A series of predictions made for clients by Star of the North Bloodstock.
Profitable investments in the bloodstock market are best made by finding undervalued commodities before the rest of the market discovers them and Star of the North Bloodstock has excelled in identifying them for its clients since its inception. Dynaformer, Red Ransom, Carson City, Saint Ballado, Benchmark and Northern Afleet were just a few of the stallions that were highlighted for clients before they demonstrated their true merit. Here are some other predictions made for clients in seasons past.
(Below) A matings recommendation for Mist At Dawning (Cox's Ridge - Shy Light by Tom Rolfe) that was made in the year 2000 -- before Elusive Quality's first crop raced and his stud fee was listed at $10,000:
Proposed matings for Mist at Dawning
Elusive Quality - A larger specimen than the typical progeny of Gone West, Elusive Quality was campaigned by Sheikh Mohammed's Darley Racing Stable. He made his first start at three, where he broke his maiden during the Spring meeting at Belmont Park in 1996. After running through his conditions, Mott decided to try Elusive Quality in stakes company and entered his charge in the King's Bishop at Saratoga. The multiple graded winner Honour and Glory was victorious that day, albeit by a nose over the Darley colorbearer. The remainder of that field included Graded winners Distorted Humor, Gold Fever and Delay of Game which certainly gives some indication of Elusive Quality's ability on the main track.
Elusive Quality had a five start campaign as a four year old, setting a new track record for seven furlongs on the main at Gulfstream Oark and finishing third in the Tom Fool to Diligence. What prompted Mott to finally try the five year old son of Gone West on the turf may never be known, though the experiment's effects will be measured for years to come. Elusive Quality galloped away from a respectable group in the Jaipur Handicap, then followed that performance only weeks later with a world record setting race in the Poker Handicap. His six length margin in that contest after setting all the pace attests to this horse's real "smasher" status in the Varolan sense. Minutes after that display was completed, it was not too long a reach to compare his performances with the likes of Lure or Steinlen. His subsequent loss as the odds-on favorite in the Kelso came at the expense of a ridiculous speed duel. Vacillation on the part of his trainer combined with an untimely cough kept Elusive Quality from redeeming his reputation in the Breeders' Cup Mile. His brief career on the turf suggests that he had much more to offer racing over that surface and with a different campaign, would have been remembered as one of America's best turf milers.
Elusive Quality's pedigree matches his race record. While Myrtlewood's branch of this dam line produced the strongest stallions, other lines tracing to Frizette have also produced productive sires. Stallions Real Courage, Gold and Ivory, Blood Royal and Gregorian all descend from Elusive Quality's female line. Gone West is showing good early signs as a sire of sires and Elusive Quality presents credentials that suggest he could prove one of his most productive sons at stud.
(Below) From a matings report produced in the year 2000:
Rahy - Man O'War winner Fantastic Light is the latest Grade I winner from the sire who continues to knock out stakes winners at an astounding pace, many of whom outstrip Rahy's own accomplishments as a runner. With the likes of Fantastic Light and Early Pioneer, Rahy is ever so slowly chipping away at his reputation as a "filly only" sire. If Giant's Causeway's success is any measure, his future as a broodmare sire will be just as solid. Truly an extraordinary stallion value at $40,000, it would not be hard to imagine his fee being raised in the season ahead.
(Below) From a pedigree analysis submitted for the 2004 Keeneland September sale:
Hip 681 (Dynaformer - Pedicure f.) actually looks something like Dynaformer's stakes-winning daughter Film Maker in profile in that she is also produced from a Mr. Prospector mare and carries Roman on her dam line. Dynaformer was produced from the legendary Darby Dan matriarchy of Golden Trail and as a result appears to match a wide range of influences in the spectrum that comprises Thoroughbred ancestry. That versatility is one of the reasons Dynaformer began his career as a $5,000 stallion at Wafare Farm and now stands for considerably more across the road in Midway at Three Chimneys.
This filly descends from Lowe Family taproot Romanita influence 9-e, whose extended family includes sire Boundary and multiple graded producer Trestle.
Hip 681's second damsire Topsider occupies a similar position in Dynaformer's Grade I winning daughter Riskaverse and reflects the relationship between My Babu and Flower Bowl, who is carried on the stallion's primary X. Dynaformer also has produced strong returns from the influence of Hip 681's third damsire Dr. Fager.
Dam Pedicure was owned by Claiborne at one time and the several attempts to mate her with Go For Din and Devil's Bag in succession only yielded one productive runner. It would appear the mare has since changed hands as this is the second consecutive foal produced from the cover of Dynaformer. Some research as to who now owns and trains this filly's older sister might reveal some valuable clues as to this filly's potential.
Pedigree/Linebreeding grade: 8.5
The filly who came to be named Frozen Treat looked to be any kind after winning in her first start for trainer Todd Pletcher in a maiden special weight contest on the turf at Aqueduct in November, 2005. Unfortunately, Frozen Treat did not develop further and has since been retired as a broodmare. That “older sister” mentioned in the report above was Frozen Treat’s full sister Masseuse, The Jimmy Toner trainee who later became a multiple Graded Stakes winner of $437,312.
These are just a few examples of the counsel Star of the North Bloodstock provides its clients. In the event you are trying to buy or breed stakes quality Thoroughbreds, I invite you to call on me.
David M. Miller
