ENGLISH TEXTS
Everything points towards Classic potential when stretching out.
Tadej( Ardad): A very good early-season sprinter( 96), with a solid line via the Papin, but late stamina remains the limiting factor against true Group performers in the autumn.
Green Spirit( Kingman) & Narissa( Siyouni): The former is solid( 22’’ 61, 3 / 3) but his 91 rating leaves him just below Six Perfections standard; needs to raise the ceiling to move up. Narissa is progressing and should win again once stepped up in trip.
Verdict A highly qualitative August at Deauville: records, reference times and clear acceleration markers. The 1,400 meter hierarchy leads the way( My Highness), the Morny remains the speed benchmark( Venitian Sun) and Rayif shapes as the“ major progression” profile for the autumn. In short: a sharp, readable, promising generation … and we already can’ t wait to see what comes next.
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STALLIONS THAT SHAPE GENETICS AND CAPTURE IMAGINATIONS
The 2026 breeding season is coming soon and the newcomers on the horizon carry forward long lineages, some of them even claiming the status of foundation families. Which major bloodlines have shaped modern breeding and continue to define its outlines? What are the next challenges in terms of genetics?
This overview explores not only flat and NH lines, but also extends to trotters and Purebred Arabians, offering a panorama of the key issues within horse racing.
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By Jocelyn de Moubray
SIRE LINES THAT SHAPED HISTORY
Ephemeral by definition, stallion lines are constantly renewing themselves. In
Japan, Sunday Silence gave way to King Kamehameha, while in Europe the influence of Northern Dancer endures through Danehill and Galileo. In France, Zarak, Wootton Bassett and Justify are already establishing themselves as the forces of tomorrow.
Sire lines are by their very nature ephemeral. Not only does nothing last forever and the influence of even the greatest stallions tends to wane after three or four generations, but a dominant stallion in any breeding region creates an opening for a new one; a sire whose sons and daughters are a match for its own progeny. Sunday Silence and his son Deep Impact dominated Japanese racing for decades, winning twenty five sire championships between them, and yet there are only three sires from the Sunday Silence line among the top ten turf sires in Japan today and only one of these, Kizuna, is a son of Deep Impact. The leading sire line in Japan is now that of the Kingmambo horse King Kamehameha as his sons and grandsons have proved to match with the Sunday Silence line mares.
Unmissable Northern Dancer If there are just a few stallions who have had a more lasting influence, in the twentieth Century in Europe probably Phalaris, born in 1913, the sire of Pharos and Fairway among others, and then even though he nev-
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