Parisian Walkway, the winner of Saturday’s TAB Gauteng Guineas, is not the first son of Ideal World to win a leg of the South African Triple Crown.
Ideal World’s ill-fated son Samurai Warrior became the first of his sire’s progeny to do so when he claimed the 2019 Gr1 S A Derby.
The 2019 SA Derby winner Samurai Warrior (Pic – JC Photos)
Parisian Walkway is the 32nd stakes winner for his sire, with Ideal World best known as the sire of Met winning champions Rainbow Bridge and Smart Call, and fellow Equus Champion Hermoso Mundo.
Ideal World, whose close relative Dansili (Danehill) is the broodmare sire of Saturday’s Gr2 Wilgerbosdrift Gauteng Fillies Guineas winner Spumante Dolce (Vercingetorix), is also the sire of upwardly mobile filly Mocha Blend.
The latter made it two wins from three starts when she won impressively at Hollywoodbets Greyville recently.
While Parisian Walkway is the first stakes winner to have emerged from Ideal World’s current crop of three-year-olds, this crop also includes the aforementioned Mocha Blend and useful sorts Ancient Wisdom and Diwali Rocket.
Diego de Gouveia and Parisian Walkway are led in by the happy connections (Pic – JC Photos)
Ideal World is a son of the late Kingmambo, with that son of Mr Prospector having made his mark on both the South African Triple Crown and Wilgerbosdrift Triple Tiara.
Kingmambo horse Parade Leader sired Pierre Jourdan, winner of both the G1 SA Classic and Gr2 Gauteng Guineas in 2010, while another son, Mambo In Seattle, was the sire of Same Jurisdiction, who finished runner up in the 2015 G1 S A Fillies Classic.
Very closely related to the dam of Duke Of Marmalade, Mambo In Seattle is also broodmare sire of Fire Attack (Fire Away), one of the top Gauteng three-year-olds of the current South African season.
Kingmambo, whose half-brother Judpot is broodmare sire of Saturday’s eye catching winner Main Defender (Pathfork), is also the broodmare sire of the late Duke Of Marmalade, whose champion daughter Rain In Holland won the Triple Tiara in 2022.
Duke Of Marmalade, bred on the reverse Danehill/Kingmambo cross to Ideal World, was also responsible for Son Of Raj, winner of the 2023 Gr1 SA Derby.
Ideal World (Kingmambo – Banks Hill). (Pic- Supplied)
One of Mr Prospector’s very best sire sons, Kingmambo made his mark on major classic races all over the world, with his sons Encke (St Leger), Henrythenavigator (2000 Guineas), King’s Best (2000 Guineas), Rule Of Law (St Leger) and Lemon Drop Kid (Belmont Stakes) winning classic races in Britain and the US respectively.
Another son, King Kamehameha, won the Japanese Derby in 2004, before going on to become champion sire in Japan on two occasions.
Kingmambo daughters also enjoyed classic success, with his daughters Russian Rhythm and Virginia Waters landing the English 1000 Guineas in 2003 and 2005, with another daughter Light Shift victorious in the 2007 running of The Oaks, Kingmambo daughters Bluemamba and Divine Proportions added further to their sire’s great record by winning classic races in France.
Kingmambo wins the 1993 St James Palace Stakes (Pic – Supplied)
Kingmambo’s daughter Tarfah is the dam of Camelot, winner of the first two legs of the British Triple Crown in 2012 and the sire of classic winners in Germany and Ireland, as well as last year’s Gr1 Qatar Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe winner Bluestocking.
Camelot is one of two English Derby winners whose dam was sired by Kingmambo, with Duke Of Marmalade’s half-brother Ruler Of The World winning that Epsom classic in 2013.
