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Nijinsky is the sire of Wrote's 3rd dam Durrah. Nijinsky is a horse well worth duplicating in pedigrees especially in this position. Having Nijinsky anywhere in the mares pedigree would help but I would think mares from the Nijinsky 'male line' would produce the best results.

When assessing any mating the first place I look is the male line of the mare, and as we can see Iffraaj is from the male line of Mr Prospector. This will work perfectly with Wrote as he is from the Northern Dancer male line and this (Mr P /ND ) cross has proved an invaluable nick. It gives a duplication of Native Dancer, sire of Northern Dancer's dam. Adding to the mix is Iffraaj being out of a Nureyev mare which will give line breeding to Wrotes female line (duplicating the mare Special) The other pattern with the 2nd dam being by Zabeel just as important. The positions in the pedigree where the line breeding occurs (both in the mare and the stallion ) to my mind perfect. A further pattern not highlighted is between Nijinsky and The Minstrel.

As well as the Sir Ivor duplication, making the Wrote / Zabeel mating even hotter is the line breeding to 'Special " Zabeel being out of a Nureyev mare.

other successful racehorses sharing the barn with Ocean Park carry the same pattern. It's everywhere. The duplication of the 'mares mare line' Savabeel similar

So any Zabeel mare (they suit most stallions) will be a hot mating with Wrote as the duplication of Sir Ivor is in the exact same position as it is in Bonneval.

So continuing the thread and the similarities of Makfi with Wrote....both are out of Green Desert mares. My belief is that this area of the pedigree is very easy to tap into using the mares male line.

Overnight winner of Group 2 Lancashire Oaks

......got beaten today but still a very nice horse by barn mate of Wrote. the question that I must ask is ...is this area of the pedigree (the mare's male line " ) DOMINATING the mating..?

the latest STAR in Melbourne

Again 'top line of the mare' connecting with one of the 'brood-mare sires in the stallion.

Again the 'top line of the mare' and the 'bottom line of the stallion. A double of line breeding patterns here with Nijinsky 'on the top line of the mare' with his close relation The Minstrel , in a 'broodmare sire position' in Zafonic

Another of Makfi's star performers

His star in New Zealand of course is New Zealand Filly of the Year, New Zealand and Australian Oaks winner Bonneval. The duplication again is on the top line of the mare but this time connecting with a brood-mare sire in Green Desert. In fact the ' male line' of the first three dams in this pedigree have been repeated.

Perhaps a great time to take a look at some of the stars of the 2016/17 racing season and look at their pedigree make up and see if my methods and understanding hold true to them. Much of what I have learnt comes from studying a wide range of stallions and mares and over a wide time frame and discovering common patterns. . In the stallion ranks one of the stars would have to be Makfi and what a great loss to New Zealand he has been. This stallion's very first Group One winner came in the Northern Hemisphere with a horse called Make Believe. And exactly as I am copying here with Wrote it came from 'line breeding'. More to the point it came from a mare who's top line is the same as his bottom line or ' female family'

The 4th dam of Kris is Sweet Angel who is the also the dam of Sucaryl. I believe an important part of this horse's pedigree.

Possibly one of the only ways to use the horse Diesis in New Zealand is with mares lower in the pedigree by the stallion Dagger's Drawn.

a great example of using the 'mares male line'

So when 'line breeding' to Kris one would think the odds are doubled. Kris unfortunately is a bloodline that is vary rare in these parts of the world but is a bloodline of the highest quality and something I associate with early maturing very fast two year olds. According to Frankie Dettori the fastest two year old he has ever ridden

This pedigree displayed earlier

So when planning thoroughbred mating's this gives duplications, or line breeding patterns through both parents of the stallion. This pattern is similar when looking at two champion sires from the past in Le Filou and Sir Tristram. Teddy and Gainsborough belong to the same 'female family'

Kris ...for starters it should be pointed out Wrote carries a double of Kris, in 'brood-mare sire' positions. He appears as both the sire of his 2nd dam and also his sire High Chaparral's 2nd dam