Sire Lines

IRE lines of sires at stud in 2022 in south africa

Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nasrullah Grey Sovereign Fortino

Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Rakeen Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Rakeen Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Rakeen Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Rakeen Caro

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Lance Master Of My Fate Pomodoro Skitt Skizzle Indian Charlie Uncle Mo Royal Mo

Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Danzig Danehill Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Danzig Danehill Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Danzig Danehill Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Danzig Danehill Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Danzig Danehill Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Danzig Danehill Commands

Epaulette Soqrat Redoute’s Choice Buffalo Bill Cody Redoute’s Choice Rafeef Redoute’s Choice Time Thief Redoute’s Choice Snitzel Redoute’s Choice Snitzel Heavenly Blue Real Gone Kid

Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Danzig Green Desert Cape Cross Sea The Stars Quasillo Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Danzig Green Desert Invincible Spirit Digital Age Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Danzig Green Desert Oasis Dream Querari

Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Danzig War Front Fire Away Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Danzig War Front Declarationofpeace

Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Nijinsky Niniski Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Nijinsky Niniski Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Nijinsky Niniski

Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Sadlers Wells El Prado

Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Sadlers Wells Fort Wood Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Sadlers Wells Fort Wood Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Sadlers Wells Fort Wood Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Sadlers Wells Fort Wood Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Sadlers Wells Fort Wood Lomitas Lomitas Lomitas

Kitten’s Joy

Elusive Fort Dynasty Dynasty Dynasty Dynasty Silvano Silvano Silvano Hawwaam Vercingetorix Vercingetorix Summa Cum Laude

Admiral Kitten

Act Of War Futura Horizon Legislate

Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Sadlers Wells Galileo Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Sadlers Wells Galileo Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Sadlers Wells Galileo Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Sadlers Wells Galileo Flying The Flag Global View The United States New Approach New Predator

Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Sadlers Wells In The Wings Singspiel Potala Palace

Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Storm Bird Storm Cat Brave Tin Soldier Rabada Phalaris Pharos Nearco Nearctic Northern Dancer Storm Bird Storm Cat Forest Wildcat Var Talk Of The Town

Phalaris Pharos Nearco Royal Charger Turn To Hail to Reason Halo Phalaris Pharos Nearco Royal Charger Turn To Hail to Reason Halo Phalaris Pharos Nearco Royal Charger Turn To Hail to Reason Halo Phalaris Pharos Nearco Royal Charger Turn To Hail to Reason Halo

Phalaris Pharos Nearco Royal Charger Turn To Hail to Reason Roberto Phalaris Pharos Nearco Royal Charger Turn To Hail to Reason Roberto Phalaris Pharos Nearco Royal Charger Turn To Hail to Reason Roberto Phalaris Pharos Nearco Royal Charger Turn To Hail to Reason Roberto Phalaris Pharos Nearco Royal Charger Turn To Hail to Reason Roberto Southern Halo More Than Ready Gimmethegreenlight Southern Halo More Than Ready Gimmethegreenlight Got The Greenlight Sunday Silence Deep Impact Danon Platina Sunday Silence Hat Trick Hat Puntano

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Phalaris Pharos Nearco Royal Charger Turn To Hail to Reason Stop The Music Taufan Tagula Canford Cliffs

Phalaris Sickle Unbreakable Polynesian Native Dancer Raise a Native Mr Prospector Distant View Observatory Twice Over

Phalaris Sickle Unbreakable Polynesian Native Dancer Raise a Native Mr Prospector Forty Niner Phalaris Sickle Unbreakable Polynesian Native Dancer Raise a Native Mr Prospector Forty Niner Phalaris Sickle Unbreakable Polynesian Native Dancer Raise a Native Mr Prospector Forty Niner Phalaris Sickle Unbreakable Polynesian Native Dancer Raise a Native Mr Prospector Forty Niner Phalaris Sickle Unbreakable Polynesian Native Dancer Raise a Native Mr Prospector Forty Niner Distorted Humor Flower Alley Distorted Humor Pathfork End Sweep Trippi End Sweep Trippi End Sweep Trippi Chimichuri Run Gold Standard

Phalaris Sickle Unbreakable Polynesian Native Dancer Raise a Native Mr Prospector Gone West Western Winter Capetown Noir Phalaris Sickle Unbreakable Polynesian Native Dancer Raise a Native Mr Prospector Gone West Western Winter Last Winter Phalaris Sickle Unbreakable Polynesian Native Dancer Raise a Native Mr Prospector Gone West Western Winter Red Ray Phalaris Sickle Unbreakable Polynesian Native Dancer Raise a Native Mr Prospector Gone West Western Winter What A Winter

Phalaris Sickle Unbreakable Polynesian Native Dancer Raise a Native Mr Prospector Kingmambo Ideal World

Phalaris Sickle Unbreakable Polynesian Native Dancer Raise a Native Mr Prospector Seeking The Gold Dubai Millennium Dubawi Phalaris Sickle Unbreakable Polynesian Native Dancer Raise a Native Mr Prospector Seeking The Gold Dubai Millennium Dubawi

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Well, maybe not OK. Here’s a question

How long can a sire-line last when it comes to producing excellence? And how should we define “sire-line”?

Worldwide, sires currently at stud descend, for over 90% of them, from Phalaris, through two sons, Pharos (full brother to Fairway) and Sickle (full brother to Pharamond & half brother to Hyperion).

Let’s hypothesize that a Sire-line-Sire is defined as ‘a stallion who has at least one grandson who is a major G1 producing sire’.

Now follow the legacy of the two Phalaris-sons, Pharos and Sickle.

Sickle has just one son who got a lasting legacy, Unbreakable. Unbreakable in turn has one qualifying son, Polynesian. Polynesian has a single sire-line son, Native Dancer. Native Dancer has one son, Raise A Native. Raise A Native has one son, Mr Prospector. Now let’s look at the sons of Mr Prospector who might be able to continue the line. They have to be sires of note to begin with (else their grandsire Raise A Native would fall off the chart). So: Fappiano, Forty Niner, Gone West, Seeking The Gold, Machiavellian, Kingmambo, Smart Strike … Four of these have options: Fappiano with Unbridled, sire of Unbridled’s Song; Gone West with Elusive Quality and son Quality Road, maybe Speightstown; Machiavellian with Street Cry to Street Sense; Seeking The Gold with Dubai Millenium and son Dubawi.

Nothing conclusive yet about who’ll continue the Mr Prospector line. PHAroS also has just one son who got a lasting legacy, Nearco.

Nearco got Nasrullah and 3-part brother Royal Charger, and border-line Nearctic.

Nasrullah has one son, Bold Ruler, who got What A Pleasure, Sir Gaylord, Secretariat, Boldnesian. Of these, Boldnesian got Seattle Slew, who is sire of AP Indy, sire of Pulpit who got Tapit, which leads to … who knows. Royal Charger got Turn To, who has Hail To Reason, sire of Halo and Roberto. Halo sired Sunday Silence who has Deep Impact, and Southern Halo with More Than Ready. Roberto has Kris S, sire of Arch who has Blame. But what next? Nearctic got Northern Dancer. Now we’re talking, you might think. Northern Dancer has Storm Bird, Nijinsky, Danzig, Vice Regent, Sadler’s Wells. Storm Bird got Storm Cat, whose legacy is through Hennessy (Johannesburg to Scat Daddy to No Nay Never) and Harlan (Harlan’s Holiday to Into Mischief). Nijinsky has a claim through Niniski going to Lomitas (sire of Silvano). Vice Regent got Deputy Minister, who goes through Awesome Again to Ghostzapper. Danzig got Danehill, War Front and Green Desert. Danehill has Redoute’s Choice and Dansili, and maybe there’s still something else not yet on the radar. Same for War Front. Green Desert has Cape Cross (sire of Sea The Stars), Invincible Spirit (sire of Kingman, I’m Invincible). That leaves, for Northern Dancer, Sadler’s Wells, who has Galileo (anything is still possible with him, Frankel leading the pack) and El Prado (Medaglia d’Oro, Kitten’s Joy his possible options). That’s it. That’s all in the whole wide world.