BRIGHT FUTURE AHEAD FOR HENRY AND STUDENT!

Kingmambo (Mr. Prospector – Miesque, by Nureyev) stands for $250,000 at Lane’s End and is the sire of three Group 1 winners in 2008 and 19 in all. They are:

ALKAASED (GP de Saint-Cloud, Saint-Cloud, Gr.1, Japan Cup, Tokyo, Gr.1).
ARCHIPENKO (Queen Elizabeth II Cup, Sha Tin, Gr.1).
BLUEMAMBA (Poule d’Essai des Pouliches, Longchamp, Gr.1).
BOBOMAN (Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes, Hollywood Park, Gr.1).
DIVINE PROPORTIONS (Poule d’Essai des Pouliches, Longchamp, Gr.1,Prix Marcel Boussac, Longchamp, Gr.1, Prix Morny, Deauville, Gr.1, Prix d’Astarte, Deauville, Gr.1, Prix de Diane, Chantilly, Gr.1).
DUBAI DESTINATION (Queen Anne Stakes, Ascot, Gr.1, sire).
EL CONDOR PASA (Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud, Saint-Cloud, Gr.1, Japan Cup, Tokyo, Gr.1, sire).
HENRYTHENAVIGATOR (Irish 2000 Guineas, Curragh, Gr.1, St James’s Palace Stakes, Ascot, Gr.1, 2000 Guineas, Newmarket, Gr.1).
KING’S BEST (2000 Guineas, Newmarket, Gr.1).
LEMON DROP KID (Belmont Stakes, Belmont Park, Gr.1, Futurity Stakes, Belmont Park, Gr.1, Travers Stakes, Saratoga, Gr.1, Whitney Handicap, Saratoga, Gr.1, Woodward Stakes, Belmont Park, Gr.1, sire).
LIGHT SHIFT (Oaks Stakes, Epsom Downs, Gr.1).
MALHUB (Golden Jubilee Stakes, Ascot, Gr.1, sire).
OKAWANGO (Grand Criterium, Longchamp, Gr.1, sire).
RULE OF LAW (St Leger Stakes, Doncaster, Gr.1).
RUSSIAN RHYTHM (Coronation Stakes, Ascot, Gr.1, Lockinge Stakes, Newbury, Gr.1, 1000 Guineas, Newmarket, Gr.1).
STUDENT COUNCIL (Pimlico Special Hcp., Pimlico, Gr.1, Pacific Classic Stakes, Del Mar, Gr.1).
TAWQEET (BMW Caulfield Cup, Caulfield, Gr.1, Metropolitan Handicap, Randwick, Gr.1).
THEWAYYOUARE (Criterium International, Saint-Cloud, Gr.1).
VIRGINIA WATERS (1000 Guineas, Newmarket, Gr.1).

(SWs in bold are 2008 G1 winners)

Note that this list is overwhelmingly foreign-raced, with Student Council, Lemon Drop Kid, and Boboman the only U.S. Grade 1 winners for their sire. Of these three, however, only Student Council and Lemon Drop Kid were dirt winners.

Also notable is Henrythenavigator’s bang-up second to Raven’s Pass in the Breeders’ Cup Classic over Santa Anita’s Pro-Ride synthetic surface.

Student Council actually won a Grade 1 race on synthetics, the $1 million Grade 1 Pacific Classic at Del Mar in 2007 on Polytrack. He also won on dirt when he took the $500,000 Grade 2 Hawthorne Gold over 10 furlongs, and he showcased his versatility yet again by taking the Grade 1 Pimlico Special at a mile and three-sixteenths over a muddy track. The only surface he hasn’t won on is turf, which is where his sire rules — see the above list and take a look at dual Guineas winner Henrythenavigator!!

Given what Lemon Drop Kid has done, the future looks bright for both Henrythenavigator ($65,000 stud fee), one of my favorite new sires for 2009, as well as Student Council ($17,500), another favorite of mine!

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