BREEDING TELLS

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 257, 26 July 1930, Page 4

BREEDING TELLS

Stamina Won the Derby A REMARKABLE FORECAST Pedigree counts when seeking the solution of most of the world’s important races, and in the case of the English > Derby it has been proved time and again . to be almost everything. Never has the > famous Epsom classic been won by a j horse that lacks strong blood lines, and ; nearly always the winner has been the ’ most stoutly-bred horse in the race. This , year’s contest was a remarkable triumph E for blood over exposed form and excep--1 tional track trials. Blenheim, the best I bred horse, won, Trews, the next best bred, was fifth, and Hind, the third best . bred, was second. Trews was stated afterward to have been unlucky in the run- , ning, but probably would not have beaten ? Blenheim. 3 On the eve of the Derby, “The Special > Commissioner,” one of the most noted s pedigree authorities in England, had the . following to say in an article in the London “Sporting Life”: — , “According to the state of the market ’ and all that one reads and hears, it : only remains for Diolite’s number to' go I into'the frame as the winner of the 3 Derby, and, after all is said and done, . there is sound reasoning in this sup- [’ port of Templeman’s charge as he was, without a doubt, the best two-year-old of his year, and equally is the best three1 year-old seen this season. "In addition to this my colleague, i ‘Meyrick Good’ (also of the “Sporting . Life”) tells me that he is certain to . stay and, like all good horses, does not , mind whta the going is like. i Favourite’s Chance Doubted. , “Now I have told you all this, yet in my own mind I cannot see him winning it. It is not a case .of< trying, to find one’ to beat the favourite, but it is just that Donnetta line on his sire's side that makes me wonder if—as was the case with Diophon, Diadumenos and others of Donnetta’s produce—a mile and a half will not be a quarter of a mile too far for him, more especially as there is little on his dam’s side suggestive of an abnormal amount of stamina. “There it is in a nutshell. I may be wrong, but if I am no one will be more pleased than I shall be at having to admit it, as I should like to see Templeman train the winner. Blenheim Before Rustoin Pasha,. “On very good authority I am told that Rustom Pasha ,will be his biggest danger, but here again there is the same doubt, as the ‘Pasha’ is from Cos, who was by 4 Flying Orb, out of Renaissance, a half-sister to Donnetta. “He has, of course, the undoubted stamina of Son-in-Law to counteract this, but, though it may sound contrary to all reason, I still feel certain that Blenheim will prove the better of R. C. Dawson’s, and that whatever beats him will win. “Look at it this way. Blandford, his sire, is siring stayers, and is bred to do it, as he is by the St. Leger winner, Swynford, and comes from Blanche, a halfsister to the Guineas and Oaks winner, Cherry Lass, from Black Cherry/ a mare that was by Bendigo, and was out of Black Duchess, the dam of Bay Ronald, the sire of the St. Leger winner, Bayardo, and of Dark Ronald, the sire of such horses as Son-in-Law, Dark Legend, Brown Prince and Ambassador. "It is hard to find fault with this, and on his other side Blenheim is almost as good, as he is from Malva, a daughter of Charles O'Malley out of Wild Arum, a sister to the Ascot Stakes and Alexandra Plate winner, Rivoli, by Robert le Diable out of Marliacea, by Martagon from Flitters, a Galopin mare that produced the Doncaster Cup winner, Bronzino, and was a granddaughter of Shannon, a mare that won Goodwood and Doncaster Cups, and was a half-sister to the Grand Prix and Newmarket St. Leger winner, Trent. ■ • “There are no ifs or buts about thia breeding. The colt ran a good race in the Guineas and he will have improved a lot since then. Trews Second Choice. “As my second string I must take Trews, .though I would rather see him win and break the long spell of bad luck that Lord Astor has had in this race. He has had five seconds. “One of these was Buchan, who ran up to Grand Parade in 1919. Buchan is the sire of Trews, who is from Long Suit, a daughter of the Derby winner, Lemberg, that won the Royal Standard Stakes, at Manchester, and was from Third Triek, a sister to the Guineas and Coronation Stakes winner. Winkipop, by William the Third from Conjure, a mare that was once shown as a hunter brood mare at an agricultural show and was awarded a "highly commended” card. Conjure was-by Juggler, and came from Connie, the grand-dam of Santoi, that famous sire of stayers. “Remembering that Trews is an ownbrother to the Oaks and Sanflown Dominion Stakes winner, Short Story, who was, by the way, Long Suit’s first foal, it can be seen that not only does the pedigree look good enough on paper, but it has"been proved good enough bn. the racecourse. Iliad Also Favoured. “My third must be another of Lawson's charges in Iliad. I have known him since he was a foal. He is a nice sort and one that, in a year that never will be termed a ‘vintage’ one, is certain to beat more than beat him. “Claiming Swynford as his sire, Iliad is from Cicero's daughter, Pagan Sacrifice. a mare that was out of Simony, a daughter of the triple-crown winner Common from Simon’s Bay, by St. Simon. “Iliad was bred at the Buckland Stud by Lady Fitzgerald and was sold as a yearling to Mr. Tattersail for 2300gns. His dam has now a yearling colt—a chestnut—by Hurry On, and one of the best foals that I have ever seen, by Coronach, at foot. “To-morrow I may have to write the history of some unconsidered outsider that has romped home, but until then I shall be happy in the knowledge that I. have, in Blenheim, Trews, and Iliad, picked the three best-bred horses in the race, and I hope to see them finish in that order.”