Reine-de-Course Inbreds Score

Big on World Cup Day

          Curlin got all the headlines, but two Reine-de-Course inbreds won almost as much money and earned just as much prestige on World Cup day in Dubai.

          Sunday Silence’s granddaughter, Sun Classique by his son Fuji Kiseki, won the $5 million Dubai Sheema Classic.  She was champion of her age and sex in South Africa as a three-year-old in 2006.

          Sun Classique is inbred to Reine-de-Course Milan Mill via half siblings Millicent/Mill Reef at 5 x 5, thus in the same generation.  She also has a double of Reine-de-Course Almahmoud via Cosmah/Natalma and a treble of Reine-de-Course Nogara via Nearco x2/Niccolo Dell’arca. 

          A.P. Indy’s grandson Jay Peg, also a South African champion at age three in 2006, won the $5 million Dubai Duty Free.  By Camden Town, Jay Peg is inbred to Reine-de-Course Lassie Dear (Weekend Surprise/Al Mufti), to Reine-de-Course Somethingroyal x3 (Secretariat/Sir Gaylord x2) to Reine-de-Course *La Troienne x5 (Baby League x2/Businesslike x2/Belle of Troy) and her Reine-de-Course three-quarter sister Adargatis (via Tellaris) and sire Camden Park has a double of Reine-de-Course Myrtlewood (Myrtle Charm/Spinosa).

          This tells us that something rather special is going on in South Africa with inbreeding these days.  Want to know what we like best about these pedigrees?  Raise a Native is nowhere to be found.  Perhaps that is why both are still racing at age five.