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GR.1 WINNERS BY HIS SIRE DANEHILL DANCER INCLUDE:
NAME SIRE OF DAM SIRE OF 2ND DAM GRADE
AGAIN Kahyasi Top Ville Gr.1
ALEXANDER TANGO Woodman Riverman Gr.1
ALFRED NOBEL Desert Prince Warning Gr.1
AVE In e Wings Ela-Mana-Mou Gr.1
CHOISIR Lunchtime Biscay Gr.1
DANCING RAIN Indian Ridge Alleged Gr.1
ESOTERIQUE Dancing Brave High Line Gr.1
HILLSTAR Mark of Esteem Be My Guest Gr.1
LEGATISSIMO Montjeu Shirley Heights Gr.1
LILLIE LANGTRY Darshaan Shadeed Gr.1
MASTERCRAFTSMAN Black Tie Affair Lyphard Gr.1
MISS BEATRIX Catrail Horage Gr.1
PLANTEUR Giant's Causeway Lear Fan Gr.1
QEMAH Rainbow Quest Night Shi Gr.1
SPECIOSA Sky Classic Alleged Gr.1
WHERE OR WHEN Super Concorde Sheshoon Gr.1
MATING SUGGESTIONS:
Mastercraftsman could hardly have made a brighter start to his stallion career, with his first crop producing the highly
talented colts The Grey Gatsby, Kingston Hill and Amazing Maria. His total of first-crop Group winners stands at an
impressive nine from a crop of 138. That is 6.5% Group winners to foals.
Several of his Group winners are out of mares from the
SADLER’S WELLS
line. Even Song has a dam by
SADLER’S
WELLS
, while
ENTREPRENEUR
sired the dam of The Grey Gatsby,
IN THE WINGS
the dam of Master Carpenter and
SINGSPIEL
the dam of Victoria Regina. This ties in with the record of Mastercraftsman’s sire Danehill Dancer, who
sired Group winners from mares by
SADLER’S WELLS
and by six of his sons.
Danehill Dancer enjoyed plenty of success with the
BLUSHING GROOM
line, siring Group winners from daughters of
ARAZI
,
NASHWAN
,
RAHY
(2) and
RAINBOW QUEST
(2). One of the
RAINBOW QUEST
mares produced 2016 Gr.1
winner Qemah. It is therefore significant that Kingston Hill is out of a
RAINBOW QUEST
mare, as is Mastercraftsman’s
Group-placed son Restorer, and he sired the Gr.3 winner Dessertoflife from a mare by Rainbow Quest’s son
SPECTRUM
. Mastercraftsman clearly merits more mares with
BLUSHING GROOM
blood.
The
STORM BIRD
line is important to Mastercraftsman, already siring dual Gr.1 winner Amazing Maria and a Listed
winner from daughters of
TALE OF THE CAT
, plus the Gr.3 winner Craftsman from a
FOREST WILDCAT
mare. Danehill
Dancer sired Gr.1 winner Miss Beatrix from a
CATRAIL
mare and Planteur from a
GIANT’S CAUSEWAY
mare.
Danehill Dancer has Gr.2 and Gr.3 winners inbred 3x3 to
SHARPEN UP
and others inbred 3x4 to him. Mastercraftsman
already has a Gr.3 winner inbred 4x4 and a Listed winner inbred 4x3.
He has a very useful French filly with a dam by
KINGMAMBO
and three Group winners have dams sired by grandsons
of
MR PROSPECTOR
. Mares by
DUBAWI
and
DUTCH ART
could reinforce Mastercraftsman’s juvenile ability.
Danehill Dancer sired a classic winner from a mare by
INDIAN RIDGE
. Three of his other stallion sons have sired
Group winners from this line, from daughters of
INDIAN RIDGE
,
NAMID
and
COMPTON PLACE
.
Danehill Dancer did particularly well with the
NIJINSKY
branch, which supplied him with two of his classic winners -
Speciosa and Again. Another son of Danehill Dancer sired a Prix de l’Abbaye winner from a daughter of
CAERLEON
.
Mastercraftsman has a Gr.3 winner out of a
CAERLEON
mare.
The Danehill male line has some smart performers inbred either 2x3 or 3x3 to
DANEHILL
. The Gr.3 winner Ladies Are
Forever and Gr.1 sprinter Hoof It are by a son of Danehill Dancer out of a daughter of
DANETIME
, whereas Choisir’s
Hong Kong Derby winner Luger is out of a
DANZERO
mare.