Fusaichi Pegasus (Mr Prospector – Angel Fever)
Fusaichi Pegasus, broodmare sire of Saturday’s brilliant Gr1 World Sports Betting Cape Fillies Guineas winner, Silver Mountain (Silvano), is one of a number of stallions now making their presence felt as a broodmare sire.
Interestingly, Silver Mountain was the second South African feature race winner in a week produced by a FuPeg mare – with Gr3 Racing Association Handicap hero, Supertube (Where’s That Tiger) being the other. Another local feature race winner produced by a daughter of Fusaichi Pegasus is Mohave Princess (Mount Nelson), winner of the Listed Devon Air Stakes.
The brilliant Silver Mountain
Winner of the 2000 Kentucky Derby (and sold for a reported $70 million), Fusaichi Pegasus has more than 30 black type winners to his credit as a damsire. This tally not only includes the brilliant Silver Mountain, but also such international Gr1 winners as Wee Miss Artie (Breeders Futurity), Albany Reunion (Easter Handicap), Hakassan (Premio Dos Mil Guineas), and Estrela Monarchos (Grande Premio Roberto e Nelson Grimaldi Seabra).
Fusaichi Pegasus’ success, however, can come as no surprise, as he did cover exceptional broodmares early on in his stud career, and many of the daughters produced from those matings were subsequently covered by top stallions.
A few other sires, either currently active or with runners still on the track, to make their mark as broodmare sires, are:
Unbridled’s Song
Unbridled’s Song (Unbridled – Trolley Song)
Few, if any, broodmare sires have enjoyed such a sudden rise to prominence as the late, great Unbridled’s Song. The son of fellow broodmare sire success Unbridled, Unbridled’s Song’s broodmare daughters have produced nearly 100 stakes winners, with the most recent tally being 98 black type winners. Only four other sires (all with more representatives) feature above Unbridled’s Song on the Leading Broodmare Sires by Stakes winners (according to The Blood Horse) in 2015, with his 23 black type winners this year including Gr1 winner Carpe Diem (Blue Grass Stakes), and ten other graded/group winners. Notable Gr1 winners produced by Unbridled’s Song mares include General Quarters (Blue Grass S), J B’s Thunder (Breeders’ Futurity), Once Were Wild (Australian Oaks) and Unbridled Command (Hollywood Derby).
Lemon Drop Kid
Lemon Drop Kid (Kingmambo – Charming Lassie)
Currently still active at stud, Lemon Drop Kid is another stallion whose broodmare daughters have already made a considerable impact. The former US Champion features as the damsire of ten black type winners in 2015, including Gr2 Godolphin Mile winner, Tamarkuz (Speightstown). His Kentucky Oaks winning daughter, Lemons Forever, has had a singularly good year, with her daughters, Unbridled Forever and Forever Unbridled (both by Unbridled’s Song) winning the Gr1 Ballerina Stakes and Gr3 Comely Stakes.
Dubai Destination
While Dubai Destination has been a disappointing sire overall, his daughters have enjoyed a break out year in 2015, with the son of Kingmambo featuring as the damsire of the winners of the Gr1 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Gr1 Investec Derby, Gr1 Prix de L’Arc De Triomphe, Gr1 Eclipse Stakes and Gr1 Juddmonte International. Gr3 Molecomb Stakes hero Kachy (Kyllachy) is another out of a daughter of Dubai Destination, who is damsire of 13 black type winners overall, and also responsible for ill-fated Gr2 May Hill Stakes winner, Ihtimal (Shamardal) and the latter’s Gr3 Oh So Sharp winning half sister, First Victory (Teofilo).
Montjeu and Galileo
Montjeu (Sadler’s Wells – Floripedes)
With due respect to the wonderfully prolific pair of El Prado and High Chaparral, Sadler’s Wells’ two greatest sons were Montjeu (now deceased) and Galileo. Both were outstanding racehorses and sires, who received outstanding support, and both are more than making their mark as broodmare sires. Galileo’s daughters have already bred seven Gr1 winners (including this year’s Investec Oaks winner, Qualify, and now retired 2000 Guineas/Lockinge Stakes winner, Night Of Thunder), while Montjeu (whose fillies were somewhat dismissed during their sire’s time at stud) currently ranks as GB/Ireland’s fifth leading broodmare sire for 2015 by prize money. His daughters’ Gr1 winners include this year’s outstanding filly, Legatissimo (Danehill Dancer), whose 3 Gr1 wins this year included the Qipco 1000 Guineas. To date, Montjeu (whose oldest daughters are now 13) is the damsire of five Group/Grade One winners.
Elusive Quality
The former US Champion Sire is a proven sire of high class fillies, with his representatives including the Breeders Cup winner, Maryfield, ill-fated European champion Elusive Kate and Australian Gr1 scorer, Camarilla. As he is a well-supported horse with a magnificent pedigree, it comes as no surprise that Elusive Quality (Gone West) is fast becoming an outstanding broodmare sire. His daughters’ 30 plus stakes winners include this season’s Gr1 Alciabiades Stakes heroine, Gomo (Uncle Mo), Gr1 Caulfield Guineas winner, Shooting To Win and his talented full brother, Deep Field (both by Northern Meteor), Gr1 Prix Morny hero, No Nay Never (Scat Daddy) and VRC 1000 Guineas winner, Guelph (Exceed And Excel).
Malibu Moon
Few horses have better pedigrees than does Malibu Moon –a son of US great A P Indy- and whose first two dams were Gr1 winners at two. Himself a top class sire, Malibu Moon (who won one of his only two starts) is now showing signs of becoming an equally efficient damsire. The sire, whose first crop were born in 2001, is broodmare sire of 17 black type winners to date, with his daughters having already produced the Gr1 winners Stellar Wind (Santa Anita Oaks), My Conquestadory (Alciabiades Stakes), and By The Moon (Frizette Stakes).
What makes Malibu Moon’s initial success as a damsire so promising, is that he began his stud career at a fee of just $3,000, and currently covers a far better quality of mare with his most recent fee listed at $95,000.
