While Saturday’s Marshalls World Of Sport Gr3 Gold Cup winner Nebraas is undoubtedly another feather in the cap of his impressive sire Vercingetorix, it is interesting to note the dual presence of one of history’s greatest mares up close in his pedigree.
Not only is Miesque the fourth dam of Nebraas, but the dual Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Mile winner is also found in the presence of Nebraas’s broodmare sire Archipenko.
Repeat Gr1 Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Miesque
The latter is a son of Miesque’s most important son Kingmambo -making Nebraas’ dam Noor Dubai closely inbred to the legendary racemare and producer.
Kingmambo’s half-brother Judpot (A.P. Indy) is the sire of Saturday’s Gold Cup sixth place finisher Don’t Look Back (winner of the 2021 4Racing Gr3 Gold Bowl), while Kingmambo horse Parade Leader is broodmare sire of Gold Cup fourth Before Noon (Await The Dawn).
Nebraas is not the only winner from Hollywoodbets Greyville on Saturday to carry Miesque in his pedigree.
Cat Daddy, winner of Saturday’s Listed Marshalls World Of Sport Darley Arabian is a son of Kingmambo horse Ideal World, while Duke Of Marmalade, sire of Saturday’s uber game Gr1 Thekwini Stakes winner Rain In Holland is out of a mare by Kingmambo.
Ideal World’s son Cat Daddy wins well (Pic – Candiese Lenferna)
Honokalani, runner up in Saturday’s G1 Premiers Champion Stakes, is out of a mare by Breeders’ Cup Mile winner Miesque’s Approval – whose sire, Miesques Son, was, as his name suggests, a son of Miesque.
Crown Towers, a runner in Saturday’s Gr1 HKJC World Pool Champions Cup is a son of Camelot -whose dam is the Kingmambo sired Tarfah.
Kingmambo mare Peace Bell (already dam of G3 Umzimkhulu Stakes winner One Fine Day -whose son Pinkerton ran third in Saturday’s Listed Marshalls World Of Sport Darley Arabian ) is dam of the very progressive Sound Of Summer (Silvano) -who has won four of just five starts thus far.
Kitalpha – Gr1 winner Zarina’s broodmare sire
Another son of Miesque, Kitalpha (a full-brother to Kingmambo), is the broodmare sire of recent Jonsson Workwear Gr1 Garden Province Stakes heroine Zarina, while Kingmambo’s grandson Proclamation is broodmare sire of 2020 Gr1 Cape Racing Presents The Cape Guineas winner Russian Rock (Pomodoro).
One of the finest racemares in history, Miesque, whose sire Nureyev is the sire of Pine Chip -the third dam of Champions Cup winner Jet Dark (Trippi)), won 12 of 16 starts – her wins included ten at Gr1 level – before going on to produce a pair of French classic winners in the form of Kingmambo and East Of The Moon, respectively.
Miesque is also ancestress of a host of Gr1 winners including Alpha Centauri, Alpine Star, Amanee, Karakontie, Loves Only You, Real Steel, Rumplestiltskin, Study Of Man, and Tapestry.
