THE NEW HORSES #8: SOPHISTICATE
I've chosen to do Sophisticate next because he's so easy to profile. It seems a shame that such a beautiful colt can be summed up so quickly, but there's little point in going over old ground in great depth when the time can be better used describing new bloodlines.

Courtesy Carrot Club

Sophisticate was sired by Symboli Kris S, which means he has the same father as Harmony Fair and Lourdes No Hitomi, as well as Fairy Robe, who was retired a bit back with a leg injury. A glance at any of those profiles tells you all you need to know on the sire side, while the dam side is almost as simple to clear in one line, as Grand Prix Sophi was the result of the bringing together of Agnes Tachyon and Manfath - both covered in the Belle Plage piece (The New Horses #7). Grand Prix Sophi was never raced, and this is her first foal, so everything is pretty much an unknown quantity at this stage. But a horse that cost well over $1m when she was sold in 2007 has to hold some promise...