Saturday proved a good day for descendants of former South African Broodmare Of The Year London Wall (Col Pickering).
London Wall is the fourth dam respectively of Saturday’s Gr2 Senor Santa Stakes winner Smorgasbord (Twice Over), and the very impressive Listed Derby Trial Stakes victor Litigation (Greys Inn).
The exciting Litigation is out of the Jet Master mare Jeter, a daughter of Gr1 Cape Fillies Guineas winner Sport’s Chestnut (Sportsworld).
The latter was produced by London Wall’s daughter London Cry. Jeter’s full-sister Off The Mark won five times, including the Gr3 Acacia Handicap.
Temple Grafin – Gr1 winner (Pic – Gold Circle)
Litigation is also bred on similar lines to Inner Temple (dam of Gr1 Jonsson Workwear Garden Province Stakes winner Temple Grafin). Inner Temple is a daughter of Greys Inn and Chica -a granddaughter of London Wall.
His relative, and fellow three-year-old, Smorgasbord, whose success in the Senor Santa Stakes continued the great run enjoyed by his sire Twice Over’s three-year-olds this season, is the second graded stakes winner produced by Var’s three time winning daughter Variety, with the latter also responsible for short-lived Gr3 Graham Beck Stakes winner Zen Arcade (Ideal World).
Zen Arcade – shoed plenty in short career (Pic -JC Photos)
Twice Over’s other notable three-year-olds this season include a pair of Guineas winners in the form of Call The Wind and Double Superlative.
South Africa’s Broodmare Of The Year in 1998, London Wall has left behind a host of top-class descendants.
Not only did she produce Horse Chestnut, but London Wall also features as the ancestress of the horses mentioned previously, as well as Equus Champion Monyela, and fellow graded stakes winners African Adventure, Cape Speed, Eighth Wonder and Shenanigans.
London Wall is also fourth dam of Pamushana’s Pride (Louis The King) -who ran second, to Triple Crown winner Malmoos (Captain Al), in the 2021 Gr1 WSB SA Derby.
London Wall also continues to make her mark through the growing success enjoyed by her legendary son Horse Chestnut (Fort Wood) as a broodmare sire.
Horse Chestnut (Fort Wood-London Wall)
The South African Triple Crown winner, and 2000 Gr3 Broward Handicap hero, is already damsire of a host of high-class horses led by such Gr1 winners as Star Catcher (Sea The Stars), Cannock Chase (Lemon Drop Kid), Fault (Blame), Zipessa (City Zip), Smart Call (Ideal World), Camphoratus (Byword), and Suggestive Boy (Easing Along).
He also features in the pedigree of last year’s Gr1 Alcibiades Stakes winner Juju’s Map (Liam’s Map), with Horse Chestnut the sire of Juju’s Map’s granddam Charming N Lovable.
