Date posted June 29, 2010 | Posted by David Bay | Filed under
Racing and BreedingBluebloods Editor, David Bay, continues his series of profiles on new sires for 2010 in the southern hemisphere.
He takes a look at the pedigrees, race record and he offers some suggested advice for suitable matings (remember, this mating advice is general in nature and should be used as a guide only, as every mare is an individual and her entire pedigree and conformation should be considered when deciding on a suitable beau!).
O’Lonhro (Lonhro-Mamzelle Pedrille by Zoffany (USA)
Stands at Larneuk Stud, Euroa, Victoria. Fee: $9900
Sire: Lonhro (Octagonal (NZ)-Shadea (NZ) by Straight Strike (USA), already has more than 130 winners (63.4%) of $10.5m and 14 stakes winners led by Gr.1 winner Denman since retiring to stud in 2004. An Australian Horse of the Year (as was his sire) and winner of 26 of his 35 starts including 11 at Gr.1 level (1500m-2000m). His dam also produced triple Gr.1 winner and sire Niello. Shadea was a Gr.3 winner and Gr.1 placed at two and her dam is a half-sister (by the Forli horse First Consul) to classic winner and sire Grosvenor (Sir Tristram).
Dam: Mamzelle Pedrille (Zoffany-Sister Pedrille by Cardinal) won 11 races (1200m-1500m) and more than $580,000 including the Theo Marks Quality-Gr.2, Sandown Stakes-Gr.3, Vo Rogue Stakes-Gr.3 and three Listed events. She has produced five winners and her dam Sister Pedrille (ex Royal Law by Star Kingdom’s son Royal Artist) produced seven winners including the dam of stakes winner Madam Pedrille. This is also the family of Gr.3 winner and Gr.1 runner-up I Am Invincible (Invincible Spirit (IRE)), who will cover his first book of mares at Yarraman Park, Scone, in the new season. O’Lonhro, a great-grandson of NZ supersire Zabeel (Sir Tristram), is inbred 5mx5m to Raise a Native via sons Mr. Prospector and Exclusive Native and his only line of Northern Dancer comes via Nureyev in his fifth remove.
Race record: Trained by Michael, Wayne and John Hawkes for breeder Ray Gall and the estate of the late G.F. Young and R.J. Hansberry, O’Lonhro won three of his first five starts and was runner-up in the other two, starting with a winning debut in Sydney on February 4, 2009, beating In Touch by 1-1/2 lengths over 1250m in 1:13.64. He won again next start, beating subsequent AJC Derby winner Roman Emperor, and was sent for a break. He was second, beaten a half-length by talented Swift Alliance over 1200m first up on August 1, 2009 and then stepped up to Group company with a second (three-quarters of a length) behind Trusting in the Warwick Stakes-Gr.2 (1400m), with Mr Baritone third and Gr.1 winners Racing to Win and Court Command next.
O’Lonhro scored his most important victory next start, winning the Tattersalls Club Chelmsford Stakes-Gr.2 (1600m) (a race his sire won in 2002 and 2003) from Miss Marielle and multiple Gr.1 winner Triple Honour, followed home by Court Command, Roman Emperor and Vision and Power. He was fifth in the Shannon Stakes-Gr.2 and eighth in the Epsom Handicap-Gr.1 and was then off the scene until two unplaced runs early this year, being retired after breaking down in the Apollo Stakes-Gr.2 (1400m) on February 20.
“He’s an outstanding looking individual, very like his sire and he stands 16.2 hands,” Larneuk Stud’s Neville Murdoch said.
Pedigree notes: Lonhro has sired stakes winners from mares by Vain, Danehill, Scenic, Night Shift, Flying Spur (by Danehill, dam by Mr. Prospector and tracing to Night Shift’s sister Fanfreluche), Anaaba, Grand Lodge, Procul Harum, Canny Lad and Seattle Dancer. These lines should also suit his son, as will daughters of Encosta de Lago (who hails from the same family as Night Shift and Flying Spur) while daughters of Reset could provide an intriguing cross.
