The legacy of the outstanding racemare and producer, Miesque, continues to be felt, with her numerous high-class descendants continuing to excel at the highest level around the world.
Not only is Miesque’s son, Kingmambo, a strong presence in pedigrees of top-class thoroughbreds through numerous high- class broodmare daughters as well as his high-class sire sons, King Kamehameha, King’s Best and Lemon Drop Kid, but Miesque also features prominently in the pedigrees of several promising two-year-olds this season.
Lemon Drop Kid (Kingmambo – Charming Lassie)
The dual Breeders’ Cup Mile winning daughter of Nureyev is the fourth dam of smart two-year-old, Molatham (Night Of Thunder), who made it two wins from just three starts when victorious in last Friday’s Listed Weatherbys Global Stallions App Flying Scotsman Stakes at Doncaster.
The promising Molatham – who holds entries in the Gr2 Juddmonte Royal Lodge Stakes, Gr1 Darley Dewhurst Stakes and Gr1 Vertem Futurity Trophy – is out of the Pivotal mare, Cantal, whose granddam is Miesque’s dual French classic winning granddaughter, East Of The Moon (Private Account).
Molatham’s half-sister, Perfection (Dutch Art), won the Listed EBF Stallions Highfield Farm Flying Fillies’ Stakes earlier in the year to give a further boost to her remarkable female line. East Of The Moon is also granddam of the very smart two-year-old filly, Alpine Star (Sea The Moon). The latter, a half-sister to Cartier Champion and four time Gr1 winner, Alpha Centauri (Mastercraftsman), has won two of her first three starts, including the Gr2 Debutante Stakes. The well-bred Alpine Star holds entries in both the Grr1 bet365 Fillies’ Mile and G2 Shadwell Rockfel Stakes.
Kingmambo
Miesque’s triple Gr1 winning son, and deceased star sire, Kingmambo, is the sire of outstanding broodmare Love Me True, whose sons, Norway (Galileo) and Ruler Of The World (Galileo) both made waves at Leopardstown on Saturday.
Last season’s Listed Godolphin Flying Start Zetland Stakes winner, Norway, claimed the Gr3 Paddy Power Betting Shop Stakes to garner a first group win (the colt had been third to stablermate, Sovereign, in the Gr1 Dubai Duty Free Irish Derby earlier this year), while Norway’s own brother, Ruler Of The World, is the sire of Saturday’s Gr1 Coolmore ‘Fastnet Rock’ Matron Stakes winner, Iridessa. Iridessa has now won 3 Gr1 races, with her previous Gr1 victories coming in last year’s bet365 Fillies’ Mile and the 2019 Juddmonte Pretty Polly Stakes.
Family Ties
Love Me True’s sire, Kingmambo, is also broodmare sire of promising sire, and four time Gr1 winner Camelot, whose son, Sir Dragonet, ran fourth in Saturday’s St Leger, and Kingmambo is also broodmare sire of Sky Crystal, whose son, Space Traveller, won both Saturday’s Gr2 Clipper Logistics Boomerang Stakes, and June’s Gr2 Jersey Stakes. Kingmambo’s successful sire sons, Lemon Drop Kid and King’s Best – a three-parts brother to the remarkable Urban Sea – have both proved top-class damsires, and King’s Best is broodmare sire of this season’s high-class 3yo, Headman, as well as 2019 group/graded stakes winners, I’m So Fancy, Nomandel, and Juliet Foxtrot.
This year’s Listed Ruby Stakes winner, Lady Wannabe (whose dam was sired by Drakenstein Stud resident sire, Duke Of Marmalade) is inbred to Kingmambo, damsire of her own sire, Camelot, as well as Duke Of Marmalade.
Miesque’s Approval (Miesque’s Son – Win Approval)
Kingmambo’s own brother, Miesques Son, (best known in South Africa as the sire of KZN based Breeders’ Cup Mile winner, Miesque’s Approval) is the sire of Whipper, whose son, Lord Glitters, captured the 2019 Gr1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot. Miesque’s own dam, Pasadoble, also ranks as the fourth dam of Saturday’s Gr1 Northern Dancer Turf Stakes winner, Old Persian – who was also victorious in the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic earlier this year.
Mile Magic
Miesque’s great-grandson, and fellow Breeders’ Cup Mile winner, Karakontie (Bernstein), has made a pleasing start with his first two-year-olds this season, with his early runners including Tyro Stakes winner, Karak. Another from Karakontie’s first crop is high-class Russian performer, Great Winner, who is closely inbred to Miesque. This grandson of Storm Cat could well further enhance Miesque’s magnificent legacy over time, as could Miesque’s 2018 Gr1 French Derby winning grandson, Study Of Man (Deep Impact).
Judpot
Miesque’s A.P. Indy sired son, Judpot, has enjoyed success in South Africa, through the likes of Gr1 winners as Along Came Polly, Coral Fever, Forest Indigo, and Juxtapose, and it is surely only a matter of time before Judpot makes his mark as a broodmare sire. His half-brother, Kingmambo, is currently damsire of more than 140 individual stakes winners.
Winner of the Breeders’ Cup Mile in both 1987 and 1988, Miesque to this day rates as the most influential female BC Mile winner of all, although 2003 Mile winner, Six Perfections (whose dam is a half-sister to Miesque) is the dam of four black type horses to date, including Australian Gr2 winner, Yucatan (Galileo), French Gr2 winner, Planet Five (Storm Cat), Gr3 winner, Faufiler (Galileo), and Mount Everest (Galileo). The latter ran second to subsequent multiple Gr1 winner, Japan (Galileo), in the 2018 Gr2 Beresford Stakes.
