When
Hinchinbrook filly Seabrook won the Group II ATC Sweet Embrace Stakes on
Saturday she became the 85th stakes-winner to carry a double cross
of Danehill and joined a growing list of two year-old stakes-winners this
season bred this way.
As time marches on and the Danehill blood starts to get further back in
pedigrees, we are seeing greater success for this pattern of breeding which for
so long has divided breeders and yearling buyers.
Love it or hate it you can't ignore the facts.
So far this season there have been eight two year-old stakes-winners to carry
the double cross:
Sunlight (Zoustar, 4 x 3)
Seabrook (Hinchinbrook, 3 x 4)
Enbihaar (Magnus, 3 x 3)
Nomothaj (Snitzel, 3 x 4)
Outback Barbie (Spirit of Boom, 4 x 4)
Ef Troop (Spirit of Boom, 4 x 3)
Jonker (Spirit of Boom, 4 x 3)
The Enzo (Stratum, 3 x 5)