Pedigree Points for this Saturday’s Group 3 National Stakes for the 2YO’s in Adelaide…

Previous winners of the race include Kaapstad, La Baraka, Spargo, Super Elegant, Viennese, Toorak Toff, I Am A Star and I’ll Have A Bit.

1. TEQUILA TIME (G) (STRATUM x El Milagro [ENCOSTA DE LAGO])

*TEQUILA TIME is already a 2x Group 3 winner in South Australia, having claimed Breeders’ Stakes and Sires’ Produce with Clare Lindop aboard

*$170,000 purchase at the MM Adelaide Yearling Sale from the draft of Willow Grove Stud

*1/2 brother to LR Tas Guineas winner INNER WARRIOR

*Dam El Milagro was a 3x winner at 1600m & 1800m – she’s foaled five named foals, all raced, four winners, she also has a weanling filly by SHAMUS AWARD and was covered by PALENTINO last Spring

*3rd dam GOLDEN PRAYER was a winner of the G2 South Australia Breeders’ Stakes

(Tequila Time as a yearling)

2. Secret Blaze (G) (SIZZLING x Abscond [GALILEO (IRE)])

*$90,000 purchase for McEvoy Mitchell Racing from the Millford Thoroughbreds draft at the Inglis Premier Sale

*1/2 brother G3 and LR placed Invincibella, with dam Abscond a 1/2 to Light Up Manhattan – 4th in G1 Victoria Derby

*It’s the family of G1 Adelaide Cup winner THE HIND and LR Geelong Cup winner OREGON STAR

*3rd dam is TACITURN a dual LR winner

(Secret Blaze as a yearling)

3. Marcel From Madrid (G) (SEPOY x Lipari [REDOUTE’S CHOICE)])

*$58,000 purchase for Pacific Bloodstock at the Inglis Classic Sale from the Widden Stud draft, his SEBRING half sister sold for $500,000 to George Moore at the 2018 Inglis Easter Yearling Sale

*1/2 brother to G1 Australian Derby winner LEVENDI

*Dam Lipari was LR placed, her 3/4 sister is LR winner ZAMZAM, also a placegetter in the G1 Blue Diamond

*All 3 of Lipari’s named foals are winners, she also has a weanling filly by More Than Ready to come through

*2nd dam TULLY THUNDER won the G1 SAJC Australasian Oaks

*3rd dam FLEUR DE CHINE (NZ) was a G2 and LR winner

*Family of SUFFICIENT, THUNDER LADY, IRISH FLAME

*3x3 cross of Danehill

(Marcel From Madrid as a yearling)

4. Ice Ghost (G) (BRADBURY’S LUCK x Ghost Story (JPN) [DANCE IN THE DARK (JPN)])

*$42,000 yearling at the Magic Millions March Sale, offered by Glenlogan Park to trainer Gordon Richards

*His sire is a Magic Millions winner, his dam was bred by Darley Japan, and imported from Great Britain in 2007 – she’s had five named foals, all raced for 3 winners but ICE GHOST is her most recent live foal

*It’s a big family further down, 3rd dam is PARK APPEAL – Top Filly in Ireland in 1984 with wins in the G1 Cheveley Park Stakes & G1 Moyglare Stud Stakes

*PARK APPEAL is the dam of champion miler and champion sire CAPE CROSS, plus VINCENNES, PHOENIX PARK, GREAT BRITAIN and is the grand-dam of stallions IFFRAAJ &  DIKTAT, also FARRAJ & KAREYMAH

(Ice Ghost as a yearling)

5. HEAVEN’S DEAL (F) (SPIRIT OF BOOM x Done Deal [GOOD JOURNEY (USA)])

*Winner of LR SAJC Queen Adelaide Stakes

*$23,000 yearling from the Magic Millions Adelaide Yearling Sale from the Cornerstone Stud draft to Richard Jolly

*Dam is a 1/2 sister to DIAMONDSONDINSIDE and the dam’s of ARDROSSAN, CHEYENNE WARRIOR and EXPRESS AIR

*HEAVEN’S DEAL is the only foal to race so far for her dam, her second foal, a full sister to HEAVENB’S DEAL sold at the same sale this year to KENNEWELL RACING for $125,000

*Dam also has a weanling filly by SIDEREUS on the ground and is in foal to DEFCON

*By Eureka Stud stallion SPIRIT OF BOOM – who has sired 5 stakes winners to date, plus 1 stakes placegetter – and 16 winners overall

*Carries a 4x3 cross of Eureka stalwart SEMIPALATINSK (USA)

(Heaven's Deal as a yearling)

6. Graceful Storm (F) (HINCHINBROOK x Graceful Devil [THUNDER GULCH (USA)])

*$110,000 purchase for John Moloney from the Woodside Park draft at the Magic Millions Sale

*1/2 brother by BRAZEN BEAU sold to United Syndications for $140,000 at the 2018 Inglis Premier Sale

*Dam is a full sister to G1 Blue Diamond Stakes placegetter Divine Secret (dam of MONTOYA’S SECRETT & DELAGO’S SECRET

*Dam was covered by BRAZEN BEAU last Spring

*2nd dam PRAYERFUL is a LR winner in WA, it’s also the family of EXCITED ANGEL, DENDEE, DELAGO’S SECRET, TYPHOON

*4x4 cross of STORM BIRD

(Graceful Storm as a yearling)

7. Crack The Code (F) (I AM INVINCIBLE x MOST SECRET [BLETCHLEY PARK (IRE)])

*$170,000 yearling from Yarraman Park at the MM Sale – sold to Australian Thoroughbred Bloodstock

*1/2 sister to G1 Railway Stakes winner COVERTLY, who has also won a string of stakes races and placed 3rd in the G1 Flight Stakes – COVERTLY in turn produced G2 Sires’ Produce Stakes runner up DETECTIVE and stakes place Bourne Supremacy

*Crack The Code is also a 1/2 sister to SO SECRET, SECRET LINK and stakes placed Siesta Park

*Dam MOST SECRET, who died in May 2017, was a 3x LR winner in WA, including the WA Gimcrack Stakes

*MOST SECRET is a full sister to another Gimcrack winner in EBONY MAGIC – MOST SECRET produced 13 named foals – 11 to race for 10 winners!

(Crack The Code as a yearling)

8. Yulong Mercury (F) (NOT A SINGLE DOUBT x Stormy Hussey [HUSSONET (USA)])

*$120,000 yearling from the Arrowfield draft at the MM Sale – bought by Sheamus Mills Bloodstock

*Dam is a 1/2 sister to LR winner BRIDAL HILL and stakes placed Adventurer, she’s had 4 named foals, 3 to race for 1 winner

*2nd dam STORMY HILLY won the G2 South African Oaks

*3rd dam is NOVEMBER RAIN who won the G1 VRC Oaks, AJC OAKS and QLD Oaks – it’s also the family of multiple Group winner STORMHILL

*3x3 cross of DANEHILL

(Yulong Mercury as a yearling)

9. Aristia (F) (LONHRO x NAKAAYA [TIGER HILL (IRE)])

*$80,000 yearling offered by Vinery Stud at the Inglis Easter Sale, sold to First Light Racing

*Dam NAKAAYA won the G2 Sunline Stakes at Moonee Valley – she’s produced 3 named foals, all raced, 2 are winners

*Dam has a yearling filly by I AM INVINCIBLE, plus a weanling by WRITTEN TYCOON and was covered by FLYING ARTIE last Spring

*Family of MISHANI WARRIOR, ROYAL PURLER, SIR AMADI, CALORIFIC

(Aristia as a yearling)

10. Be My Star (F) (ZOUSTAR x Charity Belle [NOT A SINGLE DOUBT])

*Bought by David Redvers for Qatar Bloodstock for $320,000 at the Magic Millions from the Newgate Farm draft, her 1/2 brother by DISSIDENT sold to Darby Racing/De Burgh Equine for $160,000

*Be My Star is the first winner for her dam, who was herself purchased from Sledmere Stud by the China Horse Club for $130,000 at the Inglis Broodmare and Weanling Sale, she has a weanling on the ground by SUPER ONE but wasn’t served last Spring

*Dam Charity Belle is a 1/2 sister to two stakes placed horses and the dam of EMMALENE

*2nd dam ADAGIETTO (NZ) is a dual LR winner

*Family include CAPTIVA, PACKING WINNER, NICCANOVA, LUT’S CHOICE

*3x3 cross of REDOUTE’S CHOICE

(Be My Star as a yearling)

11. She Will Rise (YOUR SONG x Madamesta [ESTAMBUL (ARG)])

*Races in the colours of Lindsay Park

*1/2 sister to LR SAJC Queen Adelaide Stakes winner BULLPIT

*Dam Madamesta is an unraced 1/2 sister to 2x stakes winner RICEMAN

*Madamesta has produced 4 named foals, all raced, 3 winners – she has a weanling colt by ZOUSTAR set to be offered at the Magic Millions National Sale

*Damsire Estambul was a dual G1 winner in Argentina, also raced in the U.S.A – was exported to Australia in 2003 and stands in Tasmania