The latest addition to the foot of the page is Porthos Du Vallon - I adore the romance attached to the name, and love the bloodlines of this big lad, so I've dodged a few missiles in the house and joined the Lamont Racing equipe of Scotland to secure a stake in my first steeplechaser. His flat racing career showed promise, but there are hopes his jumping career will quite literally take off.'Porthos' was sired by Jeremy, an American-registered Stakes winner that stood at the Irish National Stud for a while, and has already sired a fair few winners. Looking at his bloodlines, it's not that surprising really - Danehill Dancer as his father, and the great Danehill further up the DNA chain. Danehill we covered in the Massabielle profile, but a few more lines are justified on Jeremy's dam - Glint In Her Eye, as she combines Arazi blood (see Godiva's Pride) with that of Wind In Her Hair. Although it's ironic that I'm more interested in her grandmother, Highclere (one of HM the Queen's finest racehorses, taking 1000 Guineas honours as a youngster), this broodmare is highly sought after in Japan, as she gave birth to Deep Impact.
On the dam side, Princess Caraboo was never raced, but her female line has delivered some impressive results, with Shirley Heights by Mill Reef and Vienna DNA added into the equation. Her sire was Alzao, who has fathered over 100 Stakes winners, and was also BMS to Deep Impact, which is interesting given what we've just said about Wind In Her Hair blood.
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