstock in May last year. Had a tendon injury that ended her racing career.

I just realised that Laskarina Bouboulina was a Greek naval commander in the 1700’s.

My mate who bred two horses named as above is married to a Greek girl. Makes sense now!

So does another mare, Endaxi. Meaning in Greek, OK or “all right”.

She’s the dam of Bush Girl.

You can spend $$$$ on horses as long as your wife gets to name them apparently 😂😂