Yes you are correct, Analize.
I\'ve never been quite so good with my \"in tail males\" and \"in tail females\"
(maybe it goes back to problems I had with the fruit flies in biology class)
but even a pedigree neophyte such as myself can see that four generations back
the big names are all present, including Northern Dancer twice.
Speaking of Northern Dancer, I expect that everyone will have read \"The
Kingmaker: How Northern Dancer Founded A Racing Dynasty\", by Avalyn Hunter,
by the time Saratoga opens.
Northern Dancer sired 645 registered foals, 147 of whom became stakes winners...
Speaking of Saratoga, there was a passage in \"Kingmaker\" which brought
goosebumps to this New York bred:
\"Even some of Northern Dancer\'s least likely sons have had their moments of
brilliance. Among them was Compliance, a 1978 colt out of Sex Appeal, and, thus,
a full brother to champions El Gran Senor and Try My Best. He proved virtually
useless as a racehorse, failing to win in three starts, although he did run
third in a small stakes in Ireland. His form may well have been compromised by
a nasty temperament, which probably would have made him a gelding had he been a
son of any horse but Northern Dancer.
Given a chance at stud in New York, Compliance highlighted his stud career by
siring two remarkable full brothers out of the Bold Arian mare Broadway Joan:
Fourstardave, the beloved \"Sultan of Saratoga\" who won races at the Old Spa for
eight consecutive seasons, and Fourstars Allstar, who became the first American
based horse to win a European Classic when he captured the 1991 Irish Two
Thousand Guineas.\"
