Welcome everyone to the Breeding Corner. This week our Sophomore Sires series continues with two sires from the Mr. Prospector line. Wheelaway, who was requested by Mhaley, and E Dubai. The more and more I look at the sophomore sires the more and more I think that they could be one of the great classes.
Wheelaway – is by Unbridled. His dam sire is Damascus and his dam’s dam sire is Cyane. Wheelaway only raced seven times and all seven were as a three year old. He made a splash in his debut then went on to win the Tampa Bay Derby. He finished third in the Bluegrass behind High Yield and More Than Ready. He went into the derby pretty lightly raced but managed to finish fifth the year Fusaichi Pegasus won the derby. He later ran fourth in the Belmont behind Commendable, Aptitude, and Unshaded.
Wheelaway’s pedigree screams for Northern Dancer influence. Storm Cat, Danzig or Nijinsky lines fit very well. His pedigree also sets up in a way that using a grandson of Mr. Prospector, as dam sire will create nice 4X4 inbreeding. Other good dam sire prospects would be Seattle Slew and Sons, Secretariat, Buck passer, or In Reality. His pedigree is very flexible you can go many different ways and not go wrong. His dosage index is a 2.13 indicating he has a good amount of stamina.
Wheelaway only has thirty-seven sim progeny. He has produced two stakes winners. The second place finisher in last weeks Blue Grass Derby #627 Tern Of The Wheel and #75902 Wild Risk Li. Tern of the Wheel’s dam sire is Smarten which creates the odd 3X4 inbreeding to Cyane and his dam’s dam sire is Sea-Bird which produces a 5X5 inbreeding to Raise a Native. Tern of the wheel is the only Wheelaway runner to break the 100-speed figure barrier. Wild Risk Li is a stakes winner on turf. His dam sire is Game Plan, who is from the Northern Dancer line, and his dam’s dam sire is Rhodes, who is a son of Mr. Prospector creating a 4X4 inbreeding with Mr. Prospector.
Take away his two stakes winners and he has not produced anything. In his defense his three year olds are not all that well bred and about half his progeny are two year olds. His two year olds are much better bred. He currently has sixteen two year olds and three have already broke the 70-speed figure barrier. Two on dirt (77, 79) and one on turf (71). At the end of the week you get to use him for around one hundred breeding points.
E Dubai – is by Mr. Prospector. His dam sire is Lord at War (ARG) and his dam’s dam is Verbatim. E Dubai only had eleven starts but he won races at two, three, and four. He won the Dweyer at age three and the Suburban at age four. All his big wins were in routes up to a mile and a quarter. I believe he is a dual hemisphere stallion standing in Kentucky and Australia.
E Dubai’s pedigree also screams for some Northern Dancer influence. He was a route horse but could produce either sprinters or route horses. Danzig and Storm Cat dam sires might be more likely to produce a sprinter/miler type where as Sadler’s Wells or Nijinsky could get you a horse that can get a mile and a quarter easy. Breeding back to Raise a Native line sires like Alydar or Affirmed could also be a good cross. Seattle Slew and sons usually cross well with just about any body. E Dubai has a pretty versatile pedigree that you can go many ways with. Damascus, Turn-To, In Reality, Ribot. There is a good chance he can produce as well on turf as dirt.
E Dubai has five stakes winners from ninety-nine sim progeny. Curiously all five are fillies. Storm Cat is the dam sire for two of the five and a son of Storm Cat (Tabasco Cat) is the dam sire of another. The other two dam sires are Sadler’s Wells and Meadowlake so four of the five stakes winners come from Northern Dancer lines. Three of the stakes winners did it on dirt the other two on turf. Over all his first class look very good and prefer to run routes.
E Dubai has twenty-eight two year olds already this year. Two runners have already broken the eighty-speed figure mark, another Storm Cat and a Mr. Prospector. There are two other progeny where Storm Cat is the dam sire and they have looked good to this point. Check out some of the dam sires simmers have used. Sadler’s Wells, Lemon Drop Kid, Seeking The Gold, Northern Dancer, Lyphard, Broad Brush and Rahy. His two year olds have been really well bred so he should continue to excel as a sim sire.
