Southland 91 Report post Posted July 31, 2018 Read with interest that Cox Plate invitee Benbatl has bounced back to form with a Group One victory in Germany. Looking at his pedigree it was interesting to see La Mer 4 gens removed on the bottom of the page. I don’t know to much about this family since the great filly raced in the mid 70s but would be interested in thoughts on what may have activated this pedigree to leave a horse of Benbatl’s quality. In terms of the dam line I guess class is permanant but do you see any other influencing factors? chrs Chestnut 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phar Lap Fan 104 Report post Posted August 1, 2018 interesting but not overly excited. La Mer was foaled in N.Z.of 100% European blood, related to Ribot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crustyngrizzly 1,701 Report post Posted August 1, 2018 Pretty sure that Rob Muldoon raced one of LaMers first offspring. Can't be 100% sure but the name Nukamara or something similar was its name. It was rubbish. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southland 91 Report post Posted August 3, 2018 Class horse - classy ride - tidy field. Belinda 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomjr 43 Report post Posted August 12, 2018 La Mer, Uncle Re us, Shivaree, Shuzohra, Damn that's a field of the likes we haven't seen here in a generation! Chestnut, Swynford and flockofewes2 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut 3,152 Report post Posted October 16, 2018 On 7/31/2018 at 7:42 PM, Southland said: Read with interest that Cox Plate invitee Benbatl has bounced back to form with a Group One victory in Germany. Looking at his pedigree it was interesting to see La Mer 4 gens removed on the bottom of the page. I don’t know to much about this family since the great filly raced in the mid 70s but would be interested in thoughts on what may have activated this pedigree to leave a horse of Benbatl’s quality. In terms of the dam line I guess class is permanant but do you see any other influencing factors? chrs Hope you got some off his win on Saturday Southland - he's a flashy chap Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
elvis 43 Report post Posted October 17, 2018 Nahrain was champion filly of her year. Lucky For All won at Caufield yesterday , La Mer is his 3rd dam. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby3051 10,915 Report post Posted October 17, 2018 On 10/16/2018 at 7:48 PM, Chestnut said: Hope you got some off his win on Saturday Southland - he's a flashy chap She is the fastest horse I ever rode... a super mare, had a mind of her own but an absolute superstar. I watched with my boss Malcolm Smith in the car park at hastings her last race the Ormond Memorial,which she won, after they had sold her...it was so sad..it was a big story at the time, but i think she was the first of the real big international purchases of broodmares. Baz (NZ) 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berri 2,131 Report post Posted October 18, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 10:41 AM, Phar Lap Fan said: interesting but not overly excited. La Mer was foaled in N.Z.of 100% European blood, related to Ribot. Don't think so Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazach 133 Report post Posted October 18, 2018 On 8/2/2018 at 10:41 AM, Phar Lap Fan said: interesting but not overly excited. La Mer was foaled in N.Z.of 100% European blood, related to Ribot. Distantly related. Ribot's sire Tenerani was out of Tofanella. La Mer's 5th dam was Tofanella. La Mer's sire Copenhagen spent his whole time at Wynthorpe stud just outside New Plymouth as far as I can remember. He was a champion sire and had some good sire premiership "battles" with Pakistan. Probably fair to say that being a bit isolated in the "naki, he didn't initially get top mares. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berri 2,131 Report post Posted October 18, 2018 5 hours ago, bazach said: Distantly related. Ribot's sire Tenerani was out of Tofanella. La Mer's 5th dam was Tofanella. La Mer's sire Copenhagen spent his whole time at Wynthorpe stud just outside New Plymouth as far as I can remember. He was a champion sire and had some good sire premiership "battles" with Pakistan. Probably fair to say that being a bit isolated in the "naki, he didn't initially get top mares. 5 hours ago, bazach said: Distantly related. Ribot's sire Tenerani was out of Tofanella. La Mer's 5th dam was Tofanella. La Mer's sire Copenhagen spent his whole time at Wynthorpe stud just outside New Plymouth as far as I can remember. He was a champion sire and had some good sire premiership "battles" with Pakistan. Probably fair to say that being a bit isolated in the "naki, he didn't initially get top mares. Not normally the way you express the close relation tie up. It universally means that through the dam there is a close relationship, not an inbreed to the stallion. bazach 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...