Pedigree

By MACHIAVELLIAN (1987) Champion European two-year-old, Prix Morny (G1), Prix de la Salamandre (G1), etc. Sire of 759 foals aged three and up, 80% runners, 59% winners, 9% Stakes winners, including STORMING HOME, ALMUTAWAKEL, BEST OF THE BESTS, INVERMARK, MEDICEAN, PALACE EPISODE, PATAVELLIAN, REBECCA SHARP, RIGHT APPROACH, STREET CRY, TIE BLACK, VETTORI, WEST WIND, etc.

1st dam: TRY TO CATCH ME by Shareef Dancer. Winner (1600m) at 3. Dam of 14 foals, 9 to race, 7 winners:

STORMING HOME (c Machiavellian) G1 winner, see Race record.
DESERT FROLIC (f Persian Bold) 5 wins (2200m-2600m) at 3. Dam of:

Jakarta Jade (f Royal Abjar) 3rd Blue Wind S. Dam of: Jakarta Jazz (f Marju) 3rd Noblesse S (G3).
Cadre (g King's Best) 3rd Fortune S.

2nd dam: IT'S IN THE AIR by Mr Prospector. Champion two-year-old filly in USA. 16 wins (1000m-2000m), 2 to 5, Vanity H (G1), twice, Ruffian H (G1), Alabama S (G1), Delaware Oaks (G1). Dam of 9 winners:

AIR DANCER (f Northern Dancer) 4 wins at 3 and 4, Honeymoon H.
BITOOH (f Seattle Slew) 4 wins at 2 and 3, Criterium de Maisons-Laffitte (G2). Dam of:

ZALITZINE (f Zilzal) Winner at 3. Dam of: BABY BLUE EYES (f Cadeaux Genereux) Hurry Harriet S.

MONAASSABAAT (f Zilzal) 3 wins at 2 and 3, Virginia S. Dam of:

ECHO RIVER (f Irish River) Star S, 2nd May Hill S (G3).

Sous Entendu (f Shadeed) Winner at 3, 3rd Prix de la Grotte (G3). Dam of:

SLIP STREAM (c Irish River) Berlin-Brandenbrug Trophy (G2), 2nd Prix Jean Prat (G1).
PORTE BONHEUR (f Hennessy) First Flight H (G2), Victory Ride S (G3).
BANAFSAJEE (f Pleasant Colony) Prix Casimir Delamarre, Prix du Ranelagh. Dam of: BANKSIA (f Marju) Prix

Ronde de Nuit; Violet Lane (f Danzero) 3rd Prix Joubert.

Grilse (f Rahy) Dam of: ALVERTA (f Flying Spur) Hawkesbury Guineas, 3rd Winter S (G1); REVOLTE (g

French Deputy) Stewards' Cup, Singapore Guineas; Star Mystic (f Flying Spur) 3rd Surround S (G2).

STATE SECRET (f Green Desert) Winner at 2. Dam of:

Song of Silence (f Unbridled's Song) 2nd Masaka S.

Note Musicale (f Sadler's Wells) Unraced. Dam of:

MUSICAL CHIMES (f In Excess) Poule d'Esssai des Pouliches (G1), John C Mabee H (G1), 2nd Yellow Ribbon

S (G1), Matriarch S (G1), 3rd Prix de Diane (G1).

MUSIC NOTE (f A P Indy) Mother Goose S (G1), Beldame S (G1), Coaching Club American Oaks (G1), Ballerina

S (G1), Gazelle S (G1), 2nd Alabama S (G1), 3rd Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic (G1), twice.

3rd dam: A WIND IS RISING by Francis S. Winner at 2. Half-sister to NATIVE ROYALTY (Michigan Mile and One-Eight H. Sire); Sweet Joyce (2nd Distaff H (G3)). Dam of 3 winners:

ITS' IN THE AIR (f Mr Prospector) Champion, see above.
Strictly Raised (f Raise A Native) 2nd Marion H Van Berg Memorial H. Dam of:

Tres Strict (c Irish River) 3rd La Coupe de Marseille.
STRICTLY COOL (f Bering) Winner at 2. Dam of: Highest Cool (f Highest Honor) 3rd Prix La Camargo.

Grandam of: ROCK ME BABY (f Rock Of Gibraltar) Light Fingers S (G2).

Morning Has Broken (f Prince John) Unplaced. Dam of:

Morning Devotion (f Affirmed) 3rd Fillies Mile (G3). Dam of: BALANCHINE (f Storm Bird) Champion

three-year-old filly in Europe, Irish Derby (G1), Epsom Oaks (G1) , 2nd 1,000 Guineas (G1); ROMANOV (c Nureyev) Jockey Club S (G2), 2nd Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud (G1), 3rd Derby (G1), Canadian International S (G1). Sire; RED SLIPPERS (f Nureyev) Sun Chariot S (G2). Grandam of: WEST WIND (f Machiavellian) Prix de Diane (G1), 2nd Prix Vermeille (G1); HUMBLE EIGHT (f Seattle Battle) Honeybee S (G3), 3rd Fantasy S (G2); THADY QUILL (c Nureyev) Superlative S, Wickerr H, 2nd Oak Tree Breeders' Cup Mile S (G2).

PURIFY (f Fappiano) Winner at 3 and 4. Dam of: RADU COOL (f Carnivalay) Chula Vista H (G2). Grandam of:

MOST DISTINGUISHED (g Dixie Union) Amsterdam S (G2).

Morningsurprice (f Future Storm) Unraced. Grandam of: ART CONNOISSEUR (c Lucky Story) Golden Jubilee S

(G1). Coventry S (G2), 2nd Phoenix S (G1).

Out Too Late (f Future Storm) Unraced. Dam of: SAOIRSE ABU (f Mr Greeley) Phoenix S (G1), Moyglare Stud S

(G1), 3rd 1,000 Guineas (G1).