ITS ALL ABOUT SADLER'S WELLS

Those of you that are followers on twitter with have noticed that there was plenty of traffic on the subject of Teofilo’s (Galileo by Sadler’s Wells) first winner Parish Hall, who very much looked a colt who will progress. However it was not the colt’s performance that spark comment but the fact that he was out of a Montjeu daughter, so therefore creating a 3x3 in-breeding to Sadler’s Wells, pictured left.

Parish Hall is not by the far the first winners line-bred to Sadler’s Wells as Sadler’s Wells line sires have produced two stakes winners to Sadler’s wells line daughters. The first of these was the 8f German Listed winner, Antonym, who was by Barathea and out of an In The Wing’s daughter, so therefore line bred 2x3 the Sadler’s Wells. The second, an Italian Listed winning miler, Halong Bay, is a daughter of Montjeu and out of a mare by Singspiel, so is line bred 2x4 to Sadler’s Wells.

There is also a further four other stakes winners that hold both Sadler’s Wells in the top and bottom half of their pedigrees. These are headed by 2008 Deutsches Derby (Gr 1), who is but Samum (by Samsun and out of a Old Vic daughter) and out of a Wing Love daughter. The smart John Gosden 2010 Doncaster Cup (Gr 2) is another stakes winners bred on the Sadler’s Wells duplication. This son of Sakhee (by Bahri and out of Sadler’s Wells mare) has In the Wing’s as his 2nd-dam sire. It is striking to see In The Wings occurs so many times in these Sadler’s line-bred pedigrees. This is due probably as he is the oldest of all of Sadler’s Wells successful sons at stud.

Breeding back to the sires same sire line is no new theory. You only have to look at some of the great pedigrees that have influenced the thoroughbred to see this. Take a look at the Jockey Club Stakes winner, Flying Fox (1896), who was the sire of Ajax, who is line-bred 3x2 to Galopin. Another example is Turn To (1951), who is bred 3x3 to Pharos, and is thee grand-sire to Roberto. Since breeders line-bred with successful to line of Northern Dancer, Mr Prospector, Blushing Groom, Grey Sovereign, Danzig and even now the Danehill line. With Sadler’s Wells having had such an impact, particular in Europe, having been champion sire 12 times and producing 293 stakes winners at a rate of 13% (SW/foals of racing age), surely in/line-breeding to this great son of Northern Dancer has to good influence? Whether Parish Hall becomes the third stakes winners bred on the Sadler’s Wells/Sadler’s Wells cross remains to be seen. CWC