It's a shame that we can't identify this horse, or any of the other yearlings born in 2011, by name as yet. Luckily, even though they've been sourced through three different clubs, all the horses I have a stake in (listed at the bottom of the page) have different catalogue numbers, so at least we can use these for positive identification for the time being. Once they've been named, we can publish the newer posts again in an updated form, along with revised details on the nine racers born in 2010 we've already covered to bring things up-to-date. If nothing else, it will act as a useful refresher.
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| Courtesy Sunday TC |
No.188 is a Sunday Thoroughbred Club horse, and if he runs like Orfevre, I shall be a happy bunny. This muscle-bound colt (a good thing for NAR dirt racing) is by Company out of Pop Chart. With luck, he will have the lengthy career of Company (12-4-1), who was winning at top level long after most racehorses have retired, and the fiery DNA of Pops (Pop Chart's dam), which is a combination of Hail To Reason (via Sunday Silence) and Secretariat blood.
Company mixes Tony Bin, Sadler's Wells, Mr Prospector, Secretariat and a good dose of Northern Dancer blood, but winning G1 races at eight years old is remarkable, even for a horse with such noble ancestry. Even the female lines boast some good winners, such as Irish horse, Sun Princess, who claimed the English St Leger and The Oaks.
On the mother's side, the damsire is Afleet (7-4-2) by Mr Prospector, meaning a Native Dancer line, with a sprinkling of Citation (the legendary US Triple Crown winner) ancestry further back, while Pops, as we've already mentioned, has an all-star family behind her. I reckon 'Top Of The Pops' would be a great name for this horse. If it could then live up to the name, life would indeed be sweet...
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