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	Your *KEY* to the Winner's Circle... Louis Arthur: Mating Suggestions By Linda Waters
145 Years \| Why Breed to Louis Arthur \| Mating Recommendations \| Pedigree \| Five Cross Pedigree \| Hypo-Mating Louis Arthur is distinguished by some of the finest sire lines to be found in one pedigree - Relaunch, Seattle Slew, Damascus, Nijinsky, Hoist The Flag, Round Table, Nasrullah, Hyperion. To further enhance the genetic strength of his pedigree, Louis Arthur descends from one of the great Thoroughbred families, that of Chelandry whose notable descendents in recent years include sire of sires Forty Niner, Classic winners Genuine Risk, Swale and Shadeed, Champion two year old colt Action This Day, Breeders' Cup Classic winner Alphabet Soup, and multiple Grade 1 stakes winner With Anticipation who earned $2.2 million, and is a son of Louis Arthur's sire Relaunch Louis Arthur's versatile, "classic speed" oriented pedigree matches favorably with mares from a wide variety of lines both commercial and less so, and he is certainly not limited to the suggested crosses, linebreeding and duplications outlined in the article that follows. Regardless of the pedigree of the mare sent to his court, Louis Arthur presents Arizona breeders with the opportunity to breed for speed, stamina, soundness, and that most elusive of all qualities: CLASS. The first place to begin to assess pedigree compatibility between a mare and stallion is with the stallion's distaff side. The reason for this is best expressed in the oft quoted edict attributed to Olin Gentry, "Return to the sire the best blood of his dam, preferably in the same generation." This theory, however, was originally put forth by C. Bruce Lowe, best known for organizing the descent of mares into Family numbers. Bruce Lowe wrote in his book, Breeding Racehorses by the Figure System: How To Breed Great Stake Horses (and Sires) by Returning Your Stallion The Best Strains of his Dam: "This is one of the most important rules to observe. It has been pretty generally recognized amongst stud masters that the best blood in the sire should be nicked; but I do not know of any writer who has distinctly laid it down as a general law that the best blood of the stallion's dam should be nicked in preference to his sire's side of pedigree table." *COURTESY: FAMILY 1-n* Louis Arthur traces tail-female to the elite tap-root mare Chelandry through Nasrullah's daughter Courtesy, a foundation matron at A. B. Hancock's Claiborne Farm. This particular branch of Chelandry's family is responsible for leading sire Forty Niner, and Classic winners Swale and Shadeed. Linebreeding to Courtesy, or her female descendents, when they appear in a pedigree in the tail-female line, has been infrequent, but has proved effective in the rare instances it's been used. Stakes winners produced from this technique include Infamous Deed, Forty Nine Deeds, Sharp Humor, Grand Deed, and Mousaiha, the dam of Group placed Elanaaka. Linebreeding to Louis Arthur's prolific family can be accomplished through mares with Forty Niner, Shadeed, Brunswick, and Stack appearing in their pedigree. The mares from Louis Arthur's immediate family have crossed successfully with Mr. Prospector and Cox's Ridge. Louis Arthur's Grade 3 stakes winning half brother, Top Commander, is a son of Kingmambo (by Mr. Prospector). Mares by Cox's Ridge are especially worth considering, since Cox's Ridge's second dam, Corday, is the genetic equivalent of War Relic, who appears 3 x 3 in the pedigree of In Reality, sire of Relaunch. *SEATTLE SLEW* Louis Arthur is out of Grade 2 placed Mackenzie Slew by Seattle Slew. With the presence of a daughter of Seattle Slew in his pedigree, Louis Arthur offers breeders the opportunity for sex-balanced inbreeding to Seattle Slew for mares with a son of Seattle Slew appearing in their pedigree. Inbreeding to Seattle Slew has not been seen often to date, but we'll likely see more in the future as this has been a successful duplication at least twice. The Graded stakes caliber Atlantic Ocean, a daughter of Storm Cat's son Stormy Atlantic, is inbred 3 x 2 to Seattle Slew through daughters, and recently retired Grade 2 winner Yearly Report is inbred 3 x 4 to Seattle Slew through sons. Seattle Slew crossed exceptionally well with the Mr. Prospector sire line. Mr. Prospector's sire, Raise A Native, is not present in Louis Arthur's pedigree, and with Northern Dancer not appearing until his fifth generation, mares with one or both sires close up can be bred to Louis Arthur without concern for the unsoundness issues often arising from inbreeding to Native Dancer. Mr. Prospector and Seattle Slew descended from the tap-root matron Frizette through Myrtlewood, the fourth dam of Mr. Prospector and the fifth dam of Seattle Slew. An additional line of Frizette is found in Seattle Slew's pedigree through Black Wave, the dam of Jet Action's sire Jet Pilot. From mares tracing tail-female to Frizette (Family 13-c), Seattle Slew sired Graded stakes winner Compelling Sound, and the dams of Champion Mare Escena and Graded stakes winner Slew Gin Fizz. Seattle Slew's dam, My Charmer was inbred to La Troienne's daughter Baby League 4 x 4 through the full sisters Striking and Busher (by War Admiral). Linebreeding to La Troienne's family (1-x) proved quite successful with Seattle Slew, especially through Buckpasser. With daughters of Buckpasser, Seattle Slew sired stakes winners Night Spirit, Serious Spender, Hickman Creek, Fast Play, and Slew o'Gold, an earner of $3.5 million, and one of the better siring sons of Seattle Slew. Buckpasser also appears in the pedigree of Seattle Slew's Champion Three Year Old filly Surfside through her broodmare sire Seeking The Gold (dam by Buckpasser), and in the pedigree of Horse of the Year A P Indy as his second broodmare sire. A son of Seattle Slew from a Buckpasser mare, Slewacide, is the broodmare sire of Kentucky Derby winner Funny Cide. Other notable stakes winners sired by Seattle Slew descending from La Troienne tail-female include Glowing Honor, Scorpion, Adored, Yonder, Anguilla, and Expensive Slew. Seattle Slew's son, A P Indy sired Horse of the Year Mineshaft who traced tail-female to Striking. Champion Two Year Old, Vindication descended from La Troienne's three parts sister Adargatis, also the ancestress of Kentucky Derby winner Spend A Buck by Buckpasser's son Buckaroo. *RELAUNCH* Louis Arthur has the advantage of being an outcross sire for mares with multiple lines to Phalaris in their pedigree. With so much emphasis being placed on developing speed in today's Thoroughbred, pedigrees are becoming increasingly overwhelmed with the Phalaris sire line, thus compromising soundness and stamina. As a son of Relaunch, Louis Arthur is a source for the essential hybrid vigor necessary to promote stamina and soundness. Not only did Relaunch belong to a "non-Phalaris" sire line, but Relaunch also had the distinction of not having a single line of Phalaris present in his pedigree. Relaunch descended tail-male from Matchem through Man O' War's son War Relic. Relaunch sired 89 stakes winners, and 23 Graded stakes winners. Six of the dams of Relaunch's 23 Graded stakes winners are from the Bold Ruler (by Nasrullah) sire line; three from Nasrullah; and two from Royal Charger. Nasrullah, Royal Charger and Mahmoud (the sire of Relaunch's broodmare sire The Axe) are members of the Lady Josephine family. Nasrullah and Royal Charger are three parts brothers through the same sire Nearco, and Mumtaz Begum, the dam of Nasrullah and second dam of Royal Charger. Mumtaz Begum is a three parts sister to Mahmoud. In addition to Mahmoud, Nasrullah and Royal Charger, the Lady Josephine clan also includes Aristophanes, The Black Abbot, The Recorder, Tudor Minstrel, Fair Trial, Badruddin, Furrokh Siyar, Migoli, Mirza, and Abernant. Mahmoud is also frequently found duplicated in the pedigrees of Relaunch's better runners. Aside from returns of Mahmoud and members of the Lady Josephine clan, Relaunch appeared to have an affinity with certain lines or the duplication of members and family members. In Reality, the sire of Relaunch, was inbred 3 x 3 to War Relic through son Intent and daughter Iltis, and War Relic was inbred 3 x 3 to Fairy Gold through the half brothers Fair Play (sire of Man O' War) and Friar Rock, and 3 x 3 to Rock Sand the sire of Man O' War's dam Mahubah and Friar Rock. War Relic's dam, Friar's Carse from Family 1-o, is also found duplicated in the pedigree of Relaunch's son, the Grade 1 stakes winner With Anticipation through his third broodmare sire Count of Honor. Relaunch's stakes winning son, Carload, traces to Friar's Carse tail-female. Relaunch's broodmare sire, The Axe was out of Blackball a granddaughter of La Troienne. Relaunch's son, Metropolitan Mile winner Honour and Glory is linebred 5 x 5 to Big Event through the half sisters Blackball and Blue Eyed Momo, and Relaunch's Graded stakes winning daughter Good Potential traces tail-female to La Troienne's daughter Businesslike. The third broodmare sire of Relaunch, Djeddah traces to the important mare Frizette, his fourth dam, through Frizette's daughter Banshee. In addition to Seattle Slew and Mr. Prospector, the family of Frizette is also responsible for Tourbillon (grandsire of Djeddah). Altogether, Louis Arthur carries six lines of Frizette in his pedigree: Djeddah, the third broodmare sire of Louis Arthur's sire, Relaunch, is inbred to Frizette's daughter Banshee 4 x 3; Seattle Slew, the broodmare sire of Louis Arthur, traces tail-female to Frizette through her daughter Frizeur as mentioned above, and carries an additional line of Frizeur in the pedigree of Jet Pilot, the sire of Jet Action, thus combining the half sisters Black Curl and Mrytlewood; and two additional lines of Tourbillon found in the pedigrees of Louis Arthur's second and fourth broodmare sires, Damascus (through My Babu) and Hoist the Flag (through his second dam). Adding more of this stout French blood is strongly recommended, and Ambiorix is an exceptional source. *OTHER CROSSES TO CONSIDER* BALLANTRAE: FAMILY 5-j Intentionally, the sire of In Reality, was out of Discovery's daughter My Recipe, a member of Family 5-j tracing to Ballantrae through Balancoire. Ballantrae is also present in Relaunch's pedigree as the third dam of Equipoise, the sire of Shut Out, and as the third dam of Djebel, the sire of Djeddah. With members of this family, Relaunch sired stakes winners Calestoga, an earner of more than $650,000., Silver Launch, and Set To Fly. Relaunch's daughters from this family have produced black-type winners Raghib, Polish Missile, and Graded Stakes placed Klabin's Gold. Twice Breeders' Cup Classic winner Tiznow, a grandson of Relaunch, also carries a line of Family 5-j through his third broodmare sire, Pia Star. This is also the stellar family of the immortal Seabiscuit, Kentucky Derby winner Determine, Belmont winner Comorant, and Good Manners, a leading sire in Argentina. COURT MARTIAL European Classic winner and leading sire Court Martial appears frequently in the pedigrees of several of Relaunch's and Seattle Slew's Graded stakes winners. Relaunch progeny from dams carrying a line of Court Martial include With Anticipation, Gray Cashmere, Honour and Glory, Toyo Lyphard, Afto, and Cee's Tizzy, sire of Tiznow. Seattle Slew's progeny from dams carrying a line of Court Martial include champion two year old filly Landaluce and Borodislew, Top Rung, Anguilla, Sierra Lake, Gold Dollar and Seattle Sangue.
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	Your *KEY* to the Winner's Circle... Louis Arthur: Mating Suggestions By Linda Waters
145 Years \| Why Breed to Louis Arthur \| Mating Recommendations \| Pedigree \| Five Cross Pedigree \| Hypo-Mating Louis Arthur is distinguished by some of the finest sire lines to be found in one pedigree - Relaunch, Seattle Slew, Damascus, Nijinsky, Hoist The Flag, Round Table, Nasrullah, Hyperion. To further enhance the genetic strength of his pedigree, Louis Arthur descends from one of the great Thoroughbred families, that of Chelandry whose notable descendents in recent years include sire of sires Forty Niner, Classic winners Genuine Risk, Swale and Shadeed, Champion two year old colt Action This Day, Breeders' Cup Classic winner Alphabet Soup, and multiple Grade 1 stakes winner With Anticipation who earned $2.2 million, and is a son of Louis Arthur's sire Relaunch Louis Arthur's versatile, "classic speed" oriented pedigree matches favorably with mares from a wide variety of lines both commercial and less so, and he is certainly not limited to the suggested crosses, linebreeding and duplications outlined in the article that follows. Regardless of the pedigree of the mare sent to his court, Louis Arthur presents Arizona breeders with the opportunity to breed for speed, stamina, soundness, and that most elusive of all qualities: CLASS. The first place to begin to assess pedigree compatibility between a mare and stallion is with the stallion's distaff side. The reason for this is best expressed in the oft quoted edict attributed to Olin Gentry, "Return to the sire the best blood of his dam, preferably in the same generation." This theory, however, was originally put forth by C. Bruce Lowe, best known for organizing the descent of mares into Family numbers. Bruce Lowe wrote in his book, Breeding Racehorses by the Figure System: How To Breed Great Stake Horses (and Sires) by Returning Your Stallion The Best Strains of his Dam: "This is one of the most important rules to observe. It has been pretty generally recognized amongst stud masters that the best blood in the sire should be nicked; but I do not know of any writer who has distinctly laid it down as a general law that the best blood of the stallion's dam should be nicked in preference to his sire's side of pedigree table." *COURTESY: FAMILY 1-n* Louis Arthur traces tail-female to the elite tap-root mare Chelandry through Nasrullah's daughter Courtesy, a foundation matron at A. B. Hancock's Claiborne Farm. This particular branch of Chelandry's family is responsible for leading sire Forty Niner, and Classic winners Swale and Shadeed. Linebreeding to Courtesy, or her female descendents, when they appear in a pedigree in the tail-female line, has been infrequent, but has proved effective in the rare instances it's been used. Stakes winners produced from this technique include Infamous Deed, Forty Nine Deeds, Sharp Humor, Grand Deed, and Mousaiha, the dam of Group placed Elanaaka. Linebreeding to Louis Arthur's prolific family can be accomplished through mares with Forty Niner, Shadeed, Brunswick, and Stack appearing in their pedigree. The mares from Louis Arthur's immediate family have crossed successfully with Mr. Prospector and Cox's Ridge. Louis Arthur's Grade 3 stakes winning half brother, Top Commander, is a son of Kingmambo (by Mr. Prospector). Mares by Cox's Ridge are especially worth considering, since Cox's Ridge's second dam, Corday, is the genetic equivalent of War Relic, who appears 3 x 3 in the pedigree of In Reality, sire of Relaunch. *SEATTLE SLEW* Louis Arthur is out of Grade 2 placed Mackenzie Slew by Seattle Slew. With the presence of a daughter of Seattle Slew in his pedigree, Louis Arthur offers breeders the opportunity for sex-balanced inbreeding to Seattle Slew for mares with a son of Seattle Slew appearing in their pedigree. Inbreeding to Seattle Slew has not been seen often to date, but we'll likely see more in the future as this has been a successful duplication at least twice. The Graded stakes caliber Atlantic Ocean, a daughter of Storm Cat's son Stormy Atlantic, is inbred 3 x 2 to Seattle Slew through daughters, and recently retired Grade 2 winner Yearly Report is inbred 3 x 4 to Seattle Slew through sons. Seattle Slew crossed exceptionally well with the Mr. Prospector sire line. Mr. Prospector's sire, Raise A Native, is not present in Louis Arthur's pedigree, and with Northern Dancer not appearing until his fifth generation, mares with one or both sires close up can be bred to Louis Arthur without concern for the unsoundness issues often arising from inbreeding to Native Dancer. Mr. Prospector and Seattle Slew descended from the tap-root matron Frizette through Myrtlewood, the fourth dam of Mr. Prospector and the fifth dam of Seattle Slew. An additional line of Frizette is found in Seattle Slew's pedigree through Black Wave, the dam of Jet Action's sire Jet Pilot. From mares tracing tail-female to Frizette (Family 13-c), Seattle Slew sired Graded stakes winner Compelling Sound, and the dams of Champion Mare Escena and Graded stakes winner Slew Gin Fizz. Seattle Slew's dam, My Charmer was inbred to La Troienne's daughter Baby League 4 x 4 through the full sisters Striking and Busher (by War Admiral). Linebreeding to La Troienne's family (1-x) proved quite successful with Seattle Slew, especially through Buckpasser. With daughters of Buckpasser, Seattle Slew sired stakes winners Night Spirit, Serious Spender, Hickman Creek, Fast Play, and Slew o'Gold, an earner of $3.5 million, and one of the better siring sons of Seattle Slew. Buckpasser also appears in the pedigree of Seattle Slew's Champion Three Year Old filly Surfside through her broodmare sire Seeking The Gold (dam by Buckpasser), and in the pedigree of Horse of the Year A P Indy as his second broodmare sire. A son of Seattle Slew from a Buckpasser mare, Slewacide, is the broodmare sire of Kentucky Derby winner Funny Cide. Other notable stakes winners sired by Seattle Slew descending from La Troienne tail-female include Glowing Honor, Scorpion, Adored, Yonder, Anguilla, and Expensive Slew. Seattle Slew's son, A P Indy sired Horse of the Year Mineshaft who traced tail-female to Striking. Champion Two Year Old, Vindication descended from La Troienne's three parts sister Adargatis, also the ancestress of Kentucky Derby winner Spend A Buck by Buckpasser's son Buckaroo. *RELAUNCH* Louis Arthur has the advantage of being an outcross sire for mares with multiple lines to Phalaris in their pedigree. With so much emphasis being placed on developing speed in today's Thoroughbred, pedigrees are becoming increasingly overwhelmed with the Phalaris sire line, thus compromising soundness and stamina. As a son of Relaunch, Louis Arthur is a source for the essential hybrid vigor necessary to promote stamina and soundness. Not only did Relaunch belong to a "non-Phalaris" sire line, but Relaunch also had the distinction of not having a single line of Phalaris present in his pedigree. Relaunch descended tail-male from Matchem through Man O' War's son War Relic. Relaunch sired 89 stakes winners, and 23 Graded stakes winners. Six of the dams of Relaunch's 23 Graded stakes winners are from the Bold Ruler (by Nasrullah) sire line; three from Nasrullah; and two from Royal Charger. Nasrullah, Royal Charger and Mahmoud (the sire of Relaunch's broodmare sire The Axe) are members of the Lady Josephine family. Nasrullah and Royal Charger are three parts brothers through the same sire Nearco, and Mumtaz Begum, the dam of Nasrullah and second dam of Royal Charger. Mumtaz Begum is a three parts sister to Mahmoud. In addition to Mahmoud, Nasrullah and Royal Charger, the Lady Josephine clan also includes Aristophanes, The Black Abbot, The Recorder, Tudor Minstrel, Fair Trial, Badruddin, Furrokh Siyar, Migoli, Mirza, and Abernant. Mahmoud is also frequently found duplicated in the pedigrees of Relaunch's better runners. Aside from returns of Mahmoud and members of the Lady Josephine clan, Relaunch appeared to have an affinity with certain lines or the duplication of members and family members. In Reality, the sire of Relaunch, was inbred 3 x 3 to War Relic through son Intent and daughter Iltis, and War Relic was inbred 3 x 3 to Fairy Gold through the half brothers Fair Play (sire of Man O' War) and Friar Rock, and 3 x 3 to Rock Sand the sire of Man O' War's dam Mahubah and Friar Rock. War Relic's dam, Friar's Carse from Family 1-o, is also found duplicated in the pedigree of Relaunch's son, the Grade 1 stakes winner With Anticipation through his third broodmare sire Count of Honor. Relaunch's stakes winning son, Carload, traces to Friar's Carse tail-female. Relaunch's broodmare sire, The Axe was out of Blackball a granddaughter of La Troienne. Relaunch's son, Metropolitan Mile winner Honour and Glory is linebred 5 x 5 to Big Event through the half sisters Blackball and Blue Eyed Momo, and Relaunch's Graded stakes winning daughter Good Potential traces tail-female to La Troienne's daughter Businesslike. The third broodmare sire of Relaunch, Djeddah traces to the important mare Frizette, his fourth dam, through Frizette's daughter Banshee. In addition to Seattle Slew and Mr. Prospector, the family of Frizette is also responsible for Tourbillon (grandsire of Djeddah). Altogether, Louis Arthur carries six lines of Frizette in his pedigree: Djeddah, the third broodmare sire of Louis Arthur's sire, Relaunch, is inbred to Frizette's daughter Banshee 4 x 3; Seattle Slew, the broodmare sire of Louis Arthur, traces tail-female to Frizette through her daughter Frizeur as mentioned above, and carries an additional line of Frizeur in the pedigree of Jet Pilot, the sire of Jet Action, thus combining the half sisters Black Curl and Mrytlewood; and two additional lines of Tourbillon found in the pedigrees of Louis Arthur's second and fourth broodmare sires, Damascus (through My Babu) and Hoist the Flag (through his second dam). Adding more of this stout French blood is strongly recommended, and Ambiorix is an exceptional source. *OTHER CROSSES TO CONSIDER* BALLANTRAE: FAMILY 5-j Intentionally, the sire of In Reality, was out of Discovery's daughter My Recipe, a member of Family 5-j tracing to Ballantrae through Balancoire. Ballantrae is also present in Relaunch's pedigree as the third dam of Equipoise, the sire of Shut Out, and as the third dam of Djebel, the sire of Djeddah. With members of this family, Relaunch sired stakes winners Calestoga, an earner of more than $650,000., Silver Launch, and Set To Fly. Relaunch's daughters from this family have produced black-type winners Raghib, Polish Missile, and Graded Stakes placed Klabin's Gold. Twice Breeders' Cup Classic winner Tiznow, a grandson of Relaunch, also carries a line of Family 5-j through his third broodmare sire, Pia Star. This is also the stellar family of the immortal Seabiscuit, Kentucky Derby winner Determine, Belmont winner Comorant, and Good Manners, a leading sire in Argentina. COURT MARTIAL European Classic winner and leading sire Court Martial appears frequently in the pedigrees of several of Relaunch's and Seattle Slew's Graded stakes winners. Relaunch progeny from dams carrying a line of Court Martial include With Anticipation, Gray Cashmere, Honour and Glory, Toyo Lyphard, Afto, and Cee's Tizzy, sire of Tiznow. Seattle Slew's progeny from dams carrying a line of Court Martial include champion two year old filly Landaluce and Borodislew, Top Rung, Anguilla, Sierra Lake, Gold Dollar and Seattle Sangue.
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