Horses like Seattle Fitz (Arg) tend to slip under the radar of most analysts or breeders.  A closer look at just who this horse is explains why it’s worth the time spent to get to know such horses better.

Seattle Fitz is by a horse called Fitzcarraldo, who is inbred 3 x 5 to half siblings Lacydon and Sweet Caroline.  This tail-female line goes on out to Composure, a half sister to Selene.  Thus Fitzcarraldo is from the same family as Hyperion, *Sickle, *Pharamond II, Mossborough and Sir Tristram.  Not too shabby - and useful, too, since there are multiple lines of Selene in other parts of the pedigree via Hyperion and *Sickle.

The dam of Seattle Fitz is the Seattle Slew mare Hug a Slew, a sister to G3 German stakes winner El Mundhir and a three-quarter sister to Slew’s Royalty, G3 stakes placed and a useful California sire.  Though she never won a stake, Hug a Slew must have looked good.  She sold for $200,000 as a yearling and re-sold for $295,000 as a two-year-old.

Hug a Slew has six lines of Frizette, including a 5 x 5 cross of half sisters Crepe Myrtle and Spring Beauty, the latter her fifth dam.  This beautiful blood is complimented by a Frizette cross in Fitzcarraldo via Again The Law. 

Hug a Slew also brings in a line of *Knight’s Daughter, who find a match in her half sister Starling II in Fitzcarraldo (or Feola x2) and overall the pair combine for four Marchetta crosses via Aurora and half siblings *Ambiorix, *Source Sucree and *Perfume II.  The icing on the cake is that Hug a Slew has three *La Troienne lines via Baby League x2/Bimelech.

Interesting, isn’t he?  But it takes a bit of time to investigate a horse like this.  Sometimes - not always - but sometimes you find a gold mine.