Pop Label is a muscle-bound Sunday Thoroughbred Club colt by Company out of Pop Chart. Assigned to the NAR's Hiromori Stables in Hokkaido for the time being, 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.
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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 the 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. Pop Label will be making his debut any minute, and given the powerful performance in his test race, it should be something to look forward to. If he can win and get a berth at Funabashi, life would be sweet...
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