{"id":20518,"date":"2014-04-01T20:54:54","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T01:54:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=20518"},"modified":"2014-04-01T20:54:54","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T01:54:54","slug":"bluegrass-derby-winners-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=20518","title":{"rendered":"Bluegrass Derby Winner’s Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Name of the Game; DerbyFever<\/span><\/p>\n

First I want to thank everyone who has been so very kind to me on my return to DerbyFever. I had always thought that this might be a game that I could play for a lengthy time, because that was the way Mike Wallace was programming the SIM, \u00a0but to come back now after 5-6 years away and know that DerbyFever could be around for decades to come, how is it I thought I really left? This is a lifestyle.<\/p>\n

As many know I was fortunate enough to guide; Down The Jazz, to win the year 2000, Bluegrass Derby. Now that we have a good sample size of BG Derby winners (14) it’s good to take a quick look of the pedigrees that constitute these Derby winners. It’s a little bit different bloodline chemistry and one \u00a0that is more precocious. I looked at the pedigrees of all the BG Derby winner’s and outside of the sire Gone West, siring three of the fourteen winners, sire; Tanino Gimlet now has the last two BG Derby winners.<\/p>\n

There are many sirelines that make up the pedigree of our SIM horses and I am only going to talk about the most dominant bloodline influences of the BG Derby “winners”. There is no set formula of where certain sires should appear or a sure method. But when current sires continually trace back to the same sires in past generations of these BG Derby winners, it’s good that we should take note.<\/p>\n

At First Glance<\/span><\/p>\n

Twelve of the fourteen winners have the classic Northern Dancer x Mr. Prospector, or, Mr. Prospector x Northern Dancer, bloodline cross most notable in their pedigrees. When we first come to DerbyFever that is the most distinguished bloodline cross that we first learn, and it’s a powerful one. We could just end our study with that and do all right in the SIM. But there is a lot more going on than just that one pedigree cross.<\/p>\n

What should we do with the sire: Prince Rose, who appears in thirteen BG Derby winner’s? (Nine through Princequillo, Two through Prince Bio)<\/p>\n

What do we do with the sire: Ribot, (ree-bo) that appears in twelve of the fourteen BG Derby winner’s?<\/p>\n

What do we do with the sire: Turn-To, who appears in nine of the fourteen BG Derby winners.<\/p>\n

There was one Bluegrass Derby winner that did not have Northern Dancer or Mr. Prospector influence in him; Down The Jazz.<\/p>\n

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Fundamentals<\/span><\/p>\n

There is a long pedigree history of the thoroughbred spreading back hundreds of years, I am going to start with the 1935, sire; Nearco. We all notice that the Northern Dancer sire bloodline leads directly back to Nearco. The sire; Mr. Prospector’s bloodline is also Northern Dancer’s dam sire through the sire Native Dancer. This is the reason of the most compatible cross in current thoroughbred history. One mystery solved.<\/p>\n

The sire Nearco had two son’s that are probably the most influential in modern thoroughbred pedigree; Royal Charger and Nasrullah, they are 3\/4 brother’s. Royal Charger sired; \u00a0Turn-To. Turn-To sired; Hail To Reason, who is the sire of: \u00a0Roberto (Kris S, Silver Hawk. Dynaformer, \u00a0Brian’s Time, Lear Fan, Robellino) and Halo (Sunday Silence, Jolies Halo,Sunny’s Halo, Southern Halo, Saint Ballado, Hay Halo, Lively One).<\/p>\n

Royal Charger’s brother; Nasrullah, sired Bold Ruler and Never Bend (Mill Reef). In every BG Derby winner there is a bloodline that leads \u00a0back to Nasrullah. Is it any wonder why all these get along so well with each other?<\/p>\n

Princequillo had always been called “the mystery”. Princequillo was bred in Europe. His sire; Prince Rose was a WW II casualty from German artillery. Princequillo was shipped to U.S. and in war times shipping was not how you wanted to travel, it was rough on the colt. He ended up in New Orleans and even raced in Claiming races for $1,500, but went on to win very prominent races. Princequillo’s pedigree has been found to be compatible to Nasrullah and the sire; Round Table, as all were inbred to the great sire; St. Simon. Turn-To was not, he was inbred to the sire; Pharos. Princequillo had wonderful blood relationships with both, the Royal Charger and Nasrullah bloodline, enhancing both.<\/p>\n

Ribot<\/span><\/p>\n

This leaves only one more piece so the puzzle; Ribot. Remember Nearco? Born in 1935 and was undefeated in fourteen career races? Big races, the greatest races in Europe and Italy. Bred, owned and trained by the Italian \u00a0master; Frederico Tesio. Tesio wanted to breed a “super horse”.\u00a0“I don’t want just a good race horse,” Tesio would explain;\u00a0“What I want is a superhorse.”<\/p>\n

Tesio wanted a horse that would not win by a nose, a head, a length or anything close. He bred Ribot to win by many lengths, against any kind of competition. How do you breed a horse to win by lengths? Frederico Tesio did it!<\/p>\n

Ribot won all sixteen of his races. The greatest races in Europe. At the end of racing the lengths were counted of all Ribot’s wins. Ribot beat his competition in sixteen races by over 100 Lengths. One race early in Ribot’s career his jockey held Ribot back off the pace. Ribot had to fight to win by a nose. How would you like to witness that conversation with the trainer and the jockey after the race? How is the jockey to understand that Ribot was bred to win by many lengths, not by a nose?<\/p>\n

Federico Tesio at 85 years old died before Ribot’s racing career started and did not get to witness Ribot’s greatness.<\/p>\n

Ribot’s bloodline is different but compatible with the Nearco bloodline that Frederico Tesio designed twenty-seven years earlier. Tesio was a master! An artist.<\/p>\n

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Just Like Real Life<\/span><\/p>\n

Many of us that have been in the SIM for many years and we always marvel, yes, we marvel at how close to “real life” DerbyFever can be. Especially when we get to breed with new 2yo sires for two years before the “real life” sires progeny hit the track. I remember mating Distorted Humor in his first year in the SIM, for around 50 BP’s. Here and in “real life,” no one really expected much from him as a sire, but then Distorted Humor started winning stakes races in the SIM somewhat consistently. He became a SIM star before he became a “real life” star. This happens many times here.<\/p>\n

Now, I’m going to ask a question that just might be too eery from SIM to “real life”. Fourteen Bluegrass Derbies are in the books and the largest length victory in all these years was achieved by none other; Down The Jazz. (5 3\/4 Lengths) Could it be? Could it be that the intentions of Frederico Tesio in breeding Ribot to win by lengths in top stakes races against the best thoroughbreds of his generation, and since the sire Ribot is more prominent in the pedigree of Down The Jazz (DSS) than any other BG Derby winner. Could it be that the “real life” intentions of Frederico Tesio for Ribot to win by lengths, could this also have played out in the SIM, through Down The Jazz in the BG Derby?<\/p>\n

Mike would have to code the “progeny typically have 6+ winning lengths probability” \u00a0into the SIM, Ribot, which I don’t think he did. But it’s difficult to believe it was because the nature of the race, alone, that the 2000 BG Derby enabled Down The Jazz to romp like he did and have it stand for all these years. Pedigree played a factor!<\/p>\n

Ahh, yes. Derby Fever, back in the year 2000 I had it bad, in fact I don’t think it’s something you completely get over. That’s why we love and play this great game. Even if just for a moment to get that Derby Fever.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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